Mendelssohn - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol, organ solo, hauptwerk, Hereford) video free download

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing is a popular Christmas carol that comes from the poem "For Christmas Day" by Charles Wesley, English poet, while the melody is taken from the" Festgesang an die Künstler "by Felix Mendelssohn.

Until the Victorian it was, with "While Shepherds watched their flocks by night", the only Christmas song to be approved and admitted in the liturgy of the English church.

The text speaks about the Announcement of the angels of the Birth of Jesus! You can read it at the end of the description.

In the video you can hear Luca Raggi in an organ version of "Hark! The Herald Angels sing "arranged by David Willcocks, hauptwerk system, sample set of the Willis organ, Hereford Cathedral, good listening!

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (che significa letteralmente "Ascoltate ! Gli Angeli Messaggeri cantano") è un celebre canto di Natale che deriva dalla poesia “For Christmas Day” di Charles Wesley, poeta inglese mentre la melodia è quella del “Festgesang an die Künstler” di Felix Mendelssohn.

Fino all’epoca vittoriana, insieme a “While Shepherds watched their flocks by night”, fu l’unico canto di Natale ad essere approvato ed ammesso nella liturgia della Chiesa inglese !

Il testo si compone di 5 strofe di 10 versi ciascuna e parla dell’Annuncio degli Angeli della Nascita di Gesù ! Potete leggerlo alla fine della descrizione.

Nel video potete ascoltare Luca Raggi in una versione organistica di “Hark ! The Herald Angels sing" tratta dall’arrangiamento di David Willcocks, su sistema hauptwerk, sample set dell’organo Willis della Cattedrale di Hereford, buon ascolto !

Hark Hark! the herald angels sing,

"Glory to the new born King,

peace on earth, and mercy mild,

God and sinners reconciled!"

Joyful, all ye nations rise,

join the triumph of the skies;

with th' angelic host proclaim,

"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"

Hark! the herald angels sing,

"Glory to the new born King!"

Christ, by highest heaven adored;

Christ, the everlasting Lord;

late in time behold him come,

offspring of a virgin's womb.

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;

hail th' incarnate Deity,

pleased as man with man to dwell,

Jesus, our Emmanuel.

Hark! the herald angels sing,

"Glory to the new born King!"

Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!

Hail the Sun of Righteousness!

Light and life to all he brings,

risen with healing in his wings.

Mild he lays his glory by,

born that man no more may die,

born to raise the sons of earth,

born to give us second birth.

Hark! the herald angels sing,

"Glory to the new born King!"

Come, Desire of nations, come,

fix in us thy humble home;

rise, the woman's conquering Seed,

bruise in us the serpent's head.

Adam's likeness, Lord, efface;

stamp thine image in its place.

Second Adam from above,

Reinstate us in thy love.

Hark! the herald angels sing,

"Glory to the new born King!"

Adam’s likeness, Lord, efface,

Stamp Thine image in its place:

Second Adam from above,

Reinstate us in Thy love.

Let us Thee, though lost, regain,

Thee, the Life, the inner man:

O, to all Thyself impart,

Formed in each believing heart.

Hark! the herald angels sing,

“Glory to the newborn King!”