In dulci jubilo | King's College, Cambridge

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'In dulci jubilo', arranged by Robert Lucas de Pearsall & Daniel Hyde. The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, is directed by Daniel Hyde. From the new album 'In the bleak midwinter'.
The album reflects a Christmas that was unlike any other in recent history. Much of the music on this album was heard around the world as part of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a service that has been broadcast live from King’s on Christmas Eve every year since 1930.
But for Christmas Eve 2020 in the face of a global pandemic, the continuation of this uniquely long-running tradition was not possible - not sung live or with a congregation in the Chapel as well as the global audience who have long listened from around the world. Instead, a full service, with lessons, carols, organ voluntaries and prayers, was recorded in an empty Chapel. For its millions of listeners, the broadcast meant the continuation of a Christmas tradition in a year when so many were without their friends and family, and without so much of what makes Christmas special.
This album contains music from the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols together with a selection of specially recorded tracks. It marks the beginning of a new era for the Choir of King’s College under the direction of Daniel Hyde, with this his first full album at King’s since his appointment in 2019.
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℗ King's College Recordings 2021
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In dulci jubilo
Let us our homage shew; Our heart’s joy reclineth
In præsepio;
And like a bright star shineth Matris in gremio;.
Alpha es et O!
O Jesu parvule,
I yearn for thee alway! Listen to my ditty,
O Puer optime!
Have pity on me, pity, O Princeps gloriæ! Trahe me post te!
O Patris caritas!
O Nati lenitas!
Deeply were we stained Per nostra crimina;
But thou hast for us gained Cœlorum gaudia.
O that we were there!
Ubi sunt gaudia, where,
If that they be not there? There are angels singing Nova cantica,
There the bells are ringing In Regis curia:
O that we were there!
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[@agathavandoesburg7297]

Save this choir with all its traditions! Nothing wrong with a traditional all male voice choir!! It's special and should remain so ❤️❤️ Thank you for the lovely carols. Merry Christmas to you all 🎶👏👏❤️

[@tomarmstrong1281]

i remember my boyhood and the joy of singing with my friends as a chorister. The effortless soaring to the high notes. Great shame that more boys are not taught to use their boys voices which only last such a short time.

[@deesballoons9506]

Jesus loves you and repent have a blessed day ❤

[@tomarmstrong1281]

@@deesballoons9506 I am sure you are a good person and sincere in your intentions. How wonderful it would be if love was available simply for the asking. My experience leads mr to believe that love, just like respect is earned.

[@buffster948]

I'm not sure I'd prefer being the castrati, but, yes, beautiful voices.

[@sneezeey]

@@buffster948 Just in case you thought otherwise, modern choristers simply sing until their voices break and aren't castrated to prevent that from happening

[@davethewife7628]

I was also a chorister and it was a fabulous experience.

[@garethwilkinson3456]

Please protect these young folk. They can sing.

[@outlookesp]

Lovely. What I miss about a British Christmas

[@salvatoreventre8193]

World's best choir and one of best traditional Christmas songs I've ever heard. Greetings from Italy.

[@marks5203]

Think Trinty College and St John's College might have something to say about that!

[@soupdragon151]

Merry Christmas to you sir.

[@spoffspoffington]

@@marks5203 Trinity don't have a youth choir. But at least all those women have better things to do than complaigning wokely

[@grahamhowat6604]

Not a lot fortunately.New College Oxford perhaps

[@ramfaki1256]

🎄⛪Hope you'd a blessed👼 Christmas! Wishes for a happy New Year time🎁💌❕ Greetings from Greece

[@timothyj1966]

Sounds like the Choir is in good hands!

[@dossy12]

As an ex Chorister from Liverpool, Kings has always been the best . Well done gentlemen!

[@jacquieviegas6082]

What a glorious rendition of this beautiful carol.

[@shawardara]

Stunning. But I’ve always thought them stunning.

[@gwinniboots]

I love choral singing like this. Beautiful. What pure voices. 🥰

[@marcellogenesi6390]

No other religion has such beauty, none!

[@aubynfresh9434]

Those acoustics combined with the most beautiful voices and harmonies are just perfection. Thank you.

[@edwardjones4870]

This arrangement of “In dulci jubilo” by Pearsall (now Hyde too) has long been one of my favorite choral pieces. This is an excellent performance, and I’m impressed that the choir is singing more from memory than from the score. The last verse is very complex and in multiple parts. Performances of this under the previous and late director Stephen Cleobury were uneven. Hyde is going to take this choir to even greater heights.

[@majorlaff8682]

Perhaps. But once you've reached the peak, where is there to go?

