As an antidote to Harkageddon, what are the excellent choir carols you've encountered this year for the first time? I'm doing Séan Docherty's A Nywe Werk with @icchamberchoir.bsky.social and I love the combination of medieval motifs and an obsessive, joyful alleluia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBal... - ThreadSky

patrickallies.bsky.social • 104 days ago

As an antidote to Harkageddon, what are the excellent choir carols you've encountered this year for the first time? I'm doing Séan Docherty's A Nywe Werk with @icchamberchoir.bsky.social and I love the combination of medieval motifs and an obsessive, joyful alleluia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBalmUEcYj4

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schopflin.bsky.social•104 days ago

We're singing Cecilia MacDowall's A Christmas Carol. It's really effective - I love it!

jonathanmorgan2.bsky.social•104 days ago

That alleluia is such fun!

jimostler.bsky.social•104 days ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Dd_ruEGP0 I hadn't heard Alison Willis's lovely "I Sing of a Maiden" until the new girls' choir at @westminsterabbey.bsky.social did it last year. Think it's in Multitude of Voices.

efreitabeth.bsky.social•103 days ago

Not a carol, but Esenvalds's O Emmanuel always gives me chills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcwPSKMnxPA

davidbartonmus.bsky.social•104 days ago

I came across Becky McGlade’s ‘What Child Is This?’ for the first time this year 😍🎶

apwlay.bsky.social•103 days ago

Didn't encounter it this year, but a few years ago was utterly charmed by this simple, traditional (well C18th) Swedish number
https://youtu.be/4BInQphNuS0?si=rQgYdnl23UFyyeNV

efreitabeth.bsky.social•103 days ago

It's lovely! Thanks for sharing.

hutchingsmusic.bsky.social•104 days ago

Premiering this at our Chrietmas Eve service, but I might be a bit biased. https://hutchingsmusic.co.uk/adam-lay-ybounden (I wrote it in January this year so technically it meets your requirements :) )

stalbansbachchoir.bsky.social•104 days ago

We've recently introduced Becky McGlade's 'In the Bleak Midwinter' into our carol concert repertoire. Quiet winter stillness vibes. ❄️

redbeardydom.bsky.social•104 days ago

I did Mcglade's infant holy, with my church choir. v pretty but a bit of a struggle to keep in tune. Also recent years I've loved...while Mary slept (paish), Noel Verbum caro factum est (Tamsin Jones). I love the spikey medieval style stuff with a catchy burden.

redbeardydom.bsky.social•104 days ago

This year, doing Sparkhall "all and some", but the choir hasn't seen it yet so I don't know if they'll like it...

herodotuspenguin.bsky.social•85 days ago

“Start spreadin’ the news, I’m leaving today,
I’m gonna be part of it.. Nywe Werk, Nywe Werk….”

akseltoll.bsky.social•104 days ago

Not necessarily a carol in the Anglican sense, but my choir is doing this mad thing (in a 6-part SSATBB arrangement, mind), based on a Palestinian folk melody. https://soundcloud.com/fauna-3/joli-kjem

patrickallies.bsky.social•104 days ago

Please do include a recording in the replies if you can!

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