Work
Joy to the World
for solo soprano, SAB choir and piano
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About
This lively and rhythmic Christmas piece sets the well-known text by Isaac Watts. The music adopts a gospel style with much use of syncopation. Towards the end of the piece a fragment of the well-known setting of this text briefly appears in both the accompaniment and the soloist’s parts. The work was commissioned for the staff and parents’ choir, directed by David Gordon, to sing at the annual carol service of Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland.
Commissioned note
Commissioned by Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland
Text note
Text by Isaac Watts
Performance history
04 Dec 2010: Performed by the staff and parents' choir of Diocesan School for Girls at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, in Auckland