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This festive anthem with optional brass and timpani is a burst of Christmas joy, evoking the angels singing in the sky to mark the birth of the Savior. A quiet inner section reflects on seeing the tiny

Daniel Burton has set an anonymous fifteenth-century text to vibrant and radiant music. Each verse ends with an invocation of "Let us rejoice!" in both English and Latin, and the organ accompaniment

This Christmas anthem combines elements of two familiar hymns Angels from the Realms of Glory and Angels We Have Heard on High with original music to jubilant effect. The idiomatic organ

Gerald Custer has written a truly exquisite original setting of this beloved text, which imagines us as visitors to Bethlehem for the first Christmas. Scored for SATB voices and piano or organ, this simple

The familiar Polish carol receives a joyous treatment. The optional solo descant in the last verse can be performed either by a wordless singer or an instrument. This setting is shorter and thus will make a

This original carol by Gerald Custer tells of Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem and connects it to our own spiritual journey through life. Custer portrays this journey perfectly with haunting,

Crafted by a master of lush a cappella writing, this arrangement of the beloved ancient plainchant opens simply, then gradually thickens through the first verse. A lovely transition on "oohs" evoking a

Carl Smith has created a delightful and easy arrangement of the fourteenth-century carol Resonemus Laudibus, an ancestor carol to the familiar In Dulci Jubilo. The joyous melody

Victoria Davison and Rudy Lupinski wrote a beautiful original carol that celebrates Jesus as the "Star Child" sent to earth to shine in our hearts. The SAB setting is largely two-part texture throughout,

The quiet joy of Jesus' coming at Christmas is explored in this original carol by David Kidwell. This SATB a cappella anthem is mostly homophonic and is relatively short in length. An excellent motet for

The familiar Christmas carol GREENSLEEVES is arranged in a creative and varied way to heighten the contrast between the stillness of the first verse and the text of the refrain. The challenging piano part