Friday, December 11, 2015

Mother's arms are tight around you

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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