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To: Kathy in Alaska

Merry Christmas Kathy!

41 posted on 12/24/2020 7:31:04 PM PST by PROCON (Molon Labe)

To: luvie; Kathy in Alaska; left that other site; MS.BEHAVIN; radu

MERRY CHRISTMAS

CHARPENTIER: “MIDNIGHT MASS FOR CHRISTMAS”

This has always been a Christmas favorite for classical music lovers. This 1997 recording, however, sent shock waves through the community. Marc Minkowski’s period instrument recording with the Musicians of the Louvre takes it out of the early Baroque and places it in the late Renaissance. It sounds totally different from any other recording.

Charpentier wrote the piece around 1690 for a Jesuit church in Paris where he was choirmaster. The melodies that he used for the mass are French Christmas carols of the era, which are almost forgotten today.

Charpentier: “Midnight Mass for Christmas”

42 posted on 12/24/2020 7:31:53 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)

Thank you, Pro....and a Merry Christmas to you.

68 posted on 12/24/2020 10:26:31 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

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