“Auld lang syne is well known as a song of celebration at the turn of the new year, commemorating the year past. The poem was written by Robert Burns in 1788, and the melody is a traditional Scots tune (Roud 6294). Robert Burns sent a copy of the original song to the British Museum with…
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Mignarda: Audi Benigne Conditor
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Donna Stewart: The Wexford Carol
Good people all, this Christmas time, Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done In sending his beloved son With Mary holy we should pray, To God with love this Christmas Day In Bethlehem upon that morn, There was a blessed Messiah born. The night before that happy tide,…
Mignarda: Where There Is Charity and Love
If video is not visible on WP Reader….please view At Sunnyside “This beautiful and familiar hymn is one of the antiphons for the washing of feet on the Mandatum (Maundy Thursday). Its text is attributed to Paulinus of Aquileia in 796. The traditional chant melody probably also stems from the late 8th century.” lutesongs According…
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: My Lady Greensleeves
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“Bergell Mountains” and Mignarda’s “Bist du bei mir”
Bist du bei mir (Are You With Me?) Text and Translation Bist du bei mir, geh ich mit Freuden zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh. Ach, wie vergnügt wär so mein Ende, es drückten deine schönen Hände mir die getreuen Augen zu. If you are with me, then I will go gladly to death and…
Mignarda: ‘When You and I Were Young, Maggie’
“As Mignarda (http://www.Mignarda.com), we typically perform music from the 16th century, but while taking a break from recording the music of John Dowland, we did an impromptu rendition of this lovely old song.” The poem was written for Maggie Clark of Glanford, Ontario by poet George Washington Johnson. George and Maggie became engaged, married, and…
At Sunnyside - Where Truth and Beauty Meet 