16 Dec 2017

Chris ARTLEY: Love Came Down At Christmas

From Music Alive, 8:01 pm on 16 December 2017
Composer Chris Artley

Composer Chris Artley Photo: Supplied

A setting of Christina Rossetti's classic poem.

Love came down at Christmas,
Love all lovely, Love Divine,
Love was born at Christmas,
Star and Angels gave the sign.
Worship we the Godhead,
Love Incarnate, Love Divine,
Worship we our Jesus,
But wherewith for sacred sign?
Love shall be our token,
Love be yours and love be mine,
Love to God and all men,
Love for plea and gift and sign.

'Love Came Down at Christmas’ was written for Gina Sanders and 2016 King's College Vocal Ensemble and was the winner of the 2017 Freudig Singers of West New York Composition Competition.

Recorded at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, 16 December 2017.