SATB choir, a cappella (SATB) - Moderately Difficult to Difficult SKU: OU.9780193388345
Composed by Gabriel Jackson. Christmas Songs & Carols - Mixed Voices. New Horizons. Vocal score. 12 pages. Duration 3'. Oxford University Press #9780193388345. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193388345). ISBN 9780193388345. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB unaccompanied Bright, electric, and charged with energy, this setting of one of the seven Advent 'O' Antiphons features Jackson's characteristic flourishes of melodic ornamentation, tempered by moments of calm from the sustained lower voices and softly spoken phrases in the upper voices.
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