This emotional song was written by Tchaikovsky while he was on an extended stay in the United States. It is an outpouring of his feelings about being away from home. It is in English and Russian (in IPA format). For mixed voices a cappella.

Tchaikovsky’s most outstanding sacred choral settings collected in a single edition. This is an invaluable addition to the chamber choir repertoire and includes singing English translations and transliterations of the original text with a pronunciation guide for the Russian.

From Children's Songs arranged for mixed voices by the composer. This translation by W.G. Rothery (Fair was the garden blest with flowers).

Taken from the Nutcracker and arranged for SSSSAATTBB choir by Leo Hussain and Ralph Allwood.