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Written by Anna Lapwood and The Pembroke College Girls’ Choir
\nFor mixed choir (SATB a cappella)
Text: English (Sara Teasdale)
\nDuration: 2 minutes
\nDifficulty: 2\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

“Following a couple of experiments with whole group composition, we decided to do a full weekend of Girls\u2019 Choir composition a few years ago. Most of the pieces we wrote were arrangements of pre-existing carols, but we all agreed it would be nice to write something from scratch too. I brought a couple of different poems along, and the girls chose Sara Teasdale\u2019s Christmas Carol<\/em>. I\u2019m always surprised at how quickly they agree on certain things \u2013 in this case, it only took them about 10 minutes to decide that it should be in compound time and have modal inflections once we had read through the text together. We started by writing a melody, and then set about harmonising it in different ways to reflect the character of each verse. In the composition sessions the girls sang the soprano parts whilst I played the rest on the piano, and we discovered it actually works equally well in this form, but it was a very exciting moment when we put everything together with the Chapel Choir for the first time. They finished writing it around the time of the BBC Singers Carol Competition, and so I sent it to the producer of the BBC Singers, Jonathan Manners, to see what he thought. He ended up programming it for the Carol Competition Breakfast programme \u2013 all the girl choristers were extremely excited when they realised that their piece was going to receive its premiere from the BBC Singers!” – Anna Lapwood<\/p>\n

The kings they came from out the south,
\nAll dressed in ermine fine;
\nThey bore Him gold and chrysoprase,
\nAnd gifts of precious wine.<\/p>\n

The shepherds came from out the north,
\nTheir coats were brown and old;
\nThey brought Him little new-born lambs\u2014
\nThey had not any gold.<\/p>\n

The wise men came from out the east,
\nAnd they were wrapped in white;
\nThe star that led them all the way
\nDid glorify the night.<\/p>\n

The angels came from heaven high,
\nAnd they were clad with wings;
\nAnd lo, they brought a joyful song
\nThe host of heaven sings.<\/p>\n

The angels sang through all the night
\nUntil the rising sun,
\nBut little Jesus fell asleep
\nBefore the song was done.<\/p>\n

Sara Teasdale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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