Based on the text of the Antiphon for Christmas Day and Charles Wesley's stirring text based on the incarnation, this concertato is most fitting as a Call to Worship and opening hymn for Christmas worship. In addition, it may be sung as a carol response to the reading of Luke 2 as it is found within the context of a Lessons and Carols Service or as a festival work at the close of a Christmas Concert. The arrangement provides an opportunity for the many and varied musical resources of a parish to be united in a single offering of praise and adoration during the Christmas season.
