If this is one day ahead, it's because there's a nice one for Christmas Eve which puts this back one day.
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"Minuit, chrétiens! c'est l'heure solennelle" (Midnight, Christians, is the solemn hour)
In Roquemaure at the end of 1843, the church organ had recently been renovated. To celebrate the event, the parish priest persuaded poet Placide Cappeau, a native of the town, to write a Christmas poem. Soon afterwards that same year, Adolphe Adam composed the music. The song was premiered in Roquemaure in 1847 by the opera singer Emily Laurey.
Unitarian minister John Sullivan Dwight, editor of Dwight's Journal of Music, wrote the English version in 1855. This version became popular in the United States, especially in the North, where the third verse resonated with abolitionists, including Dwight himself.
The wide vocal range of the song makes it one of the more difficult Christmas songs to execute properly, especially for untrained amateurs.
Juan Diego Flórez (born Juan Diego Flórez Salom, January 13, 1973) is a Peruvian operatic tenor, particularly known for his roles in bel canto operas. [He is] widely acclaimed for his command of the high tenor range.
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