{"id":161,"date":"2026-07-01T00:06:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2026-07-18T22:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:00:15","slug":"music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/index.php\/music\/","title":{"rendered":"Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e487c05506a892ecb42aeccc894f80b9\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-49249989 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ca2dd60b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:65%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d8dce8eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left is-style-text-display is-style-text-display--1\" style=\"font-size:clamp(8.042rem, 8.042rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 21.895), 22rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:-0.03em;line-height:1.4\">pr<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--2 wp-block-paragraph\">Peter Rempel composes orchestral and folk music from Winnipeg, Manitoba. The work ranges from fairy-tale tone poems to Celtic session arrangements to a symphony in progress. Some of it is finished. Some of it is being distilled. All of it is serious about being delightful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0f0b95e2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"1376\" src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/christmas-heading-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-235\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/christmas-heading-1.png 864w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/christmas-heading-1-188x300.png 188w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/christmas-heading-1-643x1024.png 643w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/christmas-heading-1-768x1223.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.2\"><a href=\"#\">Instagram<\/a><br><a href=\"#\">LinkedIn<\/a><br><a href=\"#\">Now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Magical Cloth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"353\" src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mag-Cloth.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mag-Cloth.png 633w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mag-Cloth-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Tone Poem for Orchestra \u00b7 8:37<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fairy tale told entirely in music. A charlatan sells an invisible cloth to an Emperor who cannot admit he sees nothing. The court agrees. The crowd agrees. Only a child tells the truth \u2014 and the piccolo has been carrying that truth since bar one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The piccolo is the child. The choir is the crowd. The tuba is the Emperor. The two oboes are the weavers. The glockenspiel is the promise of magic. The xylophone is the loom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Magical-Cloth-5-15-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>00:36:00<\/td><td>Once upon a time, there lived an Emperor who loved fancy clothes more than anything else. He didn&#8217;t care about his army, or driving in the park, or going to the theatre, unless it was to show off his new clothes.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>01:08:00<\/td><td>He changed his outfit every single hour! When the people could not find him, they always said, \u201cThe Emperor is in his dressing room\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>01:40:00<\/td><td>One day, two clever travellers arrived in the city. \u201cWe are weavers,\u201d they said, \u201cand we can make the most wonderful cloth in the whole world! It has a special magic: only people who are really good at their jobs can see it.\u201d Anyone who isn&#8217;t good at their job won&#8217;t see anything at all.\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>02:44:00<\/td><td>The Emperor thought this was perfect! \u201cI can find out who&#8217;s doing a good job and who isn&#8217;t!\u201d he said happily. He gave the weavers lots of money to start working.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>03:08:00<\/td><td>For days, they worked with their magical cloth. The Emperor gave them gold, and they worked\u2014 faster and faster, Getting ready for the parade, creating cloth beautiful, and magical, but fear kept everyone from talking about the magical cloth that no one could see.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>03:43:00<\/td><td>Soon, the Emperor sent his chief helper to check on the cloth. The helper looked and looked, but saw nothing. \u201cOh no!\u201d he thought. \u201cI must not be good at my job! I can&#8217;t tell anyone!\u201d So he told the Emperor,  \u2014  \u201cIt&#8217;s beautiful!\u201d  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>04:46:00<\/td><td>The same thing happened when the Emperor sent another helper. Both helpers were too embarrassed to say they couldn&#8217;t see anything.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>05:22:00<\/td><td>Finally, the Emperor went to see the cloth himself. He looked very hard but saw absolutely nothing. But he didn&#8217;t want anyone to know, so he said, \u201cWonderful! I&#8217;ll wear this to the big parade!\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>05:59:00<\/td><td>The weavers dressed him in the magical new clothes, tying and adjusting things. All night, the weavers worked to finish the clothes. \u201cDone!\u201d they announced. \u201cYou look amazing!\u201d everyone said, \u201cpeople will think I am not a great ruler!\u201d he worried.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>06:33:00<\/td><td>The Emperor walked through the city in the big parade, even though they couldn&#8217;t see anything either.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>06:49:00<\/td><td>But then, a little child shouted, \u201cMummy! The Emperor has no clothes!\u201d Her Mother whispered to others, and soon the whole crowd was laughing and pointing.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>07:08:00<\/td><td>The Emperor&#8217;s face turned very red. He realized everyone \u2014 including himself \u2014 had been too scared to tell the truth.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>07:24:00<\/td><td>He learned that it&#8217;s much better to be honest than to pretend, and he decided to spend less time worrying about clothes, and more time helping the people of his empire!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>08:39:00<\/td><td><br>          THE END <br><br>\u2014 image fades to black, exterior of palace, setting sun.<br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hero&#8217;s Journey Symphony<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For full orchestra \u00b7 17 movements \u00b7 45\u201355 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph Campbell mapped the mythic structure that underlies every hero&#8217;s story \u2014 the call, the threshold, the ordeal, the return. This symphony follows that map. Not as illustration, but as argument: that the journey is real, that the threshold costs something, and that what comes back is not what left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pastorale <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Opening movement)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A morning in A major that doesn&#8217;t know what&#8217;s coming. The cor anglais carries the melody \u2014 pastoral, unhurried. The key moves to F# minor before the movement closes, as if the road has already begun to slope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Connemara-001-1024x819.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Connemara-001-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Connemara-001-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Connemara-001-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Connemara-001.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Symphony-001-Opening-Pastorale.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Symphonic Climax <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Section 13 of 17)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The horn replaces the cor anglais here \u2014 the journey has changed the voice. Trumpets, trombones, cimbasso, and taiko drive the conflict, like a cinematic action scene. The melodic centre shifts,outlining a diminished chord, before finally resolving from octatonic tension in A minor, and finally into A major. The winds carry the original countermelody as the solo horn, and full string section triumphantly restating the opening theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hero-sunset-2-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hero-sunset-2-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hero-sunset-2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hero-sunset-2-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hero-sunset-2.png 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-05-25-symphonic-Climax.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Il est n\u00e9 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A traditional French Canadian carol, arranged to begin as solemn hymn, before erupting into full session tempo and returning to a choral ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/il-est-ne.