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Re​-​Interpretation of "S​ü​ß​er die Glocken" (German Xmas Song)

from Xmas 2016 - by Synthesizer​/​Sampler by Reinhold Behringer

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This is a new recording of my own version of this Christmas Song. I wrote the first version of this variation between 1997 and 2001.
My intent was to capture the ambiguity of Christmas: the sad and terrible state of the world, contrasted with the positive and hopeful spirit of Christmas.
In this recording I added some choir lines to emphasise the melody fragments. Plus I added the actual song melody with instrumentation, after the prelude.

lyrics

Text by Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (1830):

Süßer die Glocken nie klingen
als zu der Weihnachtszeit:
S'ist als ob Engelein singen
wieder von Frieden und Freud'.
|: Wie sie gesungen in seliger Nacht. :|
Glocken mit heiligem Klang,
klinget die Erde entlang!

Oh, wenn die Glocken erklingen,
schnell sie das Christkindlein hört;
tut sich vom Himmel dann schwingen
eilig hernieder zur Erd'.
|: Segnet den Vater, die Mutter, das Kind. :|
Glocken mit heiligem Klang,
klinget die Erde entlang!

Klinget mit lieblichem Schalle
über die Meere noch weit,
daß sich erfreuen doch alle
seliger Weihnachtszeit.
|: Alle aufjauchzen mit herrlichem Sang. :|
Glocken mit heiligem Klang,
klinget die Erde entlang!

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from Xmas 2016 - by Synthesizer​/​Sampler, track released November 15, 2016

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Virtual Philharmonic Orchestra (Reinhold Behringer)

Since 1993 I use computers to create music. These are renditions of classical music works which I have known for a long time and of which I am very fond of. I also create my own compositions with these computer tools (sequencer, sampler).

Most of these renditions here are using "Garritan Personal Orchestra 5" samples. I am using the sequencer "Cakewalk" by Bandlab.
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