Speculations about the Christmas concert 2016
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 3:21 pm
I made a little study based on the songs that were sung at recent Christmas concerts and at the last concert :
- St Patrick RC, Armagh, 2013 "Christmas in Ireland",
- St George, London, 2013
- St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, 2014
- St George, London, 2015
- Vallendar, Germany, 2016
I looked for the songs that were returning most frequently, how many songs were identical from a year to another, how many were new or how many were returned after an absence, etc.
I assigned coefficients to the songs based on the age of the concert where they were sung, which gave me a score by song and I made a ranking.
The most likely song that will be sung is Sanctus , which should not be a surprise for anyone
I then adapted the ranking, taking into account several criteria, a percentage of turnover of 30% from a year to another, the Christmas songs being back after being absent in previous concerts, also the preservation of the new songs from the most recent concert, and also some of my personal tastes (exit Exsultate! ... hopefully).
By integrating all of this, here is my predictive list of 18 songs for the concert at St George in one month
I expect the concert to have 20 songs but I according my grid there should be 2 surprises, so I limited myself to 18.
Angel
Angels We Have Heard on High
Away In A Manger
Carol Of The Bells
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
In Dulci Jubilo
Joy To The World
Joyful Joyful
Libera
Salva Me
San Damiano
Sanctus
Silent Night
The Prayer
The Wexford Carol
Voca Me
Wayfaring Stranger
Wonderful world
I hope I'm not too right, otherwise this would be a bit repetitive, isn't it ?
Perhaps they will renew the playlist more widely if they introduce to us some of the songs they recorded recently ?
But I'm not counting too mush on this, there is no announce for a new CD so far, and the concert was presented as a 'Christmas concert', so it restricts a bit the kind of song that may be sung.
In my list, at first there should have been Sacris Solemnis, as it was one of the highlights this summer, but I removed it because it doesn't fit too well with Christmas, I think.
And for you, what would be your prediction playlist for this Christmas concert ?
- St Patrick RC, Armagh, 2013 "Christmas in Ireland",
- St George, London, 2013
- St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, 2014
- St George, London, 2015
- Vallendar, Germany, 2016
I looked for the songs that were returning most frequently, how many songs were identical from a year to another, how many were new or how many were returned after an absence, etc.
I assigned coefficients to the songs based on the age of the concert where they were sung, which gave me a score by song and I made a ranking.
The most likely song that will be sung is Sanctus , which should not be a surprise for anyone
I then adapted the ranking, taking into account several criteria, a percentage of turnover of 30% from a year to another, the Christmas songs being back after being absent in previous concerts, also the preservation of the new songs from the most recent concert, and also some of my personal tastes (exit Exsultate! ... hopefully).
By integrating all of this, here is my predictive list of 18 songs for the concert at St George in one month
I expect the concert to have 20 songs but I according my grid there should be 2 surprises, so I limited myself to 18.
Angel
Angels We Have Heard on High
Away In A Manger
Carol Of The Bells
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
In Dulci Jubilo
Joy To The World
Joyful Joyful
Libera
Salva Me
San Damiano
Sanctus
Silent Night
The Prayer
The Wexford Carol
Voca Me
Wayfaring Stranger
Wonderful world
I hope I'm not too right, otherwise this would be a bit repetitive, isn't it ?
Perhaps they will renew the playlist more widely if they introduce to us some of the songs they recorded recently ?
But I'm not counting too mush on this, there is no announce for a new CD so far, and the concert was presented as a 'Christmas concert', so it restricts a bit the kind of song that may be sung.
In my list, at first there should have been Sacris Solemnis, as it was one of the highlights this summer, but I removed it because it doesn't fit too well with Christmas, I think.
And for you, what would be your prediction playlist for this Christmas concert ?