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/voyageur-xmas-01-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/voyageur-xmas-01-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/voyageur-xmas-01-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/voyageur-xmas-01-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/voyageur-xmas-01-1-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family Christmas playlist 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/christmas-003-1024x643.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/christmas-003-1024x643.png 1024w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/christmas-003-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/christmas-003-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/christmas-003.png 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I started digital orchestration in the summer of 2025. I was planning to accompany singing with my niece, who was a beginner cellist. She could manage a one note per measure part, but needed a written score. I tried using a graphic design program. It could do it, but it was awkward. I decided to try MuseScore Studio, and not only did it make notation easy, the playback is also pretty good. I was finally able to apply my education in composition, with a full orchestra, literally at my findertips, and party like its 1899!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bells-01-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bells-01-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bells-01-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bells-01-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bells-01.png 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Carol of the Bells<\/strong> Medley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Combines the traditional Ukrainian carol, with We three Kings, and God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/carol-of-bells-1-45.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Doxology<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow, merged with 606, sometimes called the Mennonite National Anthem, a contrapuntal setting of the same text. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Doxology.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Silent Night <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2014 String quartet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My First attempt at writing for string quartet. The melody is passed around between members, four bars at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/04-SILENT-NT-STR-QT.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Kling Gl\u00f6ckchen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On glockenspiel,  A contrast between the larger ensembles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/05a-Kling-Glockchen.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Greensleeves to a Ground<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greensleeves to a Ground is a famous set of 15 variations (divisions) for solo instrument and basso continuo, first published in 1706 in London by John Walsh in The Division Flute. It transforms the iconic 16th-century Greensleeves ballad melody into an virtuosic instrumental showpiece using Italian romanesca chord progressions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I alternated between harp and cello, and the full ensemble, adding bassoon and oboe on alternate verses. Since it used a short version of the song, I added the complete hymn tune at the start and ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/05b-GG-Ob-Bsn-Hrp-Vc.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Es ist ein Ros&#8217; Entsprungen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Mom enjoyed hearing this as a solo cello performance in church every advent. I started with the melody in the cello, accompanied by double bass, and added parts in ascending pitch ending with a lush harmonization for string quintet, with melody in three octaves in violins and viola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/06-rose-St5t-75-bpm.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>O du Fr\u00f6hliche<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Oboe and Harp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/07-Frohliche-ob.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Leise Rieselt der Schnee<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Marimba, Flute, Bass Clarinet \u2014 a soft, cool texture for a song about snow falling quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09-leise-marimba-Fl-BCl.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Double Reeds Quartet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10-God-Rest-ye-.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">O Come All Ye Faithful<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The familiar carol, arranged for choir, strings, and chimes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/001-faithful.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bleak-midwinter-002-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bleak-midwinter-002-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bleak-midwinter-002-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bleak-midwinter-002-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bleak-midwinter-002.png 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the Bleak Midwinter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-for woodwind quartet. A delicate arrangement, passing the melody between parts, going up the octave on the last verse, in an evocation of winter stillness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/002-Bleak-Midwinter.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>O du Fr\u00f6hliche<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cello with Harp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/004-Frohliche-Cello.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tochter Zion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strings and Chimes.  Starts with two cellos, more strings keep joining. Chimes enter on second verse, part begins with sparse tolling, one note per bar, builds to eighth notes, for big ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/006-tochter-zion-strings-chm.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The wexford Carol<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voices, Harp and strings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/009-wexford-hrp-Vc.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/huron-nativity-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/huron-nativity-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/huron-nativity-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/huron-nativity-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/huron-nativity.png 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Huron Carol<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harp, Cello, Bassoon, Voices, with Percussion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/011-Huron-Carol.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hark the Herald Angels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voices, Strings, Chimes, and Two Trumpets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/012-Hark-Herald-w-chm.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gabriel&#8217;s Message<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-for strings, woodwinds, with harp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/013-Gabriel-Orch.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abendsegen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">from Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-for strings with harp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/014-Abendsegen-Strings.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">O Holy Night<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cello with Harp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/015-O-Holy-Night.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Melody 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-by Peter Rempel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally an arpeggio study, for guitar, with a newly composed melody, arranged for  strings and harp, with the melody beginning in the first violin, dropping to the viola, them cello, before finishing in a lush setting, with both violins and viola carrying the tune in three octaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/016-melody1-Harp-str-5t.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Good King Wenceslas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/getmedieval.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/018-Good-King-W-Ensemble-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>O du Fr\u00f6hliche<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">with Brass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls 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A charlatan sells an invisible cloth to an Emperor who cannot admit he sees nothing. The court agrees. The crowd agrees. 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