Loreena McKennitt- Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle

A lovely instrumental from Loreena McKennitt's "A Midwinter Night's Dream"

Painting by Georges de la Tour

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Music

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• Loreena
• McKennitt
• Mummer's
• Christmas
• Holiday
• Un
• Flambeau
• Jeanette
• isabella
• Midwinter
• nights
• dream
• world
• music
• folk
• religious

[yummi2x0]

I think it's wonderful, but sometimes it sounds a bit like "I saw three ships".... :)

[CelticMusings]

I think they share the same melody... I think Un Flambeau came first! :)

[BeinnBheagh]

@CelticMusings Actually she has combined the two separate tunes, beautifully, in this arrangement. She alternates between "Un Flambeau" and "Three Ships". Lovely arrangement! Thank you for posting it!

[CelticMusings]

@BeinnBheagh

thank you for explaining! :)

[Alassenya]

I used to sing this song in church *laughs* Then I became a pagan and now I don't but I still love Yule time music and this is beautiful

[CelticMusings]

:D me too! I never sang this in church but I used to be christian *now pagan* and love Yule songs too! Loreena makes everything better! :)

[Smartmouth78]

I agree a thousand % with Annyinha.  Loreena McKennitt truly is alike a druidess bard reborn into modern times! A truly gifted artist, musician, & singer!!!

[lonewolfintj]

@yummi2x0 : "Three Ships" is another nice Christmas carol, about a century older than "Un Flambeau", but not as intimate or emotional. Similar melodies, but not the same. (Mannheim Steamroller's 1984 Christmas album has both songs on it (instrumental versions) if you want to compare.)

[lonewolfintj]

I don't like it. A very emotionally intense French dance (not originally a Christmas carol), but a poor performance here. I think adding a bass drone chord was a bad idea, for one thing; destroys the intimacy of the piece. Doubling the tempo also destroys the intimacy and makes it seem more like a barn dance than the bittersweet song it can be in other treatments. (Compare the performance of this song by Mannheim Steamroller on their 1984 Christmas album for a very different version.)

[EvanJamesInglis]

Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle -- Un flambeau! Courons au berceau! C'est Jésus, bonnes gens du hameau. Le Christ est né; Marie appelle! Ah! Ah! Ah! Que la Mère est belle, Ah! Ah! Ah! Que l'Enfant est beau! Qui vient la, frappant de la porte? Qui vient la, en frappant comme ça? Ouvrez-donc, j'ai pose sur un plat Des bons gateaux, qu'ici j'apporte Toc! Toc! Toc! Ouvrons-nous la porte! Toc! Toc! Toc! Faisons grand gala! C'est un tort, quand l'Enfant sommeille, C'est un tort de crier si fort.

[yugoroth1]

Don't Care if Your Pagan Or Not, I just love the song! 1000/5 to Loreena!

[newsman1066]

@Alassenya you were always a pagan you just stopped pretending.

[mkl62]

I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (January 2, Christmas 2), we sang a hymn set to this tune. It is Love Has Come, written by Ken Bible, born 1950. It is #292 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship.

[wolfgodess26]

thumbs up if 38 people are awesomeness >.<

[wenarto]

i love it, i am so impressed

[koalagirl90]

we sing this every year in French class!