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The Message of Christmas
for soprano, alto, guitar, flute, recorder, percussion and double bass
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I wrote the words and music of this song during my evangelical days in the 1970s in Oxford.
It is not my usual style and borrows ideas from the songs of "born again" Christian singing from those times. The OICCU! (Oxford Intercollegiate Christian Union).
It could well be my most upbeat piece after "Tango Already"!
We will be recording this piece later on the Winter Celebrations CD with real voices, but meanwhile, here is a version recorded direct from the Finale 2004 mus file.
The words are very evangelistic and may suit certain church services, so I have provided the full score as a free download. I should be pleased to hear of performances, especially recordings!
Click here for a full score pdf of the pieceIf you desire pdfs of the individual parts please email me.
Lyrics
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.
