Good King Wenceslas - Mars Hill Madrigal Singers

Mars Hill Academy in Mason, Ohio performs Good King Wenceslas from Piae Cantiones. December, 2007; Madrigal Dinner.
ABOUT THE PIECE: the Piae Cantiones is an old Swedish/Finnish songbook full treasures many of which are familiar to us today. The text for this well-known Epiphany song is by John Mason Neale, the greatest translator of hymns from the Latin into English. Wenceslas was to 10th century Bohemian Duke whose rule was marked by Christian charity and who was martyred for their faith in his early twenties. copyright: Tim Giese
ABOUT THE SCHOOL: Mars Hill Academy is a K-12 Classical Christian School serving Cincinnati, OH. Mars Hill Academy's high school was named among the top five private high schools in Cincinnati. (Cincinnati Magazine, August)

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Music

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• Mars
• Hill
• Academy
• Madrigal
• Singers
• MHA
• Mason
• Ohio
• Good
• King
• Wenceslas
• Christian
• Classical

[brandonichero]

what beautiful harmony. Thanks for much for your work and posting this

[fingerscarr]

my favourite . but this version too hurried ! ... get it over quick ! ! !

[jmiller3415]

Beautiful!

[brandonichero]

Wow. Outstanding. One of my favorite caroles and definitely one of my favorite versions. Just beautiful!

[alanparsonsfan]

Mars Hill just concluded their third Madrigal dinner this evening; the songs will be posted to youtube in the near future. See what you think of the dynamics and tempo this time around...

[hudsonmarcus2003]

NICe u guy sounds so geart!!!!!!!!!

[PotterManiacXD]

OMG I went to Mars Hill Academy!! NO KIDDING ASK MY FRIENDS!

[Linuxica]

Great!

Perhaps you could post a video response to my video "My favorite Christmas Carol. What's yours?" here in Youtube. We're collecting people's favorite carols from all over the world to celebrate this Christmas time with everyone!

Merry Christmas!