I’m delighted to share that the pieces featured in my collection Five Carols (2021), published by Novello, are now available to buy as individual scores—just in time for the Christmas season!
These five carols were mostly written during the pandemic in 2020 – when even getting 4 singers together felt impossible.
This new release makes it easier for choirs to programme the pieces that best suit their festive services and concerts, while still capturing the atmosphere and colours that run through the full set.
About the Music
Adam lay ybounden is a setting of medieval English words, and is perfect as a seasonal introit.
The Holy Child and A Winter Bloom are settings of words by contemporary British poets, Georgia Way and Hannah King, which both offer a reflective take on the festive period.
Here is the little door was composed for readers of the BBC Music Magazine, and captures the wonder of Frances Chesterton’s text – at first meditative and subdued before becoming more colourful and lively.
I Wonder as I Wander is a reworking of an existing piece scored for larger choir. The wistful melody has the character of a folk song, with mellifluous writing for the accompanying voices.