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Music on May Day - Online
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Listening position: Relax with your choice(s) of beverage, in a place of your choosing, alone, or with members of your household |
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A Student's Eye View - from The Cloister
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Town & Gown - the crowd on Magdalen Bridge
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The Hymnus Eucharistus (translation right ► ►) Te Deum Patrem colimus, Te laudibus prosequimur, qui corpus cibo reficis, coelesti mentem gratia. Te adoramus, O Jesu, Te, Fili unigenite, Te, qui non dedignatus es subire claustra Virginis. Actus in crucem, factus es irato Deo victima per te, Salvator unice vitae spes nobis rediit. Tibi, aeterne Spiritus cuius afflatu peperit infantem Deum Maria, aeternum benedicimus. Triune Deus, hominum salutis auctor optime, immensum hoc mysterium ovante lingua canimus. Lyrics: Dr Thomas Smith, written in 1670s Music: Benjamin Rogers, Organist 1664-1686 |
We worship you, O God the Father, we offer you our praise, for you nourish our bodies, and minds with heavenly grace. We adore you, O Jesus, you, the only begotten Son, you, who did not disdain to submit to birth in the Virgin's womb. Driven onto the cross, you were made the victim of God's wrath. Through you, our only Saviour, hope of life returned to us. To you, Eternal Spirit by whose breath was born by Mary the Infant God, be our eternal blessings. Triune God, of all humanity the great author of salvation, this immense mystery our tongues all cheer and sing. FAQ: Is there a website all about Oxford and May Morning? Well, yes. It's here: https://www.maymorning.co.uk/426021837
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Trad English written down in 13th century Sumer is icumen in Leatherhead Choral Society 2020 while in lockdown Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu! Groweþ sed and bloweþ me' And springþ þe wde nu, Sing cuccu! Awe bleteþ after lomb, Lhouþ after calue cu. Bulluc sterteþ, bucke uerteþ, Murie sing cuccu! Cuccu, cuccu, wel singes þu, cuccu; Ne swik þu nauer nu. Summer has arrived, Loudly sing, Cuckoo! Seeds grow and meadows bloom And the forest springs anew, Sing, Cuckoo!- The ewe bleats after the lamb, The cow lows after the calf. , The bullock jumps, the stag cavorts, Merrily sing, Cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo, well you sing, cuckoo; Nor will you ever stop now. |
From The School in Rose Valley, Philadelphia SRV students have been dancing the Maypole at the school's annual May Fair since 1929, and they've been dancing it more or less in its current form since the early 1970s, when Nancy Ewald re-choreographed the dance to Ralph Vaughan Williams's Seventeen Come Sunday, the first movement of his English Folk Song Suite. SRV alumni often report still getting goosebumps or lumps in their throats watching the dance decades after they performed it themselves. The Maypole Dance draws former students back to the May Fair year after year to remember their roots. It's a tradition binding generations of students in celebration of their community. This video was recorded by Linda Goss in 2015. Heidi Hammel provided the history. |
Corrine Coles, soloist A traditional English folk song with harmonies When I was a young man, I worked with a team And me only delight was in keepin' 'em clean With brushes and curries, I'd show their fine colour And the name as they gave I was a hearty good fellow As I do in the evening, I goes to my bed The thought of my horses comes into my head And I rise the next morning with something to eat Just as soon as I can get my shoes on my feet And as we go driving, out on the highway When light goes their load why I feeds 'em some hay And I gives 'em some water, when we comes to a pond And after they've drunk boys move steadily on My legs they do go weary, a walking by their side And I says to myself you must get up and ride And as we go riding, I make a new song And as I do sing you must learn it along repeat first verse |
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Ils ont changé ma chanson . . .
What have they done to my song . . . This is Swedish group Kalabalik (Turkish for Crowd) with absolutely no apology for what they have done to OUR song. They credit it as 'Medieval', no mention of it being English |
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We are not the only ones with traditions.
In Hawaii, May 1st is Lei Day. Parents watched their children perform at Star of the Sea Catholic Church and School in Kahala on the island of Oahu in Hawaii in celebration of Lei Day. In school videos I find it fun to watch the differing levels of interest and concentration. The boy who looks like he's enjoying his moment of fame appears utterly bored later when his partner is alone in the limelight! |
Could you be up for a little ancient and modern?
