Carillon Handbell Choir - Gaudete

[AndyandMrMe]

great job! 

[Peilai2]

Love this piece. My old consort used to play this. 2 recorders, 2 viols, sacbut, percussion

[lichtbroeder]

@Peilai2 By "old consort", do you mean a musical group that you performed with, or an old "amiable consort", in the 17th/18th century sense of "spouse"? :)

[trompettechamade1]

@lichtbroeder If "Old consort" refers to his wife, she must have been the only accompanist he needed with 2 recorders (acoustic, not electronic I presume), 2 viols, a sackbut and percussion! Think of how busy she must have been by the the end of the concert!

I did enjoy this recording immwnsely. I have choral recordings of this, including one, my favorite, by Libera.

[84ulisse]

E' solo un carillon, nient'altro...

[flamailman]

who is the composer?

[onkelrolle]

Gaudete ("Rejoice") is a sacred Christmas carol, composed sometime in the 16th century. The song was published in a collection of Finnish/Swedish sacred songs published in 1582. Unfortunately, as far as I know, the composer(s) of Piae Cantiones have been forgotten way back.

Do however notice the historical similarity with Carmina Burana composed by Carl Orff (abt. 1934-35) where the actual texts were from 1100-1200.

[BigIronOnHipMan]

1st Presbyterian Caldwell, NJ does this at Service also and it is so uplifting!

[busybee720]

Well done! I'm learning tune ringing on handbells and it's really hard! This is impressive!

[husher5142]

the notes sound off to me ;/

[moskva40]

This is really good. No faulty Latin pronunciation to worry about, anyway. :)

I wish there were a video of the choir playing this.

[shadowfaxw]

So do I. Unless we were performing somewhere high-profile, we were rarely videotaped.

[matrixamp]

Great... love it.

[aldebussy]

OG! This is fantastic!

[andrerosh89]

nicely done...great video=)

may the lord bless you and keep you =)