Scored for: SATB & piano
Level: Medium
Duration: 3 minutes 50 seconds.
Other Info: This carol was written for David Higgins and the Choir of St Oswald’s Church, Durham. The Christ-Child is an example of Todd's writing at its most beautiful. Setting words by G.K. Chesterton, slow-moving piano chords underpin sublime four-part choral textures.
A recording is available on the album Mass in Blue, on the Signum Classics label and on Christmas in Blue by St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Available to purchase from good music shops. The Christ Child is published by Boosey & Hawkes.