Lullay, lullay, thou lytil child, for SATB soloists and mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella

ISMN: 979-0-060-12872-1

This short carol, a setting of an anonymous 15th-century text, was commissioned for a service given in Cambridge in 2012 by the Fairhaven Singers, conducted by Ralph Woodward. A witness account of The Nativity, it opens with a solo soprano (?This other night I saw a sight, A mayd a cradle keep:?) before unfolding as a dialogue between Christ and the Virgin Mary, represented by the alternation of the full choir and a group of four soloists (SATB). The soloists may either be placed within the body of the main choir or be grouped together some distance away.