Back to old Advent hymns. :)


Not quite exactly the tune we sing, and again in non-professional quality, but it was the only normal sung version of this song that I could find, and I have to say I do appreciate the effort and I find the quality quite good enough ( Read more... )

Here's a favourite 'waiting for Christmas' traditional song, i.e. not something that we sing in church, but something that has been sung in families since it was composed by Eduard Ebel in the mid-19th century.

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It was really hard to find a sung version that does justice to the simplicity of the song. So many have a beat in the background, inducing ( Read more... )

A more joyful favourite song for today: Macht hoch die Tür :)

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Another song on the topic of preparing the way for the Lord and being ready to receive him. The text was written in 1623, based on Psalm 24, 7-10, but it is usually sung in this tune dating from 1704 ( Read more... )

The second Sunday of Advent, so here's the second stanza of our song (same video) as we light the second candle ( Read more... )

A classic hymn for 1st Advent here. I couldn't find a video that had this only as a hymn, just the Bach version, mostly. I thought all three stanzas would be too much (Bach gives a different treatment to each, so all in all they take 20 minutes ( Read more... )

Today is St Barbara's day ( Read more... )

Well, two days of favourite old songs - now for something completely different. :D


Loriot Advent - MyVideo
I found this yesterday by coincidence while looking for Advent videos - hadn't heard this before, I must admit, and thought it was hilarious. :D Loriot, one of the grand-masters of German comedy. :D ( Read more... )

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Maria durch ein Dornwald ging ( Read more... )

One of my favourite Advent songs. There was no decent sung version of the original song on YouTube, so here's a very pretty brass band version.

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Oh Heiland reiß die Himmel auf ( Read more... )

Today is a bit of an 'in between' day. It's Advent in religious terms, but as we aren't opening the little doors of the calendars to find the little chocolates yet, it doesn't feel that much like it's going on Christmas.

Here's a little poem children say for the time:


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