Andrew Carter (b.1939)
"Again the mood is exultant; the opening section, rousing and orchestrally busy, returns between and during calmer, but no less joyous, material. Here the choir is often dominanat and used antiphonally between the lower and upper voices. The final vivo section is driven by cross rhythms and builds with a rousing crescendo to end triple forte." - Music Teacher June 04
"The text is one of Brian Wren's most direct and straightforward hymns, and receives a surprisingly full and extended treatment. There are peals of joy for choir and orchestra. It would be a good anthem for Christmas Day itself, provided that you have sufficient singers for the eight-part unaccompanied passages." - Church Music Quarterly Dec 03
