Arr. S.A.T.B and Organ

Lyrical Christina Rossetti setting: suitable for Xmas or at other times.'Shifting tonalities and a placid magnetism which make it just gorgeous'. (Organists' Review)

I loved this setting of a poem by Christina Rossetti. It opens with a beguiling meoldy, in which the composer features haunting augmented fourths, and goes gently on it's way, often with almost static harmonies, before coming to a rest. It is a little more demanding that it first appears, but not so demanding. Church Music Quarterly, Septmeber 2004 Holy Innocents sets a text by Christina Rossetti (always a safe bet; is there anything by her that hasn't been set to music?) in a sort of extended ternary form with shifting tonalities (always musically justified by sometimes a little awkward in pragmatic terms) and a placid magnetism which makes it just gorgeous rhythmically there are no real demands until the coda. Michael Edwards, November 2003, Organists' Review

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