It was a beautiful Christmas day at the Mansion of Wrong, sunny and breezy, with occasional food and drink. The most popular family movie choice was “La La Land”. We move on to our third Xmas party today.
Keeping with the idea of peace and reflection, here is a video from A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols that takes place at King’s College, one of the 31 colleges in the University of Cambridge in the UK. Kings was founded in 1441 by King Henry VI, and is world-famous for its Chapel and choir.
The annual Christmas Eve service from King’s is broadcast to millions around the world, including on American Public Media and WNYC-New York in the US.
For your listening pleasure and contemplation, here is a shortened version of the “Carols from Kings” in 2004, here is “Once in Royal David’s City”:
Wikipedia says that “Once in Royal David’s City” was originally written as a poem by Cecil Frances Alexander. The carol was first published in 1848 and set to music by English organist Henry John Gauntlett.
No pressure at all on the young boy who performs the solo at the beginning of the video.
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