For SAB Voices and Piano
Music by John Carter
Text by Mary Kay Beale
This 3-part anthem would be an excellent choice for the third Sunday of Advent, which focuses on the theme of joy, or for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. The melody dances along throughout, and the text centers on images and themes of the prophecy's fulfillment: the bright star, the angels' song of welcome, Isaiah's winter rose, and the Word made flesh.