This is a striking setting of a poem by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, characterized by antiphonal exchanges between the upper and lower voices, and rich, ever-changing harmonies. Originally published in The Ivy

Based on the tune CRADLE SONG, this wordless piece (the choir hums over lush accompaniment) was written as underscoring for a reading of the Nativity story (Luke 2:1, 3-14). In the tradition of incidental