Choirs love Christmas. The pleasure of revisiting the familiar and exploring the new is something singers enjoy year after year. This superb new collection of 42 carols by 26 composers has been specially compiled to appeal to church and school choirs of all kinds. Choirs and those who listen to them will love the 30 new carols in a wide range of tempos and styles (from plainsong to funk), as well as twelve arrangements of well-known favourites. At least six of the settings can be sung unaccompanied, for the more reflective moments as well as the all important impromptu carol singing.
The best-selling first volume of RSCM Anthems for SA/Men, published in 2018, continues to give choirs plenty to get their teeth into with many pieces that can be learned quickly and performed over and over again. This book continues that spirit – 3 part settings that are straightforward but innovative, pleasing to sing, have inspiring texts, and are flexible enough so they can be sung by choirs of all shapes and sizes. The accompaniment parts are not complicated and can be played on an organ or piano. These wonderful carol settings will form part of your carol services for years to come.
Contents
- Seasonal and Thematic Index v
- Introduction viii
- 1 Advent Responsory Sarah Macdonald 1
- 2 All my heart this night rejoices Philip Wilby 6
- 3 And Jesus was his name Thomas Hewitt Jones 12
- 4 The Angel Gabriel Esther Bersweden 17
- 5 Away in a manger Toby Young 25
- 6 A babe is born all of a may Amy Summers 31
- 7 Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light Ghislaine Reece-Trapp 37
- 8 Bring a torch, Jeannette, Isabella Alexander Campkin 43
- 9 Carol of the crib Joanna Forbes L’Estrange 46
- 10 Child in a stable Philip Moore 53
- 11 Christ is come David Ogden 58
- 12 Christmas lullaby Thomas Hewitt Jones 60
- 13 Come to Bethlem Meirion Wynn Jones 67
- 14 Coventry Carol David Ogden 73
- 15 Dans cette étable Piers Maxim 77
- 16 A day of glory! David Ogden 82
- 17 Dost thou in a manger lie Richard Shephard 90
- 18 Eastern monarchs, sages three Ian Carpenter 94
- 19 The first tree in the greenwood Alexander L’Estrange 104
- 20 Gaudete Barbara Rusbridge 115
- 21 Have we a place? Meirion Wynn Jones 120
- 22 The Holly and the Ivy David Ogden 124
- 23 Holy Child, how still you lie David Halls 132
- 24 I wonder as I wander Timothy Noon 139
- 25 Infant holy Philip Moore 143
- 26 The Infant King (Sing lullaby) Sarah Macdonald 148
- 27 The Infant King (Sing lullaby) Timothy Noon 152
- 28 Isaiah’s Prophecy Alexander L’Estrange 157
- 29 Lift your heart David Halls 169
- 30 Love came down at Christmas David Ogden 174
- 31 Lullaby of Jesus Grayston Ives 178
- 32 Noël Nouvelet Geoff Weaver 184
- 33 On Christmas Day in the morning Gareth Treseder 191
- 34 Rejoice and be merry Timothy Parsons 198
- 35 See, to us a child is born Piers Maxim 205
- 36 Shepherds are kneeling Peter Nardone 209
- 37 Shepherds! Awaken from your sleep Ian Carpenter 214
- 38 Silent Night Amy Summers 216
- 39 Song of the shepherds Joanna Forbes L’Estrange 222
- 40 Sweet was the song the Virgin sang Stuart Beer 233
- 41 There is no Rose of such virtue Huw Morgan 240
- 42 When God at first created man Geoff Weaver 247
- Composer biographies 256
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