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Advent Hymns

The most POPULAR and BEST Choral Music for ADVENT ever written! 0:00:00 | Hymn - O come, O come, Emmanuel 0:03:42 | O Sapientia (O Wisdom) 0:04:36 | John Rutter - There is a flower 0:08:44 | Elizabeth Poston - Jesus Christ the apple tree 0:11:40 | Herbert Howells - A Spotless Rose 0:14:48 | Harold Darke - In the bleak mid-winter 0:19:35 | John Joubert - There is no rose 0:21:48 | Hymn - Come, thou long-expected Jesus 0:23:50 | O Adonai (O Lord) 0:24:44 | Boris Ord - Adam lay ybounden 0:25:56 | John Rutter - I wonder as I wander 0:28:58 | Ralph Vaughan Williams - This is the truth sent from above 0:31:27 | Peter Warlock - Bethlehem Down 0:36:28 | Sergei Rachmaninoff - Bogoroditse Devo 0:39:37 | Orlando Gibbons - Hosanna to the Son of David 0:42:12 | Hymn - Come, thou Redeemer of the earth 0:46:02 | O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse) 0:46:55 | Anton Bruckner - Virga Jesse floruit 0:50:27 | David Willcocks - Tomorrow shall be my dancing day 0:52:24 | Johann Sebastian Bach - Komm, Jesu, komm (BWV 229) 1:00:27 | Edward Bairstow - Let all mortal flesh keep silence 1:03:31 | Barry Fergeson - People, look East 1:05:05 | Patrick Hadley - I sing of a maiden 1:08:14 | Felix Mendelssohn - Wo is der neugeborne Konig der 1:14:17 | Hymn - Creator of the starry height 1:14:17 | O Clavis David (O Key of David) 1:18:04 | Edgar Pettman - The Angel Gabriel 1:20:18 | Michael Praetorius arr. Pedersen - A great and mighty wonder 1:22:52 | Charles Villiers Stanford - Magnificat in A 1:28:57 | John Rutter - Hymn to the Creator of Light 1:34:55 | Orlando Gibbons - This is the record of John 1:39:33 | Carl Rütti - I wonder as I wander 1:41:36 | Peter Warlock - As dew in Aprylle 1:43:35 | Hymn - On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry 1:46:18 | O Oriens (O Dayspring) 1:47:14 | Peter Wishart - Alleluya, a new work Is come on hand 1:49:46 | Franz Biebl - Ave Maria 1:56:16 | Benjamin Britten - A Hymn of Saint Columba 1:58:15 | William Byrd - Vigilate 2:03:03 | Eriks Ešenvalds - O emmanuel 2:05:12 | Philip Ledger - A Spotless Rose 2:07:16 | Paul Manz - E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come 2:09:40 | Hymn - Hills of the North, rejoice 2:12:31 | O Rex Gentium (O King of the nations) 2:13:27 | Felix Mendelssohn - I waited for the Lord 2:17:54 | Edward Naylor - Vox dicentis: Clama 2:26:58 | Charles Parry - Never weather-beaten sail 2:30:04 | John Scott - Creator of the stars of night 2:33:39 | James Burton - Tomorrow shall be my dancing day 2:38:03 | Paul Comeau - Lux Mundi 2:43:39 | Orlando Gibbons - O Thou the central orb 2:47:58 | Hymn - Wake, O wake! With tidings thrilling 2:50:51 | O Emmanuel (O With Us is God) 2:51:41 | James MacMillan - Laudi alla vergine Maria 2:58:47 | Peter Phillips - Alma redemptoris mater 3:02:20 | Timothy Salter - Out of your sleep 3:04:51 | Philip Stopford - There is no rose 3:08:46 | Alan Bullard - Glory to the Christ Child 3:11:11 | Malcolm Archer - The Linden Tree Carol 3:13:07 | Hymn - Lo, he comes with clouds descending 3:18:31 | Benjamin Britten - A hymn to the Virgin 3:22:04 | Francisco Guerrero - Canite tuba 3:26:52 | James Long - Vigilate 3:30:55 | Robert Parsons - Ave Maria 3:36:27 | Giovanni Palestrina - Fuit homo missus a Deo 3:39:40 | Ian Shaw - Adam lay ybounden 3:41:33 | David Bednall - Noe, noe