[@edwardjones4870]

@@majorlaff8682 Perfection is something we human beings can never achieve, but we can always strive for it!

[@majorlaff8682]

@@edwardjones4870 Indeed, we can, and should strive, for it. Otherwise, we wouldn't have the beautiful music we so enjoy, the great architecture which amazes us, the scientific breakthroughs that enable us to live longer and healthier, the incredible inventions that make hard work so much easier and more work achievable ... the list goes on, along with our pursuit of excellence.

[@christyhasselle]

This is beautiful. Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas wittily King’s college lessons and carols.

[@perpendicularfifths7312]

The boys’ sound has improved so much! Daniel Hyde is a true master

[@youtubesewers915]

The discipline and concentration out of boys so young is absolutely precious to see in this day.. Love it

[@cfrazer101]

This might be one of the best King’s choirs I’ve ever heard. Phenomenal artistry here!

[@riffraftmusic8669]

Thanks for taking it slowly enough to let those wonderful passing-tones and suspension-resolutions sound!

[@elizabethsohler6516]

Spoken like a true musical theorist! Much respect. I studied music for a while, but alas theory was never my strong suit!

[@Tex_Sails]

How even the non-believers may sink to their knees when hearing this beauty - may all the world rejoice, and peace follow.

[@majorlaff8682]

Perfection never comes cheap. But in this case, it's still an absolute bargain. Thank you, boys. Gotta go. My eyes are leaking again.

[@spoffspoffington]

I don't think they're short of money for choral scholarships. Not as rich as Trinity - due to a mere Bursar, of course

[@majorlaff8682]

@@spoffspoffington My comment had nothing to do with filthy lucre or mammon. It was referring to the price of effort, dedication, commitment and devotion to the task at hand. Nothing to do with monetary value.

[@jorgemunoz3545]

My soul is full of joy to listen this wonderful. THANKS ALWAYS!!

[@johnpereira9755]

JORGE MUNOZ: Mine too. Besides, it is good to see young Westerners living the Christian life to the full.

[@davedickinson9260]

A masterful rendition. A director who has trained a group of young musicians to perfection. He has complete confidence in these fine young people. Thank you and a Happy Christmas to all at Kings. Must go, someone is chopping onions I think and I am leaking again. Jesus is Lord. Happy birthday Master.

[@clairespareoomcheepicheep7092]

World's best choir!👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@rosaliabuontempo7314]

Meraviglioso riuscite a farci meditare il grande Mistero del Santo Natale ❤️

[@lemonboy1193]

" and like a bright star shineth" 🙏

[@soupdragon151]

"oh that we were there!"

[@joraston]

I’ve listened to Christmas Eve Carol service since I was little girl and lived in UK. I now live in Australia and still listen every year.

[@skbeal]

This a beautiful interpretation. I love this choir, and when it comes to Christmas carols (among other things), this choir is phenomenal.

[@marcvolpe8252]

SUSAN YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL ADORABLE SEDUCTIVE RAVISHING CAPTIVATING AND PASSIONATE SUSAN YOU'RE PHENOMENAL ❤

[@Episcopalianacolyte]

One reason I eft the Roman Catholic church for the Anglican Communion was because of the beautiful, holy music.

[@terrencelukemaelaua4677]

Such a beaut... Great voices including that echoing acoustic.

[@Knappa22]

The line "Listen to my ditty" is so quirky, and not found in any other version I've heard. Only Kings!

[@ebenezersam8227]

Goosebumps all over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

The real meaning of Christmas. NEVER take CHRIST out of Christmas! 🙏🎄

[@mcclay9483]

This! ❤✝️

[@bruce8429]

Don't start Rupert's American culture war here. Please. I come here to get away from American tabloidsism..

[@allenjones3130]

JESUS CHRIST is the reason for the Christmas season!

[@majorlaff8682]

Amen. Otherwise it's just 'mas'.

[@RagPlaysGames]

Oh, that we were there... Merry Christmas everyone.

[@joshuakampamba9061]

Used to listen to this alot in 2022❤❤such wonderful heavenly voices

[@BC-hm5zf]

So beautiful.

[@brigi2687]

So schön🥰

[@ralphnestorowicz4934]

So beautiful

[@adofranciskalu2340]

My best choir of all time, I love this choir

[@LeMecMoustachu]

Beautiful. Spend this beautiful time with your loved ones and family

[@helenwilks7817]

It may come as a shock to the millions around the world for whom Christmas isn't complete without King's Festival of Lessons & Carols ... but factions in the UK, especially at Cambridge & Oxford, won't rest until the last traditional Anglo-Catholic mens' and boys' choirs are destroyed - even though the vast majority of the universities' choral ensembles are mixed-gender. Kings College Choir's Cambridge peer - the venerable Choir of St John's College as of next year will become a women's, girls', men's, and boys' chorus - throwing away more than 500 years of institutional continuity. A tiny handful of these traditional choirs survive, able to sing centuries of church music with the tonalities and spirit composers intended. Let's pray King's College Choir is not the next victim of the culture vandals. Give this extraordinary ensemble your support!

