Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2018

[Arnold]

My goodness! This year is almost over. But I have some ideas for a new project next year, inspired by this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjRQ-0o_Sss

and if I should not manage to reach at least this solution:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCPh6lAd1ZU

then I will choose a simpler but also very nice way:

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

Roland

[Aurel]

Hi Arnold and

 For all visitors and members

                  Merry Christmas !

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[Mike Lobanovsky]

Merry Christmas everyone and happy oxygenation all New Year round!

[edcronos]

Merry Christmas to everyone

[JRS]

Seasons greetings and I wish everyone well through the new year.

[Charles Pegge]

Merry Christmas!

A range of Christmas choral Music:

Carols From King’s – The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (Full Album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVguSWYwSsA
2016
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Vienna Boys' Choir ~ Christmas Album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzSrbYDifYg
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Russian Church Choir Christmas Chants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hHcLuJNzrg
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Merry Christmas from The Renaissance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKtpV15-zc
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Medieval Carols, Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc-Ep9KP5Ww
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A Baroque Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW79ejQcrDo
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Medieval Christmas Carols & Advent Choral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaAxI2GjFTs
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German Christmas carols - Windsbacher Knabenchor - Live concert H
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gozk3FNxFQs
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Celtic Woman A Christmas Celebration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDki7Vj0oIA
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Bossa Nova & Lounge Christmas Music - Traditional Christmas Songs and Carols Playlist 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR0gp9SsLCg
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Top 100 Country Christmas Songs - Country Music Version Of Famous Christmas Songs and Carols
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g18R6UZVAFM

[Aurel]

maybe this one ...
http://www.google.hr/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DE8gmARGvPlI&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwi46L3DlaXYAhVByqQKHaS6AfgQyCkIFzAA&usg=AOvVaw0TA0dSgnWWFVDI711DP-UR

[Mike Lobanovsky]

Charles, thanks for the collection!

My Russian FF made a couple of interesting suggestions as soon as I proceeded to the Russian Church Choir link. 

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[edcronos]

a prosperous new year all of us
"or should I speak, today and forever?"

that our little is enough to sustain our happiness and that we are about to do good to our neighbor

with great health and good will to achieve in struggle, work and honesty what we aim for

and that we can mend what afflicts us

[Charles Pegge]

Happy New Year!

Following the Orthodox or Julian calendar we can celebrate all over again on the 7th and 14th of January


Some more music:

The Lute in Italian Renaissance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKjadi_rvP0
Apr 2013
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Early Venetian Lute Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2zbAO5_jCE
Dec 2012
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Early 16th Century Venetian Lute Music, Paul O'Dette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo5fqwPQDwk
Jun 2014
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J. S. Bach - Sonatas & Partitas For Lute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTBooio3h9U
Apr 2015

[Mike Lobanovsky]

In my country December 25 is the Catholic Xmas and a day off to be followed (this year) by 4 days off on December 30 through January 2 inclusive as the New Year holidays, and then followed again by a day off on January 7 as the Orthodox Xmas. We don't celebrate the old (Julian) New Year again though of course there's always someone who's eager to fire a slug or two on January 14 under the pretense of maintaining the historic tradition.