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Sunday, December 9. 2012

Wiener Sangerknaben, reposted from 2010

Since 1498 - the Vienna Boy's Choir. They have four touring groups of 25 kids each. They sing like angels. We caught their Christmas in Vienna concert at Carnegie Hall today with Mrs. BD's music-loving parents after a very pleasant brunch at Petrossian down the block (the prix fixe, friends - but festively with caviar and blini, and champagne). Mrs. BD got us good parterre seats. 


The choir has an interesting and ancient history.




As a reprise, they sang the beloved but cornball Leise rieselt der Schnee. Give the tune a listen if you don't know it. You might end up humming it for 48 hours.  With all of our German-origin Christmas songs (eg Stille Nacht), it's a wonder we English never took this one. Maybe because of the bland lyrics (but this translation stinks - I can do better even though my German is not very strong anymore). Here's a version of it.


I bet you can't listen to it just once:


 

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True - it is a gorgeous piece of music and you can't get rid of it once it starts. :>)

Thanks a lot.
#1 Tom Francis on 2010-12-12 19:10 (Reply)
Thank you. This brings back childhood memories. I never learned the carol, but it was on several of the records my parents had that we listened to during the Christmas season. (Yes, we were of German-American ethnicity.) Truly, a beautiful carol. Thanks again.
#2 CBI on 2010-12-12 23:59 (Reply)
Thanks for posting this. I loved the song and the perfomance. "Cornball"???? Did not understand that.
I had never heard it but now I must hear this one from now on at Christmas.
#3 Gary Foster on 2010-12-13 12:52 (Reply)
I just showed the German clip to Judith, who grew up in Germany. It was one of her favorites as a youngun, and she still remembered and sang the words. Curious that this beautiful song never crossed the Atlantic when so many others did.
#4 Bruce Kesler on 2012-12-10 19:16 (Reply)

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