Ancient (and catchy) is the tune: Julia Delaney's Reel Modern is this version by Hugues on guitar and electric guitar, and Bouzouk XP (I have not found his real name) playing the Irish Bouzouki. Provided nobody can see you, you may dance to this: also know as:
Glencar, Julia Delaney, Julia Delany’s, Julie Delaney’s, Julie Delany’s, La Sorcière, Lonesome, Maude Millar’s Highland, Maude Millar’s Highland Fling, Reel De La Sorciere, Reel Des Sorcières. |
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John Winston Lennon (1940-1980) & James Paul McCartney (b1942 both on lead vocals Love Me do performed by The Beatles, with John Lennon on harmonica This song existed before The Beatles was formed. It was released in three versions in 1962, each with a different drummer. |
Lennon & McCartney Lennon on lead vocals Ask Me Why performed by The Beatles at the Star Club, Hamburg If this was an early 1962 recording the drummer would have been Pete Best. By their third residency in December 1962 Ringo Starr was in place. Paul admits most of the writing was John's, but John had decided by then that all their work should appear with both names. |
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Vassili Pavlovitch Soloviov-Sedoï (1907-1979) Russian text: Mikhaïl Lvovitch Matoussovski (1915-1990) as Подмосковные Вечера, Podmoskovnyïé Vetchera (1955) We know the tune as: Moscow Nights loose French translation as Le temps des muguets (1959) by its original performer Francis Lemarque (1917-2002) Here sung by Dannielle Darrieux, and recorded by many other French singers after Lemarque, including Mireille Mathieu, and in 1968 by Ivan Rebroff - translated back to Russian! English translation at the foot of the screen - and please don't laugh at the poor lady's 'fields'. This is TV France 2 in 1959 ! Soloviov originally called his song, after the city where he was born, Leningrad Nights, but that was the USSR and others decided for him that Moscow Nights was a better title. Radio Moscow adopted it as its signature tune, continuing when it became The Voice of Russia, until that closed in 2014. Il est revenu Le Temps Du Muguet Comme un vieil ami retrouvé Il est revenu flâner le long des quais Jusqu'au banc où je t'attendais Et j'ai vu refleurir L'éclat de ton sourire Aujourd'hui plus beau que jamais Le Temps Du Muguet ne dure jamais Plus longtemps que le mois de mai Quand tous ses bouquets déjà seront fanés Pour nous deux, rien n'aura changé Aussi belle qu'avant Notre chanson d'amour Chantera comme au premier jour Il s'en est allé, Le Temps Du Muguet Comme un vieil ami fatigué Pour toute une année, pour se faire oublier En partant, il nous a laissé Un peu de son printemps Un peu de ses vingt ans Pour s'aimer, pour s'aimer longtemps |
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) Canta dolce il rosignolo - Sweetly sings the Nightingale from the serenade La gloria di primavera - The Glory of Spring performed by Simone Kermes, soprano Le Musiche Nove, conductor, Claudio Osele This delightful aria was recorded in Toblach (in German) or Dobbiaco (Italian) which sits between the Alps and the Dolomites and is called The Gateway to the Dolomites. There is just a hint of Lily of the Valley in the final line of the text! Canta dolce il rosignolo Sol per me tra valli ombrose, E per me s'adorna il crine (suolo) Di ligustri, di gigli e rose. For me alone the nightingale sings sweetly in the shady valleys and for me the earth blossoms with white flowers, lilies and roses.
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Producer: Peter Steadman Contributors: Richard Miller, Peter Horsfield |
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Introduction and Theme: Adagio, B modal minor Variant I: B modal minor Variant II: Allegro moderato, B modal minor Variant III: D modal minor Variant IV: L'istesso tempo Variant V: Adagio, B modal minor Don't I know that tune? It is RVW's hymn tune Kingsfold, the village south of Dorking, just into W Sussex, not far from his Leith Hill Place home. You may have sung it to O Sing a Song of Bethlehem or to I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say. It is an Irish folk tune which you can listen to on this link. Venue: Concert recorded in Holy Trinity Parish Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, August 2016. |
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Music on Thursdays - Online
Concert for St George's Day and to commemorate the Birth of Shakespeare video recordings of folk and traditional works, music that Shakespeare almost certainly heard, a lovely setting by William Mathias, and some Vaughan Williams to access the concert webpage: please click on the Date, the flag, or Shakespeare's Birthplace Venue: this website and a place of your choosing |
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3pm: AGM Piano Concert - Guest pianist: Marina Kan
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 14, Moonlight Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No 1 in D minor Grieg: Lyric Pieces to access the concert webpage: please click on the Date or on Marin Kan's photo Venue: this website and a place of your choosing |
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