This modest collection is aimed at fulfilling the need for Advent music that is within the capability of the average singer in a small parish choir. It is also an attempt to augment the repertoire of Advent music for the assemblies these choirs serve. Like flashes from a prism, these carols illumine facets of the season that help greatly to pierce and parse aspects of this holy time into tangible portions.
The model structure for the whole of this program is, of course, the well-known Service of Lessons and Carols celebrated annually at Christmas time by choirs around the world. Many of these songs are designed to be sung by both the assembly and the choir. May they prove a blessing for your community.
