Christmas Lullaby
choral
SATB and piano
5
Commissioned by Huddersfield Choral Society. First performed 6th December 2024 by Huddersfield Choral Society, conducted by Ellie Slorach.
Programme Note
Two narratives are interspersed in Christmas Lullaby. The first one is a mother singing a lullaby to her son, and the second one is the larger narrative of Jesus Christ’s life, as told through the text of the Bible.
Text
Sleep my child,
How sweetly you smiled,
Close your eyes,
This is our paradise.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only son,
Full of grace and truth, He came to dwell with us.
Lamb of God
Sleep my dear,
I will hold you near,
Keep you warm,
Shield you from the storm.
For unto us this day is born Christ our Lord,
He is the way, the truth, and the life.
Lamb of God
Amen.
Text quoted or paraphrased from the Bible, interspersed with lyrics by the composer.
