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Apart from playing through Liszt's Weihnachtsbaum, I listen to BBC Radio 3 where at this time of the year there's lots of classical Christmas music - several collegiate and professional choirs have sung live on the In Tune evening program, there was a live broadcast of Messiah last week, and Bach's Christmas Oratorio is due in a few days, the Advent Carol Service from St John's College, Cambridge was broadcast a couple of weekends ago, and last weekend there was 'Christmas around Europe' - Christmas music (classical and ethnic) from Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Latvia, Bulgaria.....what more could one want?
Oh, and there's of course the forthcoming Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College Chapel, Cambridge (live on Radio 4 Christmas Eve, repeated on Radio 3 on Christmas Day).
The harmonies, entrances, cutoffs, and rhythmic precision = PERFECT The diction =
But it's still enjoyable to listen to
"Glory to God in the Hyatt"? What room rate is He getting?
Seriously, though, folks, I find the above just too repetitive to be of any musical interest, although the precision is laudable.
Along with the requisite "Messiah" and "Christmas Oratorio" classical works, my Christmas music listening consists of very, very traditional (what else did you expect from me, what?) music on CD sung by well-trained, beautifully balanced choirs and groups (most English) - (King's College, Westminster Abbey Choir, Anonymous 4, Choir of New College Oxford, Clare College Choir, St John's College Choir, Tallis Scholars, Taverner Consort), and a few operatic soloists (Sutherland, Schwartzkopf, Pavarotti).
Please spare me the pop singers and their Christmas endeavours.
I haven't been listening to Christmas music. I'm not a grinch. I just don't happen to celebrate Christmas.
I've been listening to a jaw-dropping CD of Rene Fleming singing a variety of arias. I picked it up at a used bookstore for about $5 U.S. and I can't understand why anyone would part with it. Her voice and the emotions she puts into the music give me goosebumps!
ive been listening to Christmas music through my KRK Studio Monitors, which are connected to a external audio interface and my computer has a usb going to the interface. mostly listening through iTunes and watching some youtube performances.
How I am listening to "my" Christmas music is, so far, completely incidental to shopping, so maybe it's not really mine.
Funny, I'd never thought of it as "incidental music" before, but it can be sort of seen that way - music to shop by. And it doesn't have to be Christmas shopping - almost any kind of shopping this time of year will get that soundtrack.
I have Sirius-XM satellite radio, and channel 75, the lighter classical channel, is playing all xmas music now, but along the line of the artists that Bruce mentioned above. There is also plenty of Chanticleer, Libera, The King's Singers, Canadian Brass, Apollo's Fire, and lots of other great musicians and music.
The harmonies, entrances, cutoffs, and rhythmic precision = PERFECT The diction =
But it's still enjoyable to listen to
"Glory to God in the Hyatt"? What room rate is He getting?
Seriously, though, folks, I find the above just too repetitive to be of any musical interest, although the precision is laudable.
Along with the requisite "Messiah" and "Christmas Oratorio" classical works, my Christmas music listening consists of very, very traditional (what else did you expect from me, what?) music on CD sung by well-trained, beautifully balanced choirs and groups (most English) - (King's College, Westminster Abbey Choir, Anonymous 4, Choir of New College Oxford, Clare College Choir, St John's College Choir, Tallis Scholars, Taverner Consort), and a few operatic soloists (Sutherland, Schwartzkopf, Pavarotti).
Please spare me the pop singers and their Christmas endeavours.
Regards,
You're right, it's not of great musical interest, but I love the ostinato.
The choirs you named are fantastic. Do you know Harry Christophers and The Sixteen? Or even better, Kamer Youth Choir?
Am I the only person who is sick of Christmas music? Seems like half the year here is about Christmas.
Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248 isn't a work you hear everyday. Nor Saint-Saëns's Oratorio de Noël. Nor a lot of other Christmas music. Not even Liszt's Weihnachtsbaum.
Am I the only person who is sick of Christmas music? Seems like half the year here is about Christmas.
In our neck of the woods, Christmas decorations (in stores) tend to be put up on November 1st - and holiday "canned music" starts getting piped through the loudspeakers......
Fortunately I spend very little time in the malls these days - so it isn't an issue.
Our local classical music station starts playing "holiday" music a couple of weeks before Christmas. At least I can switch that off if I reach the saturation point.
BUT - the five church services I'm participating in this coming Sunday through Tuesday (as chorister and accompanist) are and entirely different matter....... Making music is a joy !!
Though I'm an atheist, I miss singing in a choir in carol services, like I used to do at school. There have been so many wonderful contemporary carols composed in recent years, like John Tavener's The Lamb, and Jan Sandström's Det är en ros utsprungen.
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