A poetic and energetic setting of Howard Thurman's famous poem about the true "work of Christmas," informed by the rhythmic vitality of gospel and the harmonic immediacy of African vocal music. Its timeless words of religious and social justice make this piece appropriate not only during Advent, but continuing through Epiphany.
Well on its way to becoming a holiday concert standard, this song lends itself quite naturally to different interpretations regarding tempo, tone quality, and dynamic nuances. (The recorded excerpts below offer some interesting examples of this.)