King's College Cambridge 2010 #19 O Come All Ye Faithful

O Come All Ye Faithful
Choir and congregation
This is one of the best-known Christmas hymns ever written and probably dates from the 18th century. The words are often credited to John Francis Wade, who also wrote down the tune.

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• King's
• College
• Cambridge
• 2010
• #19
• Come
• All
• Ye
• Faithful
• chapel
• music
• organ
• Christmas
• carols
• Stephen Cleobury
• Ben-San Lau

[KennnnnnyTucky]

@09Arvat The organist is Ben-San Lau, senior organ scholar. Check out another flawless performance from him on Kings College Cambridge 2010 #9 Ding Dong Merrily On High.

[Naschef]

The finest version by the best...

[gooseholla1]

@brassspitoon Yeah... they sit and do re-takes if it is rubbish.

[AndrewParkes100]

One of the most uplifting of all Christmas hymns performed by one of the best choirs in the world backed up by one of the best voiced cathedral organs there is. Yes perhaps the descant on the third verse may seem to be uncomfortable to some listeners but hats off to Dr Cleobury for not being afraid to push the boundaries and to experiment with new ideas. Organ harmonies on the last verse are amazing and I enjoy the little fanfare the organist puts in at the end. Merry Christmas everyone!

[brassspitoon]

I'm glad I went to the website of Kings to learn more about this videotaped BBC version. Not being a Brit I assumed it was the world famous broadcast from Kings. Not so. This is taped before that radio broadcast, and per the website PDF booklet Kings and the BBC reserve the right to do alterations at the end and overdub any small errors. The congregation is not the public queue for the famous broadcast but friends and family. If you're British you already knew that but some of us didn't.

[tmlmta]

@manthasagittarius1 Because before it was discovered that John Francis Wade wrote it it was attributed to the King of Portugal.

[manthasagittarius1]

Does anyone know why this is sometimes called the Portuguese Hymn?

[stmicheli]

very very beautiful!

[rsleuth1939]

Fantastic Praise The LORD. Richard

[09Arvat]

Thanks I appreciate you letting know - he is fantastic,