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| Lod. de Vocht |
Leading the vocal and instrumental ensembles, and I believe also arranging the music, is the Flemish composer, conductor and educator Lodewijk de Vocht (1887-1977). The choral groups are the Royal Chorale Caecilia, which de Vocht founded, and the Boys' Choir of St. Livinus's College, Antwerp.
De Vocht reached back as far as the 14th century for his materials, arranging them to present the story of the nativity.
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| Poster for 1940 de Vocht concert |
UPDATE: Flemish reader Monsieur Maurice has come to the rescue with a translation of the notes into English! Please see the comments section for a link. Thanks, Monsieur Maurice!
After some coaxing, the record yielded pleasing sound. But there are a few momentary hiccups that I hope you will forgive, this being the holiday season and all.
Happy Thanksgiving to US readers!
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Link (Apple lossless):
https://www.mediafire.com/file/n7fw7gpw6z4w7by/Kerstmis.zip
Thanks Buster for this rarity.
A special Christmas LP:
excellent songs, diverse arrangements and captivating performers.
Looking forward to hearing this. Happy Thanks Buster.
Happy Thanksgiving to you Buster! You've beaten me to the punch by a few hours, but I'll catch up soon. Looking forward to hearing the Christmas goodies this year!
Hi everyone and happy holidays!
Ernie - I will be in Florida for the next week, so you won't be hearing from me for a while. Looking forward to your goodies!
thank you. you always have nice stuff round xmas. -cheers, a.v.
Happy Holidays to you too dear Buster !!
Missing Florida......
sounds like shawms and a noodle pack to me.
Barbs - I hear the noodle pack but not the shawms.
Being Flemish, I took the liberty of translating the sleeve notes for you. Mind you, it's written in a rather old and 'poetic' style. It took me a few hours to make it somewhat understandable.
But reading and translating them it made me realize that the notes really translate the atmosphere of the carols, and that we still sing them today... 500 years later.
KERSTMIS sleeve notes
Regards
Monsieur Maurice
Chez Monsieur Maurice
Monsieur Maurice - Thank you so much! I am most grateful. I couldn't make sense of it at all!
Being behind the curve, as usual, zippyshare deleted your translations long ago.
Any change of a reload to a more permanent site. (Not that anything on the Internet is truly permanent.)
Charlot - I believe this is the correct file. Please let me know if not!
https://mega.nz/#!KU8U1SwA!ixIwbRzC0WfO-tdg-t1FM7Zil-Jc7BkIZOmy_v7h6dI
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