Three Advent Carols

Description

Gabriel’s Message–SATB, organ/Easy-Medium difficultyI know a Flower–SATB, a cappellaWhile the Careless World is Sleeping–SATB, organ”Often enough the Christmas season overwhelms even places of worship with familiar music sung too early. Jackson’s Advent Carols, agreeable in text and tuneful adornment, fill our desire for more appropriate fare during the weeks before Christmas. Changing meters, supple vocal lines, and mildly-dissonant chords enliven the poetry and its meaning. The final piece requires the organ; for the other two pieces its use is suggested only for rehearsal.