Work
To the Christ Child
for SSA choir, SATB choir (or solo soprano) and chamber orchestra
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About
Originally written for a school music trip to the USA, this work uses SSA and SATB choirs with chamber orchestra accompaniment. The texts all relate to Christmas and include the familiar Christina Rossetti poem Love Came Down at Christmas.
Contents note
A Christmas cycle :
- Love Came Down at Christmas
- The Angel's Song
- Carol of the Flowers
- A Stable Lamp
- Love Came Down at Christmas (reprise)
Text note
Texts by Christina Rosetti, Richard Wilbur and traditional sacred texts
Performance history
Perfromed by the Auckland Sinfonietta and viva voce, soloist: Kathryn McGredy Rosser, conducted by John Rosser