Ding Dong! Merrily on High - Gardner, John / Welcome Christmas (2022-2023)

Season	2022-2023
Performance Date	December 10, 2022
Performance Year	2022
Performance Time	7:30 PM
Additional Performances	12/11/2022, 4:00 PM
Location	Northrop Auditorium, University of Minnesota, MN
Performance Title	Welcome Christmas
Composer	John Gardner
Title Of Work	Three Carols op. 169
Country	England
Year Composed	1985
Timing	2:30"
Performers	VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, 2 trp, hn, trb, tuba
Text Translation	Ding Dong! Merrily on High In heav’n the bells are ringing, Ding Dong! Verily the sky Is riven with angels singing. Refrain: Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! E’en so here below, below, Let steeple bells be swungen; And io, io, io By priest and people sungen. Refrain: Pray you dutifully prime Your matin chime ye ringers. May you beautifully rime Your evetime song, ye singers. Refrain: Ding Dong! Merrily on high In heav’n the bells are ringing, Ding Dong! Verily the sky Is riven with angels singing. Refrain: —George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1924

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