BROTHER HEINRICH'S CHRISTMAS - A Story with Music, by John Rutter
According to legend, the lovely carol In dulci jubilo was first sung by a band of angels, who came down to visit the 14th-century Dominican mystic Heinrich Suso and dance with him one night when he was in low spirits. Subsequently, Heinrich wrote down the carol so that he should never forget how beautiful it was...
CAROLLING NOWELL by Richard Roddis
Composed in 1997, the medley has been performed a number of times by different choirs in the Midlands. It sets:
Out of your sleep arise and wake
In the bleak midwinter
Past 3 o'clock
I sing of a maiden
Sir Christemas
in a variety of moods: lyrical, rhythmic, high-spirited & serene, and always tunefully.