Bach Christmas Oratorio Neil Jenkins edition - recording?

[ARBurton]

Evening all....anyone know of a recording of the Neil Jenkins edition of the Bach Christmas Oratorio? I`m struggling to find any references to one...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

As far as my searches go, there doesn't ever seem to have been a recording of the "Oratorio" in English, ARB. Sorry.

[MickyD]

I remember singing some of the choruses from it in English when I was at school - 'Jauchzet, Frohlocket' was 'Christians be joyful!'

I guess we were singing from that edition, but you certainly wouldn't have wanted a recording of ours!!

[ARBurton]

I remember singing some of the choruses from it in English when I was at school - 'Jauchzet, Frohlocket' was 'Christians be joyful!'

I guess we were singing from that edition, but you certainly wouldn't have wanted a recording of ours!!

Oh I don`t know - it`s to help my mother with rehearsals with her choral society!!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I remember singing some of the choruses from it in English when I was at school - 'Jauchzet, Frohlocket' was 'Christians be joyful!'
I guess we were singing from that edition

Depends when you were at school, Micky - the Jenkins edition was published in 2000.

[jean]

...it`s to help my mother with rehearsals with her choral society!!

Is she singing or conducting?

If she just needs help with her part, she can substitute the English translation as she follows her score. The notes of the choruses that haven't been omitted from the edition she's got can't be that different, surely?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Depends when you were at school, Micky - the Jenkins edition was published in 2000.

No further progress with finding a recording, I regret, but Jenkins' introduction to his edition of the work is available online:

http://www.neiljenkins.info/documents/christmasoratorio.pdf

[MickyD]

Depends when you were at school, Micky - the Jenkins edition was published in 2000.

Ah no, in which case it definitely wasn't that one - I was singing way back in 1976! But I do remember quite clearly that we sang it in English.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Ah no, in which case it definitely wasn't that one - I was singing way back in 1976! But I do remember quite clearly that we sang it in English.

The possibility did occur to me that you might have been on the Staff of the school to which you referred.

Themadays, you might have used the Troutbeck version, which was used in the old Novello vocal score ("Paper Boards 4s, Cloth 6s") - which indeed only printed the English text; no option of performing in the original language in them days! And, yes, the opening words are "Christians be joyful!"

[ARBurton]

Is she singing or conducting?

If she just needs help with her part, she can substitute the English translation as she follows her score. The notes of the choruses that haven't been omitted from the edition she's got can't be that different, surely?

Oh only singing! Will see how we go - cheers.