[@ds1868]

@Helen Wilks It's unlikely that the choral tradition at King's will change. The choir was set up and fully operational by 1449, and has been the same ever since. The original statutes of King's College set up by King Henry VI stipulate sixteen male choristers sing in the choir. Any changes to the composition would require appropriate legislation. Also King's College is not 'Anglo-Catholic'. The services follow the general ethos of the services of the Church of England under licence from the Bishop of Ely, and I would not describe these as 'Anglo-Catholic'.

[@dwightmckay2036]

I agree with ds1868 in that King Henry VI stipulated in a royal charter to have only 16 male Choiristers Also the King's College Chapel iassociate s not a Anglican Church governed by the Church of Englsnd like many cathedrals etc with the same regulations etc It is a associate place of worship under auspices of the bishop responsible for King's College Choir etc

[@abpakdeep]

Kings College already has a mixed choir! But tradition for the main choir never change!

[@helenwilks7817]

@@abpakdeep Let's hope so!

[@petermachado2022]

The mixed choir may sound even better. Traditions can change, and occasionally, like in this case, for the better!

[@Ph4n_t0m]

First notes and already my eyes welled up with tears .. i can't do this while grocery shopping!

[@pmajudge]

BREATH-TAKINGLY STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL INDEED !!! FROM U.K. (2022).

[@AnybodybutEvans]

Superlatives simply do not do justice to describing the sublime experience of listening at home to this choir's performance on Christmas Eve. Many thanks for the unforgettable experience.

[@james_loney]

Absolutely stunning performance under the difficult to photograph and difficult to sonically 'grasp' conditions of a medieval chapel (so many other famous choirs go down in the attempt). Thank you so much, this brought tears of joy to my eyes!

[@lindabliss2138]

With all due respect to everyone else - there's nothing quite like the sound of sweet English voices. - sublime!

[@elizabethsohler6516]

Well stated. From a Yank.

[@oyebamijioluwole7330]

It was in 1964 that I first sang and liked this song in Secondary School Class One Till date it's my star XMAS CAROL

[@GIANMARIA440]

brilliant.

[@ripharwood4138]

Magical! A highlight of my Christmas every year.

[@elizabethsohler6516]

I know my opinion isn't relevant, but you have excellent taste.

[@agathavandoesburg7297]

Absolutely beautiful 😍 🤩 Wouldn't be Christmas without them ❤️

[@maulenaspencer4906]

New words to an old song, "Good Christian men, rejoice." Beautiful singing.

[@elizabethsohler6516]

Not really new. I believe this is the original text in Latin. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_dulci_jubilo

[@hobcam7013]

Sounding in great form

[@c-historia]

magnificent!

[@markaudley-thewles5920]

Every thing that this time of year should be about. Beauty and hope .wishing you and your loved ones a very happy Christmas , M.

[@artoaco]

Thank you for your divine voices and inspiration. You make the world to a better place.

[@hellenbrianmckeon6823]

I have listened to those layers at the end so many times!! It’s so perfect and beautiful!! The tenors and Altos Wow! And those young boys!! No words! What creativity!! Hyde thank you! It’s Magnificent!!

[@ds1868]

Trebles not sopranos.

[@hellenbrianmckeon6823]

@@ds1868 thanks!

[@ardiffley-zipkin9539]

A peaceful, joyous moment in the midst of a turbulent world. Thank you and bless you.

[@danawinsor1380]

It doesn't get better than this. There is no music more beautiful!

[@daniele840]

Amazing and i love this song

[@minnengkim]

I really deeply touched by thy voice and envy you have best ever choir.. Thanks from Korea to You All

[@cirruslogic]

The choir you should listen to every Christmas without fail. Merry Christmas. Singapore.

[@pablochamorrovelasquez3785]

Sounds really amazing that cordination

[@claudiocavaliere856]

Absolutely enchanting! Congratulations in every possible way!

[@litoboy5]

GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT !!

[@joshuakampamba9061]

The king's college chior are the best. I wonder how they attain such perfection. Huge fun from 🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲

[@eaglewings-tn2rw]

Amazing rendition! May King's continue to grow and abound!

[@jeanhumphreys5049]

absolutely fabulous!

