A child this day is born
03:50 duration|Composed in 2009|Difficulty: Quite Difficult
This lively setting of an English traditional carol was composed in 2009 for David Ogden and Exultate Singers. It is scored for SATB choir and piano: an orchestral score and parts (1,1,1,0-1,2,0,0-timp.perc.-str.) are also available.
The music is written in a propulsive triadic style that possibly pays homage to the music of William Mathias. Each verse has a different treatment and the music grows to a loud and triumphant coda on the repeated word “Nowell”.
