'Magical Kingdom' - arr. John Rutter
From the album ‘A Christmas Festival’
Composer John Rutter
Conductor John Rutter
Choir Farnham Youth Choir
Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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The sense of wonder and enchantment experienced by children at Christmas time provided the inspiration for this song, which was written in 2003.
LYRICS:
Everyone has their own magical kingdom,
High on a hilltop and touching the sky;
Somewhere you go when you wish on a rainbow,
Somewhere you can fly.
Everyone has their own magic adventures,
Strange and exciting and scary and new,
Everyone dreams their own magical stories:
You could dream them too.
Once upon a time
In the land of make believe,
All the world was young
And wishes still came true,
There were dragons to slay,
Trumpets to play,
Battles to dream of winning,
And wicked giants to fight,
Wrongs to put right,
Life only just beginning.
That was long ago,
Maybe it was fairy tale;
Was it ever real or just a pantomime?
Keep on believing,
Keep on believing,
Just keep on believing
In once upon a time.
When the world keeps spinning round in circles,
And your way seems impossible to find,
Look up high:
A castle in the air
Is waiting for you there
All in your mind.
Once upon a time . . .
That was long ago:
A time when you imagined things,
But they were all the loveliest things you ever knew;
In that magical kingdom,
Your own magical kingdom:
The land of dreams come true.
(John Rutter)
A Christmas Festival
Based on the annual 'Christmas Festival' concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, John Rutter directs the Cambridge Singers, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the award-winning Farnham Youth Choir alongside guest soloists Melanie Marshall, Clara Sanabras and Elin Manahan Thomas, for an unforgettable festival of Christmas music.
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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