Catholic Central High School Chamber Choir (London, Ont) conducted by Don Sills performing A BOY IS BORN [December 20, London] by MATTHEW EMERY.
CME Holiday Lights
Series: Holiday Lights
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Format: Octavo
SATB a cappella
Composer: Matthew Emery
This lyrical Christmas anthem is composed in three sections with the opening section built on a melody passed among voices. The middle section is slower and the final section features the basses singing the melody with the upper voices “floating above” as if they were the angels gathering to witness the birth. Overall, the song speaks to the serene and delicate moments inspired by the original latin text Puer Natus.
Inventory #HL 48023870
Video used with permission.
A Boy is Born in Bethlehem!
Allelujah! Allelujah!
And joy is in Jerusalem,
Allelujah! Allelujah!
And there He lay in manger poor,
Allelujah! Allelujah!
Whose rein shall last for ever-more,
Allelujah! Allelujah!
And kings from out the East there were,
Allelujah! Allelujah!
With gold and frankincense and myrrh
Allelujah! Allelujah!
He came our souls to purify,
Allelujah! Allelujah!
and bring us safe to bliss on high
Allelujah! Allelujah!