Hark! The herald angels sing Uploaded by: Romanus Composer: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix Organ: Schwerin, Dom, Ladegast Organ Software: Hauptwerk VIII Views: 55
Vater unser im Himmelreich BWV 762 Uploaded by: sanden Composer: Bach, J. S. Organ: Krzeszow Organ by Michael Engler (1732-37) Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 175
This is a lovely French carol (ca. 1862) that I like to play in a bouncy fashion. The text is from Like 2:8-20 & Psalm 95:6. It is played with an introduction followed by the three verses:
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heav'nly song?
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the new-born King.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.