Music for the Holidays
In the Bleak Midwinter
Clip: Season 2024 | 3m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Please visit www.CDYC.org for more information about auditions for young singers ages 9-18.
Happy Holidays! The Capital District Youth Chorale is in its 42nd season of making beautiful music with singers from numerous school districts across the Capital Region. Celebrate the season with this beautiful rendition of "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Gustav Holst.
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Music for the Holidays
In the Bleak Midwinter
Clip: Season 2024 | 3m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Happy Holidays! The Capital District Youth Chorale is in its 42nd season of making beautiful music with singers from numerous school districts across the Capital Region. Celebrate the season with this beautiful rendition of "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Gustav Holst.
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<b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>(gentle wistful music)</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ In the bleak midwinter ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Frosty wind made moan ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Earth stood hard as iron ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Water like a stone ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Snow had fallen, snow on snow ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Snow on snow ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ In the bleak midwinter ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Long, long ago ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ God, Heaven cannot hold Him ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Nor the Earth sustain ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Heav'n and earth shall flee away ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ When He comes to reign ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ In the bleak midwinter ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Stable place sufficed ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ The Lord God Almighty ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Jesus Christ ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Angels and archangels ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ May have gathered there ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Cherubim and seraphim ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Thronged the air ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ But His mother only ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ In her maiden bliss ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Worshiped the Beloved ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ With a kiss ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ What can I give Him ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Poor as I am ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ If I were a shepherd ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ I would bring a lamb ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ If I were a wise man ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ I would do my part ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Yet what I can I give Him ♪</font></b> <b><font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪ Give my heart ♪</font></b>
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