A wintry landscape, a miracle, a wondrous season: all these are evoked in this traditional English Christmas carol that's also popular among Celtic music fans. Arranged as a jubilant piano quartet for violin, viola, cello and piano, this snowy, atmospheric music is recommended for Christmas plays, pageants and programs as well as holiday recitals, Christmas concerts, traditional church services and other seasonal worship events. Suggested worship uses: prelude, postlude, offertory, interlude and silent prayer accompaniment. 14 pages of music (that includes separate two-page parts for violin, viola and cello). Key: G major. Violin/Viola/Cello Level: Intermediate. Piano Level: Late Intermediate.

Written for the superb Domus ensemble, Casken's vivid addition to the small number of modern piano quartets exploits the very different sonorities, weight and attack which strings and piano possess. Casken's music has a strong sense of theatre and here the singing lines are constantly threatened by dynamic, rhythmic material. '... this 16-minute single movement explores the essential dichotomy between the dynamic percussive keyboard and the singing, more cohesive strings.' (Christopher Morley. The Birmingham Post. 1990).