Britten - A Ceremony of Carols (02) Wolcum Yole

[Flobbyoiboyz]

I enjoyed singing this song! I learned that it references the traditional feasts of Yuletide (Christmas time).

Dec 25: Christmas

26: St. Stephen (1st martyr)

27: St. John the Evangelist

28: Holy Innocents (the children killed by order of King Herod)

29: St. Thomas Becket

Jan 1st: New Year

The 12th day after Christmas ends the time of feasting

Feb 2: Candlemass, 40 days after Christmas, the traditional end of the Christmas season. This feast is associated with the Virgin Mary ("Queen of Bliss")

[klsdfjh23]

My choral director decided to be ballsy this year. She's having "big" chorus do parts of the Messiah and "chamber" chorus do the entire Ceremony of Carols. And I am glad I am in "chamber" because the Messiah is over done and not quite as many people know this and this piece is just beautiful, every single movement of it :)

[Karen1andKaren2]

@klsdfjh23 as one of those in the "big" chorus you are talking about, i hardly think messiah is overdone, not to mention it would take away from her "ballsy" decision.

[amberjane9]

The treble I voice overpowers the others in this choir. That's a shame. The treble II and III parts are actually quite wonderful.

[kmyres14]

the voices kind of sound like an organ, especially in the phrase "wolcum bothe to more and lesse"

it's awesome :D

[kanakko]

11月にある学校の合唱の祭典で「キャロルの祭典」を抜粋ですが­歌うことになりました。

参考にさせてもらってます。

[MissxLainie]

This is a great choir, they sound in perfect harmony.

[naftalyne]

They're wonderful!

[halcain]

those are guys!!

[grenworthshero]

whoa! I performed this song with my choir last year and we took it half this tempo

[dunisback]

Alas, the tempo is still too slow, the harp and voices are fragmented ... Done right, the result should be as breath taking for the singers and audience alike...

I heard Messiah once, it was so slow I fell asleep!

[desidog1]

@dunisback can't tell if trolling or just musically inept...

[beethomozart]

wonderful work by english Benjamin Britten!