We hand-catalogued all 2,094 movements from JS Bach cantatas, masses, motets, oratorios, Passions, and Magnificat – using the Neue Bach-Ausgabe – so you can browse by instrumentation and text.

Bach Arias, Duets, Choruses, Instruments, Lyrics & Translations | VMII
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There are many settings of this text, but this one wins in my book.

Kim André Arnesen - Even when he is silent
St. Jacobs Vokalensemble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtq9TPnb6kc

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Happy Birthday, Wolfgang!

Mozart - Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, "Haffner"

Berliner Philharmoniker
Karl Böhm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up4_6UKrcxE

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An Organ Recital, With a Coronavirus Shot - The New York Times

Salisbury Cathedral is joining Britain’s vaccination drive, and its organists are providing a musical accompaniment. They’re even taking requests.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/arts/music/vaccine-cathedral-organ-music.html

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This is a really great #musictheory reference tool and virtual instrument.

Check out the Scale Index and the FAQ.

Octave Compass
https://octavecompass.com

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Here's a good Cold Bernie #cosoclassical one:

This is perhaps the most beautiful setting of the "Rose of Sharon" passage from Song of Solomon.

Jacob Clemens non Papa - Ego flos campi
Stile Antico
https://youtu.be/dIEih20lZkE

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Some good news from the #cosoclassical #cosomusic world:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/04/celebrated-musician-speaks-of-finding-new-best-friend-to-replace-smashed-piano

Benjamin Britten - A New Year Carol (from "Friday Afternoons", Op.7)
Choir of Downside School, Purley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfoPwBHdnj4

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Auld Lang Syne - Scottish Traditional (arr. Desmond Earley)
The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
Solo: Kiri O’Neill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_6Vs8pADrQ

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Anyone who has ever performed Handel's Messiah could probably score multiple wins on this board.
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In my humble opinion, THIS is the war-horse that should be sung by choirs during Advent; not the Hallelujah Chorus, which has nothing to do with the season.

Besides, Mendelssohn writes better for choirs.

Felix Mendelssohn - There Shall a Star From Jacob Come Forth (from Christus, Op. 97)
The Choirs of Blackburn Cathedral
Shaun Turnbull, organ
Samuel Hudson, conductor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEACRHOiM8M​

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With all respect to King's Cambridge, this non-professional choir from Bethlehem, PA just flat out does this classic arrangement better.

O Come, All Ye Faithful - arr. Wilcocks
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem
Greg Funfgeld

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvGbUIS7EIU

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I recommend listening to the traditional harmonization of this carol by Praetorius first, as it is the basis for this piece (see above in this thread).

Jan Sandström - Det är en ros utsprungen
Siglo de Oro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86-ulHbApOM

Here is a decent overview:
https://en.www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Es_ist_ein_Ros_entsprungen_(Sandström)
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I've always loved this particular setting of this text, in the way that it conveys the "mystery".

Francis Poulenc - O Magnum Mysterium
Robert Shaw Festival Singers
Robert Shaw, cond.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VShyqHcWjPY

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John Gardner - Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
The Choir of the Magdalen College, Oxford
Bill Ives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGMfMYnjKPI

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Wake Awake, For Night is Flying - Philipp Nicolai, arr. F. Melius Christiansen
St. Olaf Massed Choirs
Anton Armstrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdN7vC2q9Mc

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With all respect to John Rutter, THIS is the finest setting of this carol.

John Jacob Niles - I Wonder As I Wander - arr. Steve Pilkington
Westminster Williamson Voices of Westminster Choir College
James Jordan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw_bNM2InDw

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