| 作曲者 | Robin Holloway (b. 1943) |
| タイトル | Christmas Carol |
| サブタイトル | from Christmas Sequence op. 95 |
| 出版社 | Boosey & Hawkes（ブージー＆ホークス） |
| シリーズ名 | Contemporary Choral Series |
| 楽器編成 | mixed choir (SATB div) and organ |
| 品番 | 9790060132674 |
| 難易度 | 上中級 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 形状 | 20 ページ・Saddle stitching |
| 演奏時間 | 6分 |
| 出版年 | 2016年 |
| 出版番号 | BH 13267 |
| ISMN | 979-0060132674 |
| ISBN | 9781784542375 |
This carol was commissioned in 2002 by King’s College, Cambridge for their famous service of Nine Lessons and Carols. It tells the start of the familiar Christmas story: Gabriel's Annunciation; praise to the Virgin before she too sings my soul doth magnify the Lord; the shepherds a-watching their flocks by night; the angelic chorus in the sky; the fusion of celestial and earthy around the crib holding the baby who is also Lord of Time & Space.The text is from a variety of sources: anonymous carols of the 15th,16th & 17th centuries, Edmund Bolton (1611, Sweet music, sweeter far...), the Gloria from the Mass, and a couple of lines from well-loved Anglican hymns.Selected for the Royal Philharmonic Society’s ‘Encore’ project, this carol will offer some challenge to intermediate choirs, but will add some originality to a carol service or Christmas concert.