Favorite Renaissance or Medieval Christmas music?

[tigereye]

here's a list of a few

Chanticleer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoFxaCCJaLU


Anonymous 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoFxaCCJaLU

Boston Camerata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLMAAME_kJw

Tallis Scholars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUp7KseBRZ8


Piffaro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tTRxffTC5Y

King's College Choir?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7eHtDtZ7hs

[tanyev]

1. Your Anonymous 4 is a repeat of Chanticleer.

Here's one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr-csOGecGc



They're all good, but I'm partial to King's College, myself.

[tigereye]

8. good point.

I was just grabbing what I could find from Youtube- not that much selection.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

14. It's not just that it's the same song--it's the same VIDEO

:-)

[tigereye]

16. ha ha! That's funny! I was in a rush to post em before I headed out -

didn't even notice! :D

[KamaAina]

2. Phoenix Consort

a Connecticut madrigal group featuring a dear friend that, alas, existed before the age of YouTube.

I hope Mom still has the Christmas tape I gave her. We'll see in a few weeks.

[triguy46]

3. Kings College Choir: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

It's usually broadcast on tape delay each year on PBS and American Public Radio. I am a sucker for high Anglican.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

6. Both Minnesota and Oregon Public Radio broadcast it live

It's 9:00AM on Christmas Eve Central Time, 7:00AM Pacific, but MPR also broadcasts a taped version on Christmas Day afternoon.

And King's isn't even the only top-notch choir in the UK. This is a country that has an annual Choir of the Year contest, featuring choral groups of all ages in all genres, but among the church music choirs, St. John's College Cambridge, New College Oxford, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Salisbury Cathedral girl choristers are especially fine.

[tigereye]

9. right - I just caught the end of that last year when someone told me about it

I'll have to try to check it out earlier this year!

[lukasahero]

4. I love the King's College Choir

One year in college, we did an entire concert of John Rutter's arrangements of Christmas carols at a shopping place I don't even know how to describe but it was one of the best experiences of my life. Absolutely fell in love with the music and have loved it ever since. Very "King's College" like stuff.

[charlie and algernon]

5. one of my pandora stations is choral christmas songs

Tallis Scholars, Kings College, etc. I also really love Handel's "Messiah." it's becoming a tradition of mine to go see a performance of the Messiah every year before christmas. Just got my ticket for the Baltimore Symphony's perfomance. Can't wait! I think the Messiah is one of the true Masterpieces of music.

[tigereye]

10. ooh, great idea! I just signed up for Pandora recently.

Have you seen the "silent" Messiah video by high schoolers- quite amusing.

It is beautiful. But if you check out the choirs and ensembles who do period music, you will see more of the history and roots of music from that time. Highly recommend a Ren/Baroque concerts since they explain the periods of music and history in great detail and the music is equally beautiful.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

7. Here are some:

"O Nata Lux de Lumine" by Thomas Tallis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8a-LYXVLnQ&feature=related

"Venite exultemus Domino" and "Hodie Christus Natus Est" by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YriaCxONAIw

"O Magnum Mysterium" by Tomas Luis de Victoria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeKvNxYMDxE&feature=fvw

The same words set by Giovanni Gabrieli

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dap9Gsk3_uE&feature=related

[tigereye]

11. thanks Lydia!

:hi:

[bif]

12. Maddy Pryor

[Archae]

13. Chip Davis made a Renaissance Christmas CD.

(He's the guy who started Mannheim Steamroller.)

Also Blackmore's Night has Ren Christmas tunes.

[ChoralScholar]

15. HA! Finally a thread I can chime in on!

Most recently I have been studying 'O Magnum Mysterium' by the Spanish composer Victoria. I did an analysis a few weeks back on a piece called 'Aeterne Laudis Lilium' by the obscure English Renaissance composer Robert Fayrfax.

Aside from academic work, I enjoy anything by the Cambridge Singers - but specifically, the old standards from the Oxford Book of Carols.