Okay, technically today’s music isn’t specific to
Christmas—it’s actually a Welsh lullaby. I first heard it at the beginning of Empire of the Sun, when it impaled me on
its beauty and simplicity, and you not infrequently hear it at Christmas
concerts.
“Suo Gân” probably dates from around the beginning of the
19th Century; just your basic lullaby, which Mary might have sung to
baby Jesus, if she’d been, you know, Welsh.
This rendition is from the choir of King’s College
Cambridge, those folks who also bring us the festival
of lessons and carols every year.
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