God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen | The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge

[@jornada.del.muerto]

I'm on the bus listening to this and the Holy Spirit touched me and brought tears of joy to my heart! So beautiful! Christ is Lord!

[@Ben55583]

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge set a high standard when singing 'God rest you merry, gentlemen' in the arrangement by David Willcocks at the 2010 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. This version sung by The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge in 2020 meets that standard. Excellent singing and organ play.

[@Am-1111x]

GOD BLESSES YOU BROTHERS & SISTERS.

[@ww-lg6vd]

The grace of our Lord Christ be with you all.Amen,🙏

[@analauraaznar1552]

Amen :)

[@navidadna618]

La verdad es que son únicos los ingleses en cantar himnos y los coros son maravillosos

[@EdiDrums]

Stephen Layton, all day. Showing the world. Thank you!

[@rogernichols1124]

Of all carols.this is my favourite, a beautiful melody to beautiful 😅 for me as an organist the most satisfying one to accompany.

[@angelacooper2661]

God rest ye merry Gentlemen is in the key of E minor. The last chord is major, which is called a Picardy Third (G#). I am an alto in a church choir and possess perfect pitch, so notice these things. And I have been a Christian 40 years!

[@teznasilyazilir]

Thanks for this valuable info @angelacooper2661. I've been working on this carol for a while and tried some other major and minor chords as well as different bpms to find the perfect sense. As I've learned and felt while listening, E minor has a soothing effect, providing a subtly emotional tone without unnecessary drama. On the other hand, G major, a tone reminiscent of nature’s sounds, has a refreshing and calming energy. I tried A major and liked it, too. Do you prefer E minor or G major or something completely different from them? And what do u think about bpm? The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge uses 124 bpm while Bach Choir uses 143 bpm, both in G major. Which bpm is original or near to original bpm? Do you remember what was it was in the past? Or what it should be for giving a perfect sense for listeners?

[@angelacooper2661]

​​​@@teznasilyazilirI prefer singing this in E minor, as it is the correct key. (Now aged fifty four) I would notice the tuning pitch of A that an orchestra tunes to the oboe. It is 440 vibrations per second. I think that 124 bpm would have been the case in years gone by, whereas now it should be 143 bpm. The speed is not something that I noticed years ago because it must have been before my time. Perhaps a speed of 135 bpm as a compromise that listeners appreciate.

[@robertcholmondeley113]

Paying my annual visit here in time for Noël!

[@kesenaememere8520]

Merry Christmas Eve 2024 🎄🎁❄️

[@kate2014LR]

And to you the same!

[@fgtrhwu2]

Merry Christmas ⛄🎁

[@NetoMusic566]

Merry Christmas!!🎉🎉

[@avesta5390]

Can't wait to join this choir... assuming I get in :/

[@Mike-ed7hb]

cool mate

[@ПутятинскиеДостопамятности]

God Bless☦✨🎄🎆

[@lutherking6627]

I am your competition.Good luck.

[@DacGeo]

did u??))

[@liloupumpkin5278]

Did you?

[@aliceroen]

I love how English this song is Xx much love, merry Christmas to all ❤

[@JeanGeorgesRacine]

Quel plaisir de vous entendre ! ! ... Merveilleuse chorale ! ...et quel enthousiasme. ! Merci !

[@latinamerican1000]

Absolutely divine! An outstanding performance of a classic carol!

[@WagnerJF]

Amazing! Merry Christmas to all of you. Greetings from Brasil.

[@ryanjsimpson]

lovely

[@skunkygrogan6956]

WHAT a magnificent choir-gives one goosebumps!!!🎅☃️☃️☃️🎄🎅.....

[@wandaritter5704]

Angelic

[@johnslade9358]

Outstanding! What a beautiful rendition.

[@EmpMidas]

Awesome

[@charlesanikpecooks2291]

Amazing

[@robinsonfrancis1498]

Merry Christmas

[@nancyspada2240]

So well done!Thank you for uploading.

[@lizzapaolia959]

Beautiful ❤️. Merry Christmas too you and God bless 🙏🎄 God bless the great European race 🙏🎄

[@kuldeepgaur7693]

Beautiful ! God bless

[@jhomastefferson3693]

Oh tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy, "oh christmas brings comfort and joy."

[@MargaretClarke-mz5qm]

Would be lovely to have the lyrics written alingside their singing.

[@iansdigby]

What a huge difference it makes to have women in the choir - this is the age of equality of the sexes, praise God.

[@kate2014LR]

And it sounds so good! Really a bright, lovely sound.

[@ColmPadraig]

The Bible mentions no such equality of the sexes. You're preaching decadent liberalism

[@cheerfulturtlegirl]

​@ColmPadraig Even in the complimentarian view, men and women are equal in value but have different giftings and strengths. There's nothing in the Bible that limits women from singing and praising God.

[@ColmPadraig]

@@cheerfulturtlegirl I never said they weren't. Why even bring that up unless you're deliberately muddying the waters

[@yyvoice9045]

I would like to have the text❤

[@ΛίνταΠατρόζου]

2:00

[@DamsonElvira1212]

Descant 2:52

[@lutherking6627]

Thanks, made it so easy to find the descant - I was looking for hours!

[@philippowell3320]

@@lutherking6627 Somebody is bored making unnecessarily sarcastic comments...

[@SUNDRESHWILFREDJ]

People sing serious i think they don't understand the lyrics properly 😢

[@summersunday6675]

Is this the version when they change the lyrics and making it a woke christmas song?

[@asdsmith1880]

which would be appropriate given that Christmas is about celebrating the all-time greatest woke-dude of them all. Of course, it can also suck artistically.

[@Mr71paul71]

There is nothing woke about Jesus Christ, the living God, your creator and judge and salvation​@@asdsmith1880

[@hardcharging]

No fault of the choir whatsoever, but unpopular opinion here: John Rutter's descant to the same carol is better.

[@bjmcd281]

Ooh this descant is my favorite of all Episcopal descants I know of. But unsurprisingly I grew up on this version. To each his/her own. I think we can all agree this song slaps though.

[@Towboatin]

100%. It's not even close. I find this one to be obnoxious, which is strange, because Willcocks' descant part to Once In Royal David's City is magnificent.

[@hardcharging]

@@Towboatin As someone who dabbles in arrangements, transcriptions, compositions, etc. some things are much harder to write things for than others, and we don't know if there was a sensitive timeline behind writing this descant and harmonization; which can also play in as a factor. On the other end of the spectrum maybe too much time was spent on it. Ah well. A conversation for way later.

[@hardcharging]

@@bjmcd281 Listen to John Rutter's rendition. If you still like Willcocks' better then you do you. I appreciate both as writers of classic hymns, and depending on who did what I'll pick one over the other, and then vise versa for a different tune.