A cappella Publisher Desc.  Selected by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of the American Masterpieces of choral music, this a cappella work based on a text by Laurie Lee is a stunning, dramatic expression of the wonder of Christmas. "...For see, beneath the hand, the earth already warms and glows; for men with shepherd's eyes there are signs in the dark, the turning stars, the lamb's returning time..."