Clarinet,Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1268806

By András Csáki and Balázs Rumy. By David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Christmas,Contemporary. Full Performance. Duration 169. David Warin Solomons #861338. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1268806).

Instrumental version of my 1975 evangelical song The Message of Christmas.


The words of the original are:

Hear the message of Christmas time
Today is born the King of Kings
With glory hidden in a stable
For poor and humble are most able
To see in him the King of Kings


Hear the message of Christmas time
Today is born the Son of Man
With human flesh and pain and woe
Like one of us so we might know
That Jesus is the Son of Man


Hear the message of Christmas time
Today is born the Son of God
Who from his Father up above
came down to give us peace and love
Then sinless died the Son of God


Hear the message of Christmas time
Today is born the Word of God
To human flesh the Word became
Yet was and is and will be the same
For evermore the Word of God


Hear the message of Christmas time
Today is born the Light of Truth
Without it we are lost and stray from goodness
For Christ is the way, the only way
The Light of Truth


Hear the message of Christmas time
Today was born the King of Kings
And glory shone from that poor stable
So poor and humble are most able
To see in him the King of Kings.



It is performed here by
Balázs Rumy clarinet
András Csáki guitar.

Instrumental Duet Clarinet,Guitar,Instrumental Duet - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.575706

Composed by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Christian. Score and parts. 3 pages. David Warin Solomons #2026961. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.575706).

I was entranced by the poem translated from an ancient rune by the Rev. Kenneth Macleod and I set it to music many years ago, originally calling it The Crofter's Song. ( - see the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6LBAMfAaRk ) it concerns a poor Scottish crofter who welcomes a stranger to his humble croft, feeds and entertains him, and finds blessing, ...for the stranger was Christ. This was one of the first of my songs using the Dorian mode. The following versions are available here The original song for alto and guitar A version for recorder quartet A version for flute and guitar A version for clarinet and guitar and A more complex version for recorder, guitar, piano and cello.