Composed by David Barton. Text: 15th century texts. Medieval-flavor motet. Christmas. Octavo. Published by CanticaNOVA Publications (C5.5054).

Arranged by Nancy Grundahl. For SATB divisi, Keyboard (Organ or Piano). Advent, 21st Century. Moderately Easy. Octavo. Text Language: English. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers

Choral (SSATB a cappella)

SKU: HL.1340670

Arranged by Philip Lawson. Sacred Christmas Choral. Christmas. Octavo. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.1340670).

UPC: 196288189558. 6.75x10.5 inches.

This 13th century melody is arranged for high school choirs looking to expand into polyphony for the Christmas season. Smoothy melodic lines give way to smart challenges in range, while the B section dabbles in counterpoint--a perfect opportunity for study of Medieval forms.

Missa Choralis. (SATB divisi (with Organ) (Latin Language Edition)). By Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Choir Sacred. For Organ (SATB choir). Choral (Sacred); Choral Worship Cantata; Larger Works; Masterworks; Worship Resources. Kalmus Edition. Masterwork; Romantic; Sacred. Book. 52 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

By Gabriel Jackson. For SATB choir, a cappella. This edition: X478. Mixed Voices. Christmas Choral Leaflet. Vocal score. 4 pages. Duration 2'

By Corp. For SATB Choir (Unaccompanied). X483. Published by Oxford University Press.

SATB choir, piano reduction - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.G-RCA425

Composed by Ghislaine Reece-Trapp. Christmastide. Royal School of Church Music. Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. GIA Publications #RCA425. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-RCA425).

English.

A rising young composer has given us a spirited 21st-century madrigal set to a medieval Christmas text. A finalist in the BBC Radio 3 Carol of the Year Composition Competition 2016, the music throws singer and listener alike into a joyous dance in Dorian mode that culminates in a cascade of alleluias when the mode shifts to Ionian (major) at the close.

SATB Choir

SKU: BT.MUSM570200641

Composed by Anne Boyd. Classical. Vocal Score. 64 pages. University of York Music Press #MUSM570200641. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.MUSM570200641).

English.

Jesus Reassures His Mother is a setting of medieval lyric poetry written anonymously in the 14th century. The poet recounts a vision of the young Mary rocking the infant Christ to sleep. The child requests his mother to sing a lullaby but, alas, knowing her child’s fate she is too sad to sing. Jesus tells her that all mothers worry about their children’s futures and insists that she should sing nevertheless. Mary recounts the visit of Gabriel and the events of Christ’s birth but reflects how sad it is to have delivered a child to such a fate. Jesus reassures his mother that he will be with his father in heaven where Mary will come to join Him at the end of time, there to livein eternal bliss. At this point Mary is persuaded by and echoes her child’s reassuring words, and she is joined in this by the choir (now representing us all). The vision fades away in the voice of the narrator whose loneliness and longing return. We learn that it is Christmas Day. This setting grows from the visionary mystical world inhabited by Julian of Norwich whose Revelations of Divine Love provided the inspiration for a work Anne Boyd composed in 1994. The medium has been expanded from the Song Company’s six solo voices used in the Revelations to the double motet choir of the Sydney Philharmonia who commissioned this work for their 75th anniversary. The parts of the infant Jesus, Mary, the Narrator and the angel Gabriel are taken by choir soloists: soprano, alto, tenor and bass. The work is situated in the context of Boyd ’s personal musical aesthetic which she describes as the intersection of Christian Love with Buddhist silence.