From Piae Cantiones, this setting of Gaudete! is in a progressive style, yet well suited to the medieval melody. Its energy is derived from the accented rhythms and dance-like percussive
Upon reading Edward Esch's poem Light and Gold, composer Eric Whitacre was immediately struck by its genuine, elegant simplicity. He asked the celebrated American poet Charles Anthony Silvestri to
Norman Luboff's arrangement of this lovely Austrian carol has become a Christmas classic that deserves a place in every choral library.
This original a cappella piece, as performed by the Swedish vocal jazz ensemble The Real Group, expresses the Christmas wish that all the children of the world will inherit the beautiful blue-green, healthy