I'm going to post a #Carol a day for (what remains of) #Advent. It only seems appropriate this year to start with something from #Ukraine. This is a song we all know, but usually via the version that was adapted into English 101 years ago. Originally, it's a #Ukranian New Year's carol - 'Schedryk'. And here it is, as accompanied by bandur, the Ukrainian stringed instrument. Happy Advent and Slava Ukraini! πŸŽ„ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

(NB. This is a 🧡 but I'll leave the other posts unlisted.)

https://youtu.be/Jfbhw9BYbDA

Shchedryk

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2. I'm OBSESSED by PhilipStopford's setting of 'Lully, Lulla, Lullay'.

This recording by Voces8 is insanely beautiful. Warning: it's sort of mesmeric, then as the soprano takes off in the final verse you become dead of joy. Mind how you go.

https://youtu.be/Cte1DONjr24

VOCES8 - Stopford: Lully, Lulla, Lullay

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@mrchrisaddison l love this version .. not a Sting officianado but I loved Winter Song Book https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cXP_gS3dxM4
COVENTRY CAROL | Sting and the Libera Choir

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