Monday Music: Wexford Carol (The Palestrina Choir)

During this Christmastide (Dec 25 - Jan 5), another Christmas music offering: one of my favorite carols, Wexford Carol, is an Irish carol that originated in County Wexford and dates from the 12th century. Here it is sung by the Palestrina Choir at St. Mary's in Dublin, Ireland.

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Monday Music: Wexford Carol

The Wexford Carol may be my all time favorite carol. It is an Irish carol that originated in County Wexford and dates from the 12th century. My first encounter with the carol was in the mid 1980s when I was singing in the choir at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Birmingham.  John Rutter’s arrangement and recording of the carol is one of the best, in my opinion. (Yo Yo Ma and Alison Krauss also recorded a beautiful rendition of the carol which you can find on a previous post here)