Christening, Baptism & Name Ceremony Songs
Religious and Secular Songs |
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| Suo Gan |
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| A beautiful traditional Welsh lullaby written by an anonymous composer. It is featured prominently in the film 'Empire of the Sun' by Steven Spielberg, where it is lip-synched by a young Christian Bale. It also appears, instrumentally, in the beginning of the movie 'Dutch', as well as being featured in the finale episode of the anime show 'Kuroshitsuji II'. 'Suo Gan' has been recorded by many famous singers. The song's title simply means lullaby; 'suo' = lull and 'gan' = song. It was first recorded in print around 1800. The lyrics were notably captured by the Welsh folklorist Robert Bryan (1858-1920).
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Good Night: *
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SOLO A CAP. OR SOLO + PIANO/HARP/ORGAN |
| A very lovely Russian lullaby taught to Doreen Rao by Dimitri Kabalevsky in 1966, arranged by Doreen Rao.
‘Hear the wind whispering, whispering to you, sleep, sleep, sleep, good night my sweet one’.
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Gjendine's Lullaby *
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SOLO + NYCKELHARPA |
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‘Gjendines bådnlåt is a traditional Norwegian lullaby which can be traced back to Kaia Gjendine Slålien (1870-1971), a milkmaid from the Jotunheimen area.
Well known for her repertoire of songs, she met Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) on several occasions.
Many of her ballads and lullabies formed the basis for his 1896 collection of ‘19 Norwegian Folk Songs – Op.66’ which he arranged for the piano.
My version of the lullaby is mixing up various versions of the lullaby as well using my own arrangement for the nyckelharpa.’ |
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| Sing to the Child |
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| A beautiful song written by Christoph Andreas Lindenberg in 1955. ‘Sing to the Angel above, sing to the
Lord who gave the name. He leads you on. He makes you utter the word, makes you behold the light of the world.’ |
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Summertime |
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| ‘Summertime’ is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the
opera ‘Porgy and Bess’.
The song became a popular and much recorded jazz standard, described as ‘without doubt’,
one of the finest songs the composer
ever wrote. The song is recognized as one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music.
The song is sung multiple times throughout ‘Porgy and Bess’. |
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| Little One, Lovely One |
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| From ’A Book of Songs’ by Walter Braithwaite. The tune was brought to W.B. as homework by his pupil
Julia Blades. He arranged it for use in a Christmas play |
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Deep Peace
(Old Gaelic Blessing verse 1) |
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| This is an arrangement by the well-known composer Andrew Carter, who
added verses 2 and 3 which he wrote himself. The words of the Blessing became famous in 2003 when a recording of
Aled Jones (different version) was released. |
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The Lamb
(Words by William Blake) |
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| Elizabeth Poston has written the music to this famous poem. “Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?” etc. |
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| The Spring by the Wayside |
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| This beautiful song is written by Walter Braithwaite. “Glad is the Earth when the raindrops fall down from the light
to the darkness below; So springeth love in the heart's deepest places, for the wisdom of God bringeth life to all that we know“. |
