Brass version: 2 trumpets in Bb, horn in F, trombone, tuba, organ, and percussion (1 player: glock, susp cym, triangle, tenor drum) Orchestral version: 2 flutes (1 doubling picc.) 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, harp, percussion (glock, susp cym, triangle, tenor drum), strings. For SATB choir, soprano solo, and children’s choir with piano or organ or chamber orchestra or brass This accessible Christmas cantata presents a sequence of the five carols ‘Personent hodie’, ‘Entre le boeuf’, ‘Gaudete ‘, ‘Infant holy’, and ‘Angelus ad Virginem’. McDowall gives the familiar melodies a colourful new harmonic treatment, and the arrangements range in atmosphere from tenderness to joyful exaltation. The children’s choir part is printed at the end of the score and may be photocopied. Orchestral and brass material is available on hire.. Format: Vocal score. Classification: Choral. Media: Printed music. Genre: Christmas.