"Six-Day-Chords and Carpent Bros": CHRISTMAS II

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🗓️ 18 December 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

DING DONG MERRILY ON HI THERE WE HAVE A NEW EPISODE AND IT IS CHRISTMAS-TASTIC. Grab a mince pie and any beverage that may or may not be mulled and join us for our annual round-up of classical xmas tidbits, featuring a chord that lasts for 6 days, a song about burgers, and a carol that has nothing to do with Christmas. Enjoy!

STAY TUNED FOR XMAS OUTTAKES AT THE END!

Music Featured in this Episode:

"Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 / Pt. 1 - For The First day of Christmas: No. 1 Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket" - J.S. Bach

"L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25 - Arr. Chris Hazell: L'Adieu des bergers" - Hector Berlioz

"Fantasia On Christmas Carols" - Ralph Vaughan Williams

"A Ceremony Of Carols, Op. 28: Spring Carol" - Benjamin Britten

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0:12.8	D'Am-Dam-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-C-D-C-D-C-D-C-D-C-D-C-D'C-C-D'C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-T-C-C-S'S'S'S'S''''S'''''''''' Classical podcast this time Christmas. Just hear the sleigh bells jingling,
0:15.2	drink, dinging, a dingling to.
0:17.1	Bring a ling a ling, and a ding,
0:19.2	lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you. Hello. My name's Chris Bland. My name's Kelly Harlock and you're listening to
0:27.7	episode 25 of that classical podcast.
0:31.3	And it's Christmas. It's doing a Christmas time episode again today because
0:35.2	we did it last year and we thought let's make it a bit of a trudish. It's quite
0:39.0	alone in making Christmas a tradition every year. But yeah it's quite apt that we're doing this today. It snowed in London last night. So, you know, it's Christmasy. Although the snow here does turn to sort of sad slush in about 20 seconds, which is great and cold and horrible.
0:53.2	But Christmas eat nonetheless.
0:55.9	So Chris, what's our first piece today?
0:59.9	It may or may not surprise you to learn that I've picked a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach.
1:05.0	Oh!
1:08.0	So... So...
1:09.0	So we haven't heard enough of him yet.
1:10.0	As you guys know, he's kind of my fave. really like me some bath and as luck would have it in
1:16.9	1734 he wrote a Christmas or a Torio nice one it's bath time even at Christmas.
1:23.2	Yay!
1:24.2	However, this piece is actually kind of just a pastiche of previous stuff that he'd written.
1:30.0	So there's very little new music in the oratorian.
1:33.0	Explain yourself.
1:34.0	Why did he do that?
1:35.0	So this was something he did for three festivals throughout the year,
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