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Nova Scotian living in Chicago. Orchestra Librarian. Join me for a cup of tea.
Thanks for this live
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community. I look forward to it each year and I hope you can be here on Dec 24, 2026 so we can do it all again. Wishing each of you a very Merry Christmas! 🎄
about 15 hours ago
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Always love the organ voluntaries at to conclude the
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service. Those low registers you can feel in your soul and gut and make you regret what you ate for lunch. That Messiaen for the win! 🤯👏
about 15 hours ago
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I have given up caring what other people think- I will sing the descants high and loud regardless of the setting I’m in even though it’s a stretch for me these days.
#wdnc
#OComeAllYeFaithful
#HarkTheHerald
#Willcocks
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about 16 hours ago
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WORD!
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about 16 hours ago
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Went to a Nine Lessons and Carols on the weekend here in Chicago and they didn’t sing the Word verse (??) this year in O Come. I had worn my “Word” t-shirt and everything. So I have high expectations for the upcoming congregational hymn. (And yes I’m wearing the t-shirt today.)
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about 16 hours ago
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These readers are 🔥 this year!
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has upped their orating game.
about 16 hours ago
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Did they change the mic-ing this year? The sitting and standing of the congregation is waaayyyy quieter.
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about 16 hours ago
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Hello organ!
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#UntoUs
about 16 hours ago
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I appreciated that more sparse There Is No Rose (Stainer & Bell is an old publisher!). I’m not feeling this Britten as much for some reason.
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about 16 hours ago
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Portman’s commissioned carol- exquisite. The solo boy soprano voice and when the baritone came in on “at once a voice arose”… I hope this piece gets into choral rep rotation.
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about 16 hours ago
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This Canadian-living-in-the-US’s soul is always soothed when a church/choir breaks out the “English” tunes for some of these hymns (It Came Upon, O Little Town, Away in a Manger, etc.)
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about 17 hours ago
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Loved that Elizabeth Maconchy arrangement of Nowell We Sing! Good tempo, clear singing.
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about 17 hours ago
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Ahhhhhh one of my favourites…. Adam lay ybounden. ❤️💚❤️💚
about 17 hours ago
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The Blessed Son of God was new to me- gorgeous. Love me some Vaughan Williams harmony. (I can’t believe I’ve never heard it before!)
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about 17 hours ago
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Was there ever a time in the pronunciation of the English language that blood and good rhymed?
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about 17 hours ago
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Nailed it!
#nopressure
#1stverse
#OnceInRoyal
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about 17 hours ago
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Tea brewing, croissants heating up… getting ready for the live broadcast of
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Nine Lessons and Carols.
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about 17 hours ago
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Adam Schwarz
8 months ago
Love the lil flex when they realise they just became the most famous bird in the world.
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The search is still on for Minnie. Lost in the
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but could have travelled a distance if scared or spooked. Please keep an eye out for this pup! (I don’t know the dog or owner, just feel bad for the lost pet/owner.)
10 months ago
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Merry Christmas
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friends. May your day be filled with joy, peace and joy. I hope to see you again next year, I really do appreciate this community. (I'm off to figure out my new Bluesky account.)
about 1 year ago
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Ahhhhh... this Vierne postlude! This is what I'm talking about!
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about 1 year ago
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And that dissonance on that very last "herald" does it to me each time, and not because of my singing.
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about 1 year ago
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That last verse of O Come All Ye Faithful - if I was there in person I would've been a puddle of tears.
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about 1 year ago
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WORD! *throws fist up in the air
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about 1 year ago
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My apologies in advance - I'm going to sing the descant to O Come All Ye very loudly and I'm not a soprano anymore.
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about 1 year ago
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Gloria &c.
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about 1 year ago
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The organ is coming through extra on my sound system right now - not over powering the choir, but really cutting through. Makes me feel almost like I'm there - except I'm not coughing and enjoying a cup of tea.
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about 1 year ago
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There is just something that gets me every time when the organ opens up and just fills the space and you can just hear and feel the air moving through the pipes.
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about 1 year ago
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It isn't Christmas without a little Rutter. (Not too much, just a sprinkling.)
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about 1 year ago
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What is up with the coughing. Just not throat clearing but full on hacking up a lung? On a live broadcast around the world?
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about 1 year ago
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Gabriel's Message!!! My Christmas is complete. ♥️
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about 1 year ago
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No point in turning the page quietly, the standing of the congregation (and the coughing) will cover it up. And, I haven't heard It Came Upon a Midnight Clear in a very long time for some reason. The organist is keeping the tempo on track!
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about 1 year ago
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That Noel by Elizabeth Maconchy was new for me - why haven't I heard this before???
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about 1 year ago
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That Martin Adam lay was delicious!
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about 1 year ago
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Love that we're starting out with some RVW. Something to help me settle.
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about 1 year ago
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Nice work Once In Royal soloist!
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about 1 year ago
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Hello
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friends! Just hopped over here from the other platform to join in on the live broadcast! Always look forward to this community on Dec 24.
about 1 year ago
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