{"id":142355,"date":"2026-01-02T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142355"},"modified":"2026-01-01T14:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T19:28:08","slug":"more-music-for-christmas-john-rutter-all-bells-in-paradise-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142355","title":{"rendered":"More Music for Christmas&#8211;John Rutter: All Bells in Paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><p>(A new carol written for the Choir of King&#8217;s College, Cambridge in 2012)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P8TyKNycHes\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lyrics:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Deep in the cold of winter,<br \/>\nDarkness and silence were everywhere;<br \/>\nSoftly and clearly, there came through the stillness<\/p>\n<p>a wonderful sound to hear:<br \/>\nAll bells in paradise I heard them ring,<br \/>\nSounding in majesty the news that they bring;<br \/>\nAll bells in paradise I heard them ring,<br \/>\nWelcoming our Saviour, born on earth a heavenly King.<br \/>\nAll bells in paradise I heard them ring:<br \/>\n\u2018Glory to God on high&#8217; the angel voices sing.<\/p>\n<p>Lost in awe and wonder,<br \/>\nDoubting I asked what this sign might be:<br \/>\nChrist our Messiah revealed in a stable,<br \/>\nA marvellous sight to see.<br \/>\nAll bells in paradise I heard them ring,<br \/>\nSounding in majesty the news that they bring;<br \/>\nAll bells in paradise I heard them ring,<br \/>\nWelcoming our Saviour, born on earth a heavenly King.<\/p>\n<p>He comes down in peace, a child in humility,<br \/>\nThe keys to his kingdom belong to the poor;<br \/>\nBefore him shall kneel the kings with their treasures,<br \/>\ngold incense and myrrh.<br \/>\nAll bells in paradise I heard them ring,<br \/>\nSounding in majesty the news that they bring;<br \/>\nAll bells in paradise I heard them ring,<br \/>\nWelcoming our Saviour, born on earth a heavenly King.<br \/>\nAll bells in paradise I heard them ring:<br \/>\n\u2018Glory to God on high&#8217; the angel voices sweetly sing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Enjoy it all.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(A new carol written for the Choir of King&#8217;s College, Cambridge in 2012) Lyrics: Deep in the cold of winter, Darkness and silence were everywhere; Softly and clearly, there came through the stillness a wonderful sound to hear: All bells<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142355\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[575,183,132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","category-liturgy-music-worship","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142357,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142355\/revisions\/142357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}