User:Gerda Arendt/Christmas 2017
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und ich wil dir in psalmen ermuntern meinen Sinn
and I want to entertain my mind in psalms for you
(Paul Gerhardt, 1653)
Happy 2018 to you!
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Did you know ...
... that Der 100. Psalm,15px an extended setting of {{nowrap|Psalm 100}} for choir, orchestra and organ by Max Reger, was premiered simultaneously in Chemnitz and Breslau?
... that Georg Dohrn conducted at the Konzerthaus Breslau the premiere of Reger's Der 100. Psalm, Mahler's Eighth Symphony, and Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with Vladimir Horowitz?
... that Wolfram Röhrig, who was responsible for "entertaining music" including jazz for the broadcaster Süddeutscher Rundfunk, recorded Max Reger's Der 100. Psalm?
... that St. Stefanus, Ghent, was the venue of a concert dedicated to the Martin Luther Year, featuring Max Reger's setting of Psalm 100?
(in loving memory of my mother who was born on {{nowrap|9 January}}, and taught me music and to serve with joy)
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Review of 2017 in my images
File:Loipe Engenhahn.jpg|Cross country
File:Schneeglöckchen Idstein.jpg|Snow drops
File:Mandeln Rüdesheim.jpg|Almond blossom
File:Schlehen Rauenthal.jpg|Blackthorn blossom
File:Schwalbenschwanz Lorch.jpg|Swallow tail
File:Altrhein Geinsheim.jpg|Old Rhine
File:Disteln Velky Kliz.jpg|Thistles
File:See Velky Kliz.jpg|Mountain lake
File:Sonnenblumen Idstein.jpg|Sunflowers
File:Buchen Idstein.jpg|Beech trees in fall
File:Hagebutten Martinsthal.jpg|Rose hips
File:Fichte Idstein.jpg|Spruce in snow
2017 brought some Reformation and reformation.
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Did you know ... that the Advent hymn "Wie soll ich dich empfangen" with lyrics by Paul Gerhardt had a melody by Johann Crüger when he published it in 1653, but Bach used a different melody in his Christmas Oratorio?
- Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
- Puer natus est nobis (Gregorian introit)
- Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich
- Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt
- Christmas Lullaby ("Clear in the darkness")
- Menschen, die ihr wart verloren
- Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Nun freut euch, ihr Christen
- O du fröhliche
Did you know ... that the musicologist Willi Gundlach, who founded the chamber choir of Dortmund University, trained volunteers to sing a Bach cantata in one day, including Part I of Bach's Christmas Oratorio?
- Auf, Christen, singt festliche Lieder
- Haydn: Theresienmesse ([http://www.wiesbadener-kurier.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/musik/der-chor-von-st-bonifatius-singt-unter-gabriel-dessauers-leitung-am-25-dezember-die-theresienmesse_18408050.htm press])
- Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt
- Nun freut euch, ihr Christen
- Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier
- O du fröhliche
26 December
- Erde, singe
- Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier
- Jauchzet, ihr Himmel
- Zu Bethlehem geboren
- Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her
(27. + 28. Dezember · Schon gewusst?
Willi Gundlach erarbeitete im Offenen Kantatensingen mit freiwilligen Choristen Teil III aus Bachs Weihnachtsoratorium in einem Tag.
30 January · St. Jakobus, Rüdesheim
- Auf, Christen, singt festliche Lieder
- Licht, das uns erschien
- Dem Herrn in der Höhe Gloria soll klingen
- Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier
- Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
- Heilig, heilig, dreimal heilig
- Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
- Engel auf den Feldern singen
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- Nun freut euch, ihr Christen
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- O du fröhliche, o du selige
gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit
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mein hertze sol dir grünen
my heart shall green for you
(Paul Gerhardt, 1653)
Merry Christmas to you File:Exclamation Mark Heart Green.png
5 January 2018
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Did you know ...
... that Nikolaus Herman based the melody of his Christmas carol "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich" on the Gregorian hymn "Puer natus est nobis"? (1 February)
... that "Erde, singe" ("Earth, sing") was a carol in ten stanzas derived in the 19th century from a pastoral lullaby, but appears in the current hymnal in four stanzas, alluding to Christmas only once? (26 January)
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Did you know ...
... that "Stern über Bethlehem" is a German song created in 1964 and often sung by star singers (pictured)? (28 January)
... that while the Three Kings bring gold, incense and myrrh to the manger, the singer of "Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier" offers spirit and mind, heart, soul and courage as gifts? (6 January)