2003

two carols for unaccompanied SATB choir

By:

• David Hamilton

Contents:

1. Silent Stars Were Watching; 2. Rise Up Shepherds

Samples

Score (93k)

Pages 1-2 and 7-8

© David Hamilton

Availability

• This work has 2 scores and a recording

Programme Note

These two short pieces were written at the request of English conductor Janet Lincé for her group Choros. The stipulation was that the pieces be to do with Advent rather than Christmas, and that the choir needed to be able to rehearse them reasonably quickly. The two texts are from hymns of unknown authorship. The first tells of the stars watching the various characters associated with the Christmas story, the shepherds and the wise men, while the second focuses particularly on the shepherds.

Text Note:

Anonymous texts from from two hymns (author unknown)

Commissioned:

Commissioned by Choros, conducted Janet Lincé

• Janet Lince

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Influences:

• Christmas

Performance History

	09 Oct 2004	Performed by Choros, directed by Janet Lincé at Douai Abbey, Berkshire, United Kingdom
		Janet Lince