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Track Name: Les anges dans nos campagnes
Composer: Trad. arr. Tobias A. Frank
Text: Traditional, French, 19th century
Duration: 4:06
Nationality: German
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Tobias A. Frank is the Organist and Director of Music at St Luke in Munich, the Lutheran Cathedral of the Bavarian capital.
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Tobias sees himself as an arranger rather than as a composer. His works are close to "Close Harmony Style" and English music of the 20th and 21st century.
“During the last days of our summer vacation in Paris we went to a Romanesque church at Montmartre close to the famous basilica Sacré-Cœur. It seemed largely unnoticed by most tourists as only a few visitors were walking through the church. There was a lady sitting on a bench with her rosary who suddenly started to sing a very simple melody reminiscent of “Angels, from the realms of glory”. The highly focused presence of the lady, that singular voice in the remarkable acoustics created a very intimate atmosphere. It was a really inspiring moment. Back in Munich I started to work on my arrangement of “Les anges dans nos campagnes” which is a decelerated and more romantic version of this Christmas hymn mostly heard in rather lively arrangements. And it is also a reminiscence of the close-harmony-style of English choral music combined with a hint of French “esprit”.”
- Tobias A. Frank