'Prepare ye the way of the Lord' - Michael Wise (1648-1687) - Kampen Boys Choir

Описание: Sung during the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve 2018 - Bovenkerk Kampen (NL)
Rintje te Wies - conductor
Sander van den Houten, organist (Hinsz organ, 1741)

Solists:
Gijs Stam (10) treble 1
Nicolaas Stam (12) treble 2
Joël Haase, counter tenor
Felmen Schinkel, tenor
Silvan Schinkel, bass
Unfortunately no images of the Cantoris, only from the Decani due to camera problems.

Prepare ye the way of the Lord,
make straight in the desert 
a highway for our God. 

Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
and ev'ry mountain and hill shall be made low,
and the crooked shall be made straight
and the rough places shall be made plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
and all flesh shall see it together.

And the voice said cry, (What shall I cry?)
all flesh is grass, and the goodliness thereof
is as a flower that is in the field.

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth,
but the word of the Lord shall stand fast forever.

O Zion, that bringeth glad tidings,
get thee up into the montains.

O Jerusalem, that bringeth glad tidings
lift up thy voice with strength
and say unto Judah, "behold thy God”.

Music: Michael Wise (1648-1687)
Words: Isaiah 40:3-9