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What a fantastic title that would have been for a Christmas episode of Magnum P.I. :)
The real one, I mean. Not today's pale imitation.
Merry Christmas!
Thank you! Wonderful!
Thank you Mairdie, for elevating my Christmas eve with this beautiful compilation and music!
Thanks very much.
Morten Lauridsen gets much more attention in choral circles, but the Tomás Luis de Victoria setting is my favorite, both to hear and to sing.
It is challenging but rewarding for basses. I have been fortunate to sing it in European cathedrals (which only permit sacred music) on two tours, and in two good venues in the US: Mission Santa Clara (long reverb), and St. Joseph’s Cathedral of San Jose (short reverb).
Merry Christmas.