Three more carols that have been tried our at recent Chichester and Worthing sessions.
Ideo or "Personent Hodie"
This is a carol, taken from a 16th Century collection of carols called Piæ Cantiones, is one that many of our singers already have in their song books but which has so far not been adopted.
In the Bleak Mid-Winter
Also know as "A Christmas Carol" This is a poem by Christina Rossetti, published in 1872, sung to Gustav Holst's setting (Cranham, 1906). She may have written it during a winter visit to William Blake at his cottage in Felpham.
The Boar's Head Carol
The boar's head with an apple in its mouth is carried into the banquet hall on a gold or silver dish to the sound of trumpets and the singing of minstrels. At Hurst College in Hurstpierpoint, the boar’s head is paraded around the cloisters followed by the choir singing the Boar’s Head Carol.
How wonderful to see SDFS flourishing ten years on from the first workshops - here's to another ten years! Forgive an annoying historical quibble, but Christina Rossetti could never have visited William Blake in his cottage at Felpham, as she was born three years after he died. Perhaps she visited him in spirit, which is more than possible given Blake was a very Great Spirit!
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