for SATB and organ This is a gentle and lyrical setting of a text by Helen Dunmore. Uniting a simple, tuneful melody with luscious harmonies, this evocative carol retells the Christmas story beautifully. A wonderful addition to the Christmas repertory.
Bob Chilcott (b.1955)
"The techniques are simple: canons and inversions, melodies that develop and blossom naturally out of little germ cells, chords with rich mixtures of fourths and seconds - and closely "in harmony" with the repetitions and internal rhymes, echoes and carol-like simplicity of the text." - Church Music Quarterly, September 08
