Christmas Songs for Classical Guitar: El Cant dels Ocells

Enjoy this performance of a classic Christmas song for the holidays on classical guitar: El Cant dels Ocells (The Song of the Birds), arranged and performed by Dave Belcher.
You can purchase a copy of the book Christmas Songs for Classical Guitar, with this and nine other Christmas song arrangements for classical guitar in TAB and notation, at the link below:
classicalguitarcorner.com/chr...
Christmas Songs for Classical Guitar is a set of ten arrangements for classical guitar by Dave Belcher, featuring the following pieces:
Greensleeves (Grade 3) -- with an ornamented version for Grade 6;
The First Noel (Grade 4)
The 12 Days of Christmas (Grade 5)
Jingle Bells (Grade 7)
Away in a Manger (Grade 4)
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Grade 4)
In the Bleak Midwinter (Grade 2)
El Cant dels Ocells (Grade 7)
El Noi de la Mare, arr. Miguel Llobet (Grade 7)
Silent Night, arr. Simon Powis (Grade 4)
We hope you enjoy these pieces for the holidays!

[@marierandazzo9003]

Gorgeous song gorgeously played.

[@ClassicalGuitarCorner]

Thank you, Marie!

[@danielpalmer643]

I've never heard this one before. Really cool. Bravo!

[@ClassicalGuitarCorner]

Glad you liked it, Dan! Thank you!

[@briangable08]

Lovely song played beautifully, nice n slow x

[@ClassicalGuitarCorner]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed it! It's funny because the lyrics are quite chirpy and happy, but the tune itself is almost melancholic. :)

[@ClassicalGuitarMusings]

Amazing

[@ClassicalGuitarCorner]

Thank you!

[@markcampbell6089]

Thanks Dave. That was wonderful. The song is new to me. Can you share its origin? Merry Christmas!

[@ClassicalGuitarCorner]

Thank you, Mark! This is one of those many traditional Catalan songs Llobet did *not* arrange. Instead, it was made popular by Pau Casals, who used to play it in concerts and often said it was a prelude to his desire for "peace" in the world. He played it at the White House several times. But it has also been arranged by other Spanish composers, like Federico Mompou, in one of his Cançons i danses. And I know of at least two great classical guitar arrangements: one by Emilio Pujol and another by Graciano Tarragó (the father of the great Renata Tarragó). You should look up the lyrics -- they're marvelous. Merry Christmas! -Dave B