In December the Chancel Choir will be singing Don Pearson's "An Advent Processional." He wrote this piece to sound like a medieval dance tune, using a familiar refrain, "O come, O come, Emmanuel..."
His instrumentation reflects the medieval influence, lots of pitched and un-pitched percussion. Of special note is the call for a hurdy-gurdy. We won't be using one, I don't think, for our performance. But they are still made by a select few historic instrument makers. I found
this one recently. You can see a video of a man playing it
here.
Wouldn't this be fun!??! And you thought no one made these things anymore!