[@marilynwoolford-chandler1161]

Extraordinary. A marvelous presentation.

[@VincentdeRidder]

Incredible!

[@harrietthespy2119]

This is so beautiful…Christ came to save us from nihilism and division and DEATH… and to bring us into the eternal Heavenly bliss of perfect and overwhelming love! May we who hear this truly honor Him by how this beautiful music overwhelms and inspires us to love God, ourselves and our neighbors 💖🙏🕊️

[@skhemborlangnongbsap2673]

Beautiful! 😇

[@user-bd6xq5uf8s]

와아... 귀가 녹는다 녹아...

[@silviacoveri5291]

Perfetti come sempre! Grazie

[@nelsonwhaley6348]

The Choir has improved in leaps and bounds since Daniel Hyde took over. Plus introduction of American repertoire...in parallel, it is interesting that Voces8 are similarly performing some superb American music too.

[@simonhool3073]

Disagree, less punch

[@mona2242]

This is what Christmas is for me, sublime !

[@rebanelson607]

So beautiful. Thanks for posting this.

[@viviancorrea2910]

ESSA MÚSICA É SIMPLESMENTE MAGNÍFICA!!! VALE A PENA OUVIR CADA SEGUNDO !!!!!!

[@angelgilulecia7584]

Ederra

[@emuoboagbahovbe4141]

Exceptionally beautiful... Merry Christmas everyone!

[@jamboree2723]

Goosebumps....this was so beautifull, thank you so much!

[@fiorellazoia3670]

Meraviglia!

[@jeromebaroe7652]

Magnifique. A voir comme à entendre.

[@gty4533]

Lovely.

[@hellenmckeon1516]

Its that time of the year again!

[@karpovka1739]

very beautiful, thank-you so much for this

[@elenarosalepera6399]

So Lovely its the Christmas sentiment full of Love ...

[@leosworld4u]

Yes very lovely indeed! A Joyous Noel to You & Yours! From Leo in the town of Alamosa in the beautiful San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado USA. Check out Leo's Christmas on KZbin (Garyskiman L) 🎅🤶🦌❄☃🎵🎄🎁✨🖖🙏

[@tommybrown9034]

Fantastic God bless the world and a Merry Christmas to all...

[@strawberryapple7061]

Please everyone remind: you are beautiful just the way you are or want to be. Pls just take feedback wich is fair, not wich destroys you. Your appearance isn't more important than your skills/personality. Speak out what you think it's important. Don't give up on what you want to do or what you want to be, work hard for it but use your intelligence. Don't let mistakes control your life, learn from them and make it better the next time. Search for true friends not just popularity and always have fun! Who knows when you can laught again the next time? Keep going, bad things going away but sometimes they just need some time. Thank y'all for reading ❤️ Have a great day😊

[@user-lp2pm8jl9o]

What a gorgeous ending to a beautifully sung piece.

[@gemmaroseharper9632]

I remembered my time in my church choir, we changed and sang beautiful spiritual songs and hymns. Also sang with the "y" choral & group with the Orchestra! Awesome, I'm reminded.

[@gemmaroseharper9632]

Chanted!!

[@5musico8]

Beautiful 👏👏👏

[@missasinenomine]

O that we were there!

[@lydialangfordjoiner765]

Out of this world beautiful! Thank you for sharing this! Merry Christmas-

[@patrickhawkins5566]

Hello Lydia, how are you doing hope you’re having a good day

[@patrickhawkins5566]

Are you ok

[@wobblybobengland]

Peace and love to all

[@jesustorres828]

Hermoso

[@davidetagliabue]

Tradition has it that in 1328 Suso one night had a vision of angels dancing and singing and he was taken by the hand and joined them singing and dancing as a sign of adoration and sang a song to the Child Jesus which began with Nun singet und seid froh or In Dulci Jubilo.

[@the.minerat]

Magnificent, can't wait to get my CD and the Christmas Cards as Christmas present!

[@cantusfirmusbecker7825]

Wunderschööööööön! Viele Grüße aus Germany! I Wish your a very good year 2024!

[@consom5317]

Wow

[@sianjjtd]

beautiful

[@Sheryl-jf2ys]

Beautiful done

[@ylvaeliaeson4593]

I love it!🌺

[@ds1868]

For those interested in an alternative interpretation, here is the performance from King's College last year in the BBC Broadcast on Christmas Eve 2020. This performance follows the more usual approach with a tenor solo, and on this occasion the gentlemen scholars were replaced by The King's Singers due to Covid regulations at that time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqDGXoeYi92LeMU

[@Paul-qr7hu]

Great performance. Thanks for posting.