Sentence examples for old carols from inspiring English sources

Like the folk songs of old, carols were impervious to poor performance.

They can recreate the feathery vocal blend they probably learned at home; when they sang old carols, they could sound like an old reed organ.

Annie Lennox is robustly reverent on "A Christmas Cornucopia," putting the full and frequently rough power of her voice behind some of the sternest old carols, with devout verses that are often omitted.

What we need to rediscover, more than ever this year, is the third verse of Christmas, the spiritual exuberance and the corporeal respite to be found in the forgotten lyrics of the old carols.

This year's show, a benefit for the Kate McGarrigle Fund for Sarcoma Research, easily reclaimed the homey charm of its predecessors, in a concert that hopscotched through the Christmas repertory, from old carols to brand-new songs, from hymns to Tin Pan Alley to rock.

There was a revived interest in carols at the time, and he rediscovered old carols, provided new settings for others and introduced contemporary works.

The holly bears the crown, as the old carol sings.

In their bright costumes, with diagonally red-and-white candy-stripe bodices and golden ruffles, the bare-shouldered dancers in various combinations take the old carol to fresh, sassy, funny heights.

Late on Christmas Eve, my wife and I will sit in front of our Christmas tree and listen to centuries-old carols, reviving fading memories from 44 Christmases together, giving ourselves over to wistful serenity.

And at the end, Kate joined the group to play banjo and to join in somber old English carols that were as much about mortality as celebration.

"Music for St. Nicholas," a setting of old Dutch carols, with narrative; the Bronx Arts Ensemble. 1 and 3 p.m. Also Sunday, same times.