There are few more of these topical songs from Gather third ed. to get through before Christmas.
Francis Patrick O’Brien, a priest from Boston with the most Irish name of all time, seems to be a GIA artist whose songs haven’t travelled to the churches in Australia I’ve played at, so they remain to be done despite all the other collections I’ve blogged. This Christmas Alleluia might have a place in a Christmas pageant, though it is singable enough for an assembly. His text speaks of the joy of the Holy Family and the liberation in the Magnificat.
The sheet music can be purchased at GIA, where the text is in their preview.
I enjoyed making a BIAB backing for this one.