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Once in Royal David's City.
Choir and congregation
The words by Mrs C F Al...
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Once in Royal David's City.
Choir and congregation
The words by Mrs C F Alexander come from a set of 'Hymns for Little Children' (1824).
The tune 'Irby' was written as a Christmas carol by Henry John Gauntlett and published in 1849. Gauntlett became organist at the age of 10 in the church where his father was the vicar, but went on to work as a lawyer for 15 years before becoming a professional musician who wrote over 1,000 hymn tunes.
The descant is by Stephen Cleobury.
Utterly inspirational: An interview with the terminally ill music prodigy risking his life for one last carol concert
On one level, the exchange is typical of the kind you'd expect between a mother and her student son. Alex Stobbs — dressed in odd socks and refusing to use the hairbrush his mum has run to fetch — is rolling his eyes, implying there is some maternal exaggeration at play.
His mother, in turn, is trying to tell the story of the day she let herself into his university room, to be confronted by 'an almighty mess'.
Were they talking about the normal detritus of student life — mouldy clothes mountains, empty beer bottles, forgotten pizza boxes — it would be funny. But they are not. For what Suzanne Stobbs came across that day — with apologies here to the squeamish — was a bucket full of her son's blood.
'I knew what it meant, of course,' she says, putting a hand up to stop his protests. 'He'd been coughing up blood, and lots of it, too. It had happened in the night, when he was alone. What shocked even me was that he'd got up in the morning and gone off to choir rehearsal without a word to anyone.
'That is Alexander all over. I gave him grief. I said: "For goodness sake, Alexander, what is a phone for?" It happened again, the following night. That one was a blue light affair, with him being rushed to hospital in an ambulance.'
There is no need to ask how many times Suzanne Stobbs has made her own frantic way to a hospital in the early hours to be at her youngest child's side. She would have lost count many years ago.
Two decades have passed since a doctor sat her down and told her that her newborn baby had a congenital condition called cystic fibrosis. Some children born with CF, as it has long been abbreviated in this house, make it to adulthood; some do not.
The unpredictability of the condition — and Alex, 20, has a virulent form which is systematically destroying his lungs, bones and digestive system — makes it particularly cruel for parents. When Alex was nine, Suzanne was told to prepare for the worst. At 13, ditto.
That Alex is alive today is down to a daily drug-and-treatment regime that would surely have had his mother running from the room all those years ago.
'It's probably best that you learn it all gradually,' she admits, explaining about the 50 tablets a day, the daily physio sessions, the oxygen cylinders and the high-calorie food supplements that are administered intravenously while her son sleeps.
She says things like 'life has to go on' when talking about how you juggle a terminal illness of one child with the demands of three healthy children, as she has done. But she admits she still refuses to travel abroad, 'just in case'.
And yet what makes Alex's story so astonishing is that not only has he endured his illness with fortitude, but that he has overcome its immense hurdles to emerge as one of the greatest musical prodigies of his generation.
You may have heard about Alex Stobbs. Two years ago, a documentary was made about his extraordinary life.
A Boy Called Alex followed him as a student at Eton College, examining how someone with a life-threatening illness could defy all the odds to conduct the notoriously difficult Bach Magnificat.
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The Choir of Westminster Abbey and the Choristers of the Chapel Royal sing John Rutter's beautiful newly commisioned anthem This Is The Day at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
The anthem was specially commisioned for the wedding by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The words consist of verses from Psalms 118, 148, 91, 121 and 27.
This Is The Day
This is the day that the Lord has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
O praise the Lord of heaven
praise him in the height.
Praise him, all ye angels of his
praise him, all his host.
Praise him, sun and moon
praise him, all ye stars and light
Let them praise the Name of the Lord
For he shall give his angels charge over thee
to keep thee in all thy ways
The Lord himself is thy keeper
the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand;
So that the sun shall not burn thee by day
neither the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil
yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.
The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in
from this time forth for evermore.
He shall defend thee under his wings.
Be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the Lord
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This video edit was created by my friend Rob and I for a Christmas Eve s...
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This video edit was created by my friend Rob and I for a Christmas Eve service at my church. We used The "Jesus" Project movie, an non profit ministry video and added the wonderful vocals of The Gaither Vocal Band to the clip. The original was done live, and then we were asked to share this with others, so we did.
During this service, people expected to have the typical Christmas Eve service, baby Jesus, a few wise men and Mary of course. We decided to go deeper with Mary's prospective to this wonderful hope for the world she held in her arms. The video is a futuristic "dream forward" sequence, showing the audience what this birth really means to the fulfillment of Gods promise to the world, and the hope we have in the future, to be eternally with the Father in heaven when we see Him again at his return.
Jesus said, "Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father's house; I would not tell you this if it were not true. I am going there to prepare a place for you. After I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me so that you may be where I am You know the way to the place where I am going." John 14:1-4
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9: 5-7
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Paul McCartney and Wings Maybe I'm Amazed live in Seattle 1976.
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On December 16, 2007, the music world lost an incredible talent. To my J...
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On December 16, 2007, the music world lost an incredible talent. To my Josh Groban fans, please share this song with your friends. He will be so sadly missed.
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