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15 December 2010

Today's Musical Giftstravaganza song is part of the Christmas Oratorio, by JS Bach. →[More:]

(from the wikipedia page) The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachtsoratorium) BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It was written for the Christmas season of 1734 incorporating music from earlier compositions, including three secular cantatas written during 1733 and 1734 and a now lost church cantata, BWV 248a.

post by: gaspode at: 20:10 | 9 comments

(hrm. I don't think that link worked. trying to work out dropbox here. bear with me.)

posted by gaspode 15 December | 20:13

Ooooh, I'm ready to download this!

(Er, no pressure intended, 'pode.) ;-)

posted by initapplette 15 December | 20:47

OK, link is fixed!

posted by gaspode 15 December | 21:18

LOVE this, thanks!

posted by Miko 15 December | 23:02

Not quite "Messiah," but definitely up there! Haunting soprano solo in there.

posted by Melismata 16 December | 01:06

This is wonderful, my mom used to put this on every year while we trimmed the tree; thanks, gaspode.

posted by Hugh Janus 16 December | 01:28

For the future (my contribution on the 23rd): Does the link have to be dropbox? Will the old school yousendit suffice?

Thanks all, so far. Played in order, one's head tends to spin. It's a lot of fun.

posted by danf 16 December | 10:51

Any delivery method is fine, danf.

posted by BoringPostcards 16 December | 10:58

So beautiful, thanks!

posted by rhapsodie 16 December | 20:29

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