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Jenny McLeod  

A baby lying

Duration: 01' 30" Year: 2008
for SA choir and piano

David Hamilton  

A Child Comes Forth

Duration: 13' 00" Year: 2006
for SSA choir with percussion and harp

  • Programme Note

    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’.

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Felicity Williams  

Anthem for Christmas Day (The Animals' Carol)

Duration: 05' 00"
for SA chorus, two sopranos and piano

David Hamilton  

Christmas Bells

 Year: 1996
for two-part choir and piano

David Hamilton  

Christmas Cradle Song

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1996
for SA choir and piano (or organ)

William Green  

Christmas Morning

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 1996
for SSA choir and keyboard

Jenny McLeod  

Deep in the forest

Duration: 01' 30" Year: 2008
for SSA choir and piano

David Hamilton  

Embrace the Night

 Year: 2009
for SSA choir and piano

  • Programme Note

    This short Christmas piece was written for my choir at St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s Schola. Each year the school has a Christmas concert, and this piece was written for the 2009 concert. The music is in a simple reflective tonal style.

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Helen Caskie  

Five Polish Christmas Carols

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 2000
for SSA and piano accompaniment

Jenny McLeod  

Henna

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1983, r. 2008
for SAA (T) choir and piano with optional bass part