Well, obviously, no it isn't. But at choir rehearsal tonight we started practising for the carol service, which makes Christmas seem terrifyingly close!
A lot of the music is, of course, very familiar - it would be a very disappointing carol service that didn't include Hark, The Herald Angels Sing and O Come, All Ye Faithful - but among the pieces that I hadn't heard before is this absolutely gorgeous one:
Isn't it just glorious? The serenity! The simplicity of the line! The harmonies! Morten Lauridsen is an American composer (of Danish parentage), born in 1943, and this particular piece was written in 1994, but I'm pretty sure he's got the staying power of Tallis and Byrd.
A lot of the music is, of course, very familiar - it would be a very disappointing carol service that didn't include Hark, The Herald Angels Sing and O Come, All Ye Faithful - but among the pieces that I hadn't heard before is this absolutely gorgeous one:
Isn't it just glorious? The serenity! The simplicity of the line! The harmonies! Morten Lauridsen is an American composer (of Danish parentage), born in 1943, and this particular piece was written in 1994, but I'm pretty sure he's got the staying power of Tallis and Byrd.
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