Advent Hymns

The most POPULAR and BEST Choral Music for ADVENT ever written! 0:00:00 | Hymn - O come, O come, Emmanuel 0:03:42 | O Sapientia (O Wisdom) 0:04:36 | John Rutter - There is a flower 0:08:44 | Elizabeth Poston - Jesus Christ the apple tree 0:11:40 | Herbert Howells - A Spotless Rose 0:14:48 | Harold Darke - In the bleak mid-winter 0:19:35 | John Joubert - There is no rose 0:21:48 | Hymn - Come, thou long-expected Jesus 0:23:50 | O Adonai (O Lord) 0:24:44 | Boris Ord - Adam lay ybounden 0:25:56 | John Rutter - I wonder as I wander 0:28:58 | Ralph Vaughan Williams - This is the truth sent from above 0:31:27 | Peter Warlock - Bethlehem Down 0:36:28 | Sergei Rachmaninoff - Bogoroditse Devo 0:39:37 | Orlando Gibbons - Hosanna to the Son of David 0:42:12 | Hymn - Come, thou Redeemer of the earth 0:46:02 | O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse) 0:46:55 | Anton Bruckner - Virga Jesse floruit 0:50:27 | David Willcocks - Tomorrow shall be my dancing day 0:52:24 | Johann Sebastian Bach - Komm, Jesu, komm (BWV 229) 1:00:27 | Edward Bairstow - Let all mortal flesh keep silence 1:03:31 | Barry Fergeson - People, look East 1:05:05 | Patrick Hadley - I sing of a maiden 1:08:14 | Felix Mendelssohn - Wo is der neugeborne Konig der 1:14:17 | Hymn - Creator of the starry height 1:14:17 | O Clavis David (O Key of David) 1:18:04 | Edgar Pettman - The Angel Gabriel 1:20:18 | Michael Praetorius arr. Pedersen - A great and mighty wonder 1:22:52 | Charles Villiers Stanford - Magnificat in A 1:28:57 | John Rutter - Hymn to the Creator of Light 1:34:55 | Orlando Gibbons - This is the record of John 1:39:33 | Carl Rütti - I wonder as I wander 1:41:36 | Peter Warlock - As dew in Aprylle 1:43:35 | Hymn - On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry 1:46:18 | O Oriens (O Dayspring) 1:47:14 | Peter Wishart - Alleluya, a new work Is come on hand 1:49:46 | Franz Biebl - Ave Maria 1:56:16 | Benjamin Britten - A Hymn of Saint Columba 1:58:15 | William Byrd - Vigilate 2:03:03 | Eriks Ešenvalds - O emmanuel 2:05:12 | Philip Ledger - A Spotless Rose 2:07:16 | Paul Manz - E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come 2:09:40 | Hymn - Hills of the North, rejoice 2:12:31 | O Rex Gentium (O King of the nations) 2:13:27 | Felix Mendelssohn - I waited for the Lord 2:17:54 | Edward Naylor - Vox dicentis: Clama 2:26:58 | Charles Parry - Never weather-beaten sail 2:30:04 | John Scott - Creator of the stars of night 2:33:39 | James Burton - Tomorrow shall be my dancing day 2:38:03 | Paul Comeau - Lux Mundi 2:43:39 | Orlando Gibbons - O Thou the central orb 2:47:58 | Hymn - Wake, O wake! With tidings thrilling 2:50:51 | O Emmanuel (O With Us is God) 2:51:41 | James MacMillan - Laudi alla vergine Maria 2:58:47 | Peter Phillips - Alma redemptoris mater 3:02:20 | Timothy Salter - Out of your sleep 3:04:51 | Philip Stopford - There is no rose 3:08:46 | Alan Bullard - Glory to the Christ Child 3:11:11 | Malcolm Archer - The Linden Tree Carol 3:13:07 | Hymn - Lo, he comes with clouds descending 3:18:31 | Benjamin Britten - A hymn to the Virgin 3:22:04 | Francisco Guerrero - Canite tuba 3:26:52 | James Long - Vigilate 3:30:55 | Robert Parsons - Ave Maria 3:36:27 | Giovanni Palestrina - Fuit homo missus a Deo 3:39:40 | Ian Shaw - Adam lay ybounden 3:41:33 | David Bednall - Noe, noe

God be with you, Wesley Parrott!

God be with you, Wesley Parrott!

Turn to Me, by Lou Reed

Lou Reed's song, Turn to Me, was on my mind today as I considered the state of our economy and the state of our great nation ... turn to God, and turn to one another! Turn to me.

