This is a Christmas concert with two local community bands combined. (I happen to play in both of them.) Note that the video starts with pretty much nothing. Music starts at 5 minutes. Go to 22:10 for a surprise.
This is a Christmas concert with two local community bands combined. (I happen to play in both of them.) Note that the video starts with pretty much nothing. Music starts at 5 minutes. Go to 22:10 for a surprise.
George
That was excellent George -- Thank you, and nice job!
Did I ever tell you that a long time ago, I went to the HS of Performing Arts in Manhattan and played the string bass?
This version (arr Cleobury) is what we sang in my new choir's carol concert last Saturday, but there are many other versions, often longer, with more discourse between Joseph and Mary. The choir in the clip above sings a slightly different version, too. You could google to find other words.
Joseph was an old man
and an old man was he,
When he wedded Mary,
in the land of Galilee.
Joseph and Mary walked
through an orchard good,
Where was cherries and berries,
so red as any blood.
O then bespoke Mary,
so meek and oh, so mild:
‘Pluck me one cherry, Joseph,
for I am with child.’
O then bespoke Joseph,
with words most unkind:
‘Let him pluck thee a cherry
that brought thee with child.’
O then bespoke the baby,
within his mother’s womb:
‘Bow down then the tallest tree,
for my mother to have some.’
Then bowed down the highest tree
unto his mother’s hand;
Then she cried, ‘See, Joseph,
I have cherries at command.’
O then bespoke Joseph:<
‘I have done Mary wrong;
But cheer up, my dearest,
and be ye not cast down.’
Then Mary plucked a cherry,
as red as any blood,
Then Mary she went homewards
all with her heavy load.
This version (arr Cleobury) is what we sang in my new choir's carol concert last Saturday, but there are many other versions, often longer, with more discourse between Joseph and Mary. The choir in the clip above sings a slightly different version, too. You could google to find other words.
Joseph was an old man
and an old man was he,
When he wedded Mary,
in the land of Galilee.
Joseph and Mary walked
through an orchard good,
Where was cherries and berries,
so red as any blood.
O then bespoke Mary,
so meek and oh, so mild:
‘Pluck me one cherry, Joseph,
for I am with child.’
O then bespoke Joseph,
with words most unkind:
‘Let him pluck thee a cherry
that brought thee with child.’
O then bespoke the baby,
within his mother’s womb:
‘Bow down then the tallest tree,
for my mother to have some.’
Then bowed down the highest tree
unto his mother’s hand;
Then she cried, ‘See, Joseph,
I have cherries at command.’
O then bespoke Joseph:<
‘I have done Mary wrong;
But cheer up, my dearest,
and be ye not cast down.’
Then Mary plucked a cherry,
as red as any blood,
Then Mary she went homewards
all with her heavy load.
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My choir's singing this at its carol concert this Saturday. Pretty. A Christmas Blessing Philip Stopford
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Very nice, thank you for sharing it!
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This is a Christmas concert with two local community bands combined. (I happen to play in both of them.) Note that the video starts with pretty much nothing. Music starts at 5 minutes. Go to 22:10 for a surprise.
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That was excellent George -- Thank you, and nice job!
Did I ever tell you that a long time ago, I went to the HS of Performing Arts in Manhattan and played the string bass?
That was fun-- ahhh those memories.
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Cherry tree carol. Very old, traditional: some say 13th century, others 15th century.
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This version (arr Cleobury) is what we sang in my new choir's carol concert last Saturday, but there are many other versions, often longer, with more discourse between Joseph and Mary. The choir in the clip above sings a slightly different version, too. You could google to find other words.
Joseph was an old man
and an old man was he,
When he wedded Mary,
in the land of Galilee.
Joseph and Mary walked
through an orchard good,
Where was cherries and berries,
so red as any blood.
O then bespoke Mary,
so meek and oh, so mild:
‘Pluck me one cherry, Joseph,
for I am with child.’
O then bespoke Joseph,
with words most unkind:
‘Let him pluck thee a cherry
that brought thee with child.’
O then bespoke the baby,
within his mother’s womb:
‘Bow down then the tallest tree,
for my mother to have some.’
Then bowed down the highest tree
unto his mother’s hand;
Then she cried, ‘See, Joseph,
I have cherries at command.’
O then bespoke Joseph:<
‘I have done Mary wrong;
But cheer up, my dearest,
and be ye not cast down.’
Then Mary plucked a cherry,
as red as any blood,
Then Mary she went homewards
all with her heavy load.
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That was nice, thank you!
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