A light-hearted thread....

[mercia]

Mendelssohn - Hear my prayer

[mangerton]

Purcell - Hear my Prayer

[Roehre]

Beethoven: Vom Herzen, möge es zum Herzen gehen (motto Missa solemnis)

[mercia]

Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen BWV66 - JSB

[mangerton]

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben BWV 147 JSB

[Y Mab Afradlon]

On Ilkla Moor Baht T'at

[Magnificat]

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night - sometimes sung to the tune of On Ilkley Moor Bar Tat

[mangerton]

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night - sometimes sung to the tune of On Ilkley Moor Bar Tat

Yes, I'm afraid that's true.

The Shepherds' Farewell - Berlioz

[David Underdown]

Yes, I'm afraid that's true.

[it's actually been sung to that tune longer than what we'd now consider the "normal" tune, I'm not actually sure when the Ilkley Moor Words were first used (not published until 1916 according to Wiki, but probably earlier than 1877, while the tune, a Methodist hymn tune, was written in 1805 by a Canterbury shoemaker]

[EnemyoftheStoat]

[it's actually been sung to that tune longer than what we'd now consider the "normal" tune, I'm not actually sure when the Ilkley Moor Words were first used (not published until 1916 according to Wiki, but probably earlier than 1877, while the tune, a Methodist hymn tune, was written in 1805 by a Canterbury shoemaker]

(And it's much more fun than the dirge which is the "normal" tune.)

Back on track - Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt (LvB)

[Anna]

O still, small voice of calm!

[Magnificat]

Shouldn't this really be Dear Lord and Father of Mankind?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Elgar: Une Voix dans le Desert

[mangerton]

Poulenc - La Voix Humaine

[doversoul1]

Wachtet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645