What better place to celebrate Advent than Paris’s oldest church Saint-Germain-des-Prés? How exciting!
I invite you indeed to a Christmas singalong with family and friends,
Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (métro line 4)
Sunday, December 3rd, 2023
3:00pm
Free participation
While the concert borrows the English tradition of “Singalongs“, I – as usual – wish the concert to be open to all of you and therefore borrow the French tradition of “Concert au Chapeau“, meaning that you are free to join in and free to choose what financial participation you wish to contribute (to the concert expenses). Hence “free participation”.
I will surely sing some arias from famous Haendel’s Messiah, and more 🙂
And you(!) will join in for some carols.
Here are the lyrics:
O Come All Ye Faithful
John Francis Wade (1711-1786)
O come, all ye faithful,
joyful and triumphant
O come ye,
o come ye to Bethlehem!
O come and behold Him,
born the King of Angels
O come, let us adore Him!
O come, let us adore Him!
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord!
Adeste, fideles,
Laeti triumphantes,
Venite, venite in Bethlehem!
Natum videte,
Regem angelorum
Venite, adoremus!
Venite, adoremus!
Venite, adoramus Dominum!
Venite, adoramus Dominum!
Peuple fidèle, le Seigneur t’appelle :
C’est fête sur Terre, le Christ est né.
Viens à la crèche voir le Roi du monde.
En lui viens reconnaître,
En lui viens reconnaître
En lui viens reconnaître
Ton Dieu, ton Sauveur !
O Holy Night
Adolphe Adam en 1847 sur un poème de Placide Cappeau en 1843
O Holy Night!
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth!
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till he appear’d and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary soul rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!
Fall on your knees
Oh hear the angel voices
Oh night divine!
Oh night when Christ was born
Oh night divine! Oh night divine!
Minuit! Chrétiens, c’est l’heure solennelle
Où l’homme Dieu descendit jusqu’à nous,
Pour effacer la tache originelle
Et de son père arrêter le courroux:
Le monde entier tressaille d’espérance
A cette nuit qui lui donne un sauveur
Peuple, à genoux attends ta délivrance,
Noël! Noël! Voici le Rédempteur!
Noël! Noël! Voici le Rédempteur!
Les anges dans nos campagnes
1. Les anges dans nos campagnes
Ont entonné l’hymne des cieux,
Et l’écho de nos montagnes
Redit ce chant mélodieux :
Gloria in excelsis Deo !
Gloria in excelsis Deo !
2. Bergers, pour qui cette fête ?
Quel est l’objet de tous ces chants ?
Quel vainqueur, quelle conquête
Mérite ces cris triomphants :
3. Ils annoncent la naissance
Du libérateur d’Israël
Et pleins de reconnaissance
Chantent en ce jour solennel :
Congratulations for singing along and please continue to enjoy the magnificence of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, dating back to 558!
Sincere thanks to the heartwarming parish of Saint-Germain-des-Prés for their warm welcome.
Have a lovely Advent and a joyous Christmas,
With love,
Marie-Hélène
What better word to describe the mood of our 24 August concert in St-Flour’s cathedral?!
Our annual gathering at the St. Flour cathedral is here! This 
Dear Paris friends, Paris visitors, come discover the most secret and romantic of all Paris squares these 9 & 16 December!
This year, let’s sing Christmas in Chaudes-Aigues and Aurillac !
Chaudes-Aigues
