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This work was written at the request of conductor Elise Bradley for her highly regarded choir Key Cygnetures at Westlake Girls High School (Auckland).

It was intended for a ‘mid-winter Christmas’ concert which was to also feature Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. I therefore felt happy to turn to Christmas texts with some of the more traditional Christmas references (snow etc).

The first text is from the fifteenth century and is a general text mentioning Mary, the manger, the wise men, and the gifts they brought, and ends with call to delight in the Christ child. The second text, by G.K. Chesterton contains images of snow and night, and ends with the line that gives the work its overall title. The third text is a variant of the carol ‘I saw three ships come sailing in’ and may refer either to the medieval myth that Joseph and Mary travelled to England, or obliquely to purported journeys of the relics of the wise men. The fourth text is a lullaby by nineteenth century poet John Addington Symonds. Again the wise men and their gifts are mentioned along with the shepherds. The final text is another anonymous one, and is simply a brief and energetic welcome to ’heaven’s King’.

• Hamilton: A Child Comes Forth; computer-set 

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• The Treble Voice Choral Music of David Hamilton Vol. 2 

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A “deconstruction/recomposition” of a fifteenth century carol for 3 soloists and choir on the martyrdom of St Stephen. This dramatic work has become a standard text for study in schools through New Zealand. It has been recorded by the New Zealand National Youth Choir.

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• Visions: New Zealand Choral Music 

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• New Zealand National Youth Choir: Te Roopu Rangatahi Waiata o Aotea Roa  Year: 1992 

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The book of Job, Chapter 38, is the basis of the text from which ‘Et Misericordia’ makes a series of pictures. The title is from a phrase of the Magnificat: ‘and his mercy is on those that fear him, from generation to generation’. ‘Et Misericordia’ was written for the Sydney Chamber Choir.

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Composed to celebrate the 21st birthday of the Hastings Sinfonietta, this single-movement work for trumpet, chamber orchestra and pipe organ is a meditation based on Psalm 100.

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• Schola Musica  Year: 1977 

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A cycle of three Advent anthems with a text by S.E. Murray for ‘a cappella’ SATB choir. No. 2 contains solos for high soprano and bass. Commissioned by Prof. Peter Godfrey and the Kapiti Chorale in 1995, the work was first performed by Southern Consort of Voices in May 1996. By turns tender, meditative, and exhilarating with fresh, piquant harmonies.

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• Christmas a cappella  Year: 2001 

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• Mews: The May Magnificat; computer-set 

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• Visions: New Zealand Choral Music 

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• The Jubilate Singers: Southern Landscapes  Year: 2011 

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• Norman: Wenceslas; facsimile 

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• Philip Norman: Orchestral Compositions 

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Two major settings for voice and piano of extended poems written by Dr Zhivago. Both are personal and intense utterances from the woman who came closer than any other to Jesus.

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• Ritchie J.: Zhivago's Mary Magdelene Songs; facsimile 

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• Bellingham, Dennis, Rawson: NZ vocal music  Year: 2006 

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