• Premiere: December, 2006 / Grace Episcopal Church / Newton, Massachusetts / Dr. Linda J. Clark

• Instrumentation: SATB and Organ

• Duration: 2:48'

• Text: Christina Rossetti

• Suitable for choirs of all levels 

• Appropriate for worship or concert performance

Program Note

Completed August 19, 2006 in Newton, Massachusetts.  This piece was originally written with a classical guitar accompaniment, and submitted to a competition calling for new Christmas carols.  It employs a homophonic, strophic form with a descant on the final verse.