A Christmas Cantata

A five movement Lyric cantata for SATB and orchestra (or organ)

Total duration: 21 mins.

1.  O Christmas Day  Robert McIntyre (1851-1914)

2.  Christmas Hymn  Martha Lavinia Hoffman (1865-1900)  

3.   A Cradle Song  William Blake 

4.  Christmas Bells  Longfellow

5.  A Christmas Thought Mary T. Lathrap (1838-1895)

A Christmas Cantata sets collection of texts that, in the main, explore aspects about Christmas rather than simply re-tell the Christmas story.  

The orchestral version uses an small orchestra similar in size to my other two Cantatas One World and Time. However, as is the case with those other two works there is also a version with organ accompaniment.

Three of the movements made up part of Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society's Winter Legends, Christmas Bells online Christmas concert 2020.

Cradle Song and Christmas Bells are presented in the orchestral version and O Christmas Day in the version for organ: