Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1298966 Composed by Ian Calvert. Christmas,Contemporary,Holiday,Praise & Worship,Religious. Score. 4 pages. Ian Calvert #888816. Published by Ian Calvert (A0.1298966). This is the first publication of a new Christmas song, set for voice and piano. The words are those of a poem by Leonard Clark (1905 – 1981). He was an English poet who was raised in The Forest of Dean, in the west of England. In 1972 he published a slim little book of Christmas poems, of which ‘The Birth’ is one. What I like about this poem is its simplicity and clarity – and its narrative development through the verses. It starts with the poet waking in the pre-dawn. He then realizes that it is Christmas Day and in the stillness of that time his mind turns to the birth of Jesus, as traditionally told. Then he steps out of time and space and looks through his bedroom window to contemplate the mystery of incarnation. And he finishes at the stable, offering devotion to the newborn Lord. This song is also available in a version for SATB a cappella. Drawn from the same book of poems there is available another new Christmas song, called Singing in the Streets; that one is set for baritone and piano. Ian Calvert.
