The Jewish Festival of Lights – spelled variously as Hannukah, Hanukkah, Chanukah, etc. – is a joyous Jewish Holiday. (The English spelling varies, because it is transliterated from Hebrew which has a different alphabet.) The holiday celebrates several miracles, but...
“Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” is our familiar English title for the German Christmas carol, “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen.” It is also sometimes called in English “A Spotless Rose.” The German version, author unknown, first appeared in print in 1599. The German...
Pictured: The Christmas Market in Tallinn, Estonia. “Little Tommy’s Choir” is one among several secular, winter-themed Estonian carols. It celebrates the both joy of the Christmas season for children and their interaction with various animals. The music has a bouncy,...
“Esta noche” is Spanish for “this night.” An internet search of the Spanish phrase revealed that, musically, there are at least two songs by this name. One is a love song, and the other is a traditional Spanish Christmas carol of unknown origin, sometimes translated...
The melody “Ding Dong Merrily on High” first appeared in a French dance tune book compiled in the 1500’s by Jehan Tabourot. George Ratcliffe Woodward wrote the English lyrics for this Christmas carol and first published the song in 1924 in “The Cambridge Carol Book.”...
Join us for: ¡Celebración! A Musical Fiesta! Take a choral journey with us through the Spanish speaking cultures of Central and South America and Spain. The Longmont Chorale is joined by special guests, “Barrìo E” and “Bella Voce” from Coal...