Turn to Me, by Lou Reed

If you gave up major vices
You're between a hard place and a wall
And your car breaks down in traffic on the street
Remember, I'm the one who loves you
You can always give me a call
Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me
If you father is freebasing and
your mother turning tricks
That's still no reason that you should have a rip
Remember, I'm the one who loves you
You can always give me a call
Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me
When your teeth are ground down to the bone
And there's nothing between your legs
And some friend died of something
that you can't pronounce
Remember, I'm the one who loves you
You can always give me a call
Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me
You can't pay your rent
Your boss is an idiot
Your apartment has no heat
Your wife says: Maybe it's time to have a child
Remember, I'm the one who loves you
You can always give me a call
Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me
What it's all too much
You turn the TV set on and light a cigarette
Then a public service announcement comes creeping on
You see a lung corroding or a fatal heart attack
Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me

While my guitar gently weeps

It's a beautiful day here in Richmond, where the Spring seems to remind us of the glory of God all around us.

A good friday (though next week is "Good Friday") to hear some George Harrison, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." I love Youtube!

Peace, Peter+

Happy Birthday to Lyle Lovett!

A decade ago my wife introduced me to the singer Lyle Lovett, and he has been one of my favorites for all this time - we've seen him in concert several times and his music is often cued up top in my Itunes on the computer and on the Ipod ... Happy 50th Birthday to Lyle!

And, as a sometime preacher, I just love his song "Church" ... posted on You.Tube and below as well. Check it out:



"To the Lord let praises be its time for dinner lets go eat
we got some beans and some good corn bread now listen to what the preacher said!"

Bluesy Tuesday...

...gotta check out Taj Mahal and Corey Harris, "Sittin' on top of the world."....



Awesome.

Bruce Springsteen - American Prophet?

Bruce Springsteen
True Patriot!

View the 60 Minutes interview video HERE.




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I'm a week late on this post, but if you missed the 60 Minutes interview with Bruce Springsteen, you need to check it out HERE. A few excerpts are below; he rocks!!!! (on so many levels!)

Are rock stars serving as our most public prophets these days? Bruce seems to be calling our nation back to its original dream, its original mission and reason for being. In this interview, he mentions that things like wire-tapping and torture are not "American" but are "anti-American." His sense of where we are is insightful and fascinating. Rather than just blasting the war, and blasting the Bush Administration, he raises the question of whether we have moved off-course from our tradition -- he is rooted, deeply, in the best of the American tradition ... like the prophets of old, he may be calling us back to our original "covenant," ...

I wonder if the Church would be as willing to raise these questions as our rock stars? (and, in so many ways, represent the Church....his critique points at our politicians but also at me!)

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(CBS) It's hard to picture, but Bruce Springsteen turned 58 last month. His breakout hit, "Born
to Run," is 32 years old. While rock stars his age are content to tour with their greatest hits, Springsteen launched, last week, what may become his most controversial work as a songwriter.

Even now, Springsteen is an artist in progress, having moved from stories about girls and cars to populist ballads that echo the dust bowl days of Woody Guthrie. Springsteen has put all that together now in his first tour with the E Street Band in four years. As correspondent Scott Pelley reports, he has returned to full-throated rock and roll, and a message that's sharper than ever, damning the war in Iraq, and questioning whether America has lost its way at home.

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Springsteen told 60 Minutes his concert is part circus, dance party, political rally, and big tent revival. "You're the shaman, you know? You're the storyteller. You're the magician. The idea is whatever the ticket price, we're supposed to be there to deliver something that can't be paid for. That's our job," Springsteen says.

"You have got to be, wild guess, worth somewhere north of 100 million dollars. Why are you still touring? You don't have to do this," Pelley remarks.

"What else would I do? You got any clues?" Springsteen asks. "Got any suggestions? I mean, am I going to garden? Why would you stop. I mean, you play the music and you know, grown men cry. And women dance. That's why you do it."

"It's good to be a rock star," Pelley says.

"I would say that yes it is," Springsteen says. "But the star thing I can live with. The music I can't live without. And that's how it lays out for me, you know. I got as big an ego and enjoy the attention. My son has a word, he calls it 'Attention Whore.'"

"But you have to be one of those or else why would you be up in front of thousands of people, you know, shaking your butt. But at the same time, when it comes down to it, it's the way it makes you feel. I do it because of the way it makes me feel when I do it. It gives me meaning, it gives me purpose," Springsteen explains.

"Some of the pieces in the new record are gonna be considered controversial. Give me a sense of what you think has to be said. Why are you still writing?" Pelley asks,

"It's how I find out who you are, and who I am, and then who we are. I'm interested in that. I'm interested in what it means to be an American," Springsteen says. "I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I'm interested in trying to define what that country is. I got the chutzpa or whatever you want to say to believe that if I write a really good about it, it's going to make a difference. It’s going to matter to somebody." See the rest of the transcript from the video HERE.