What Child is This? (PDF file for download)
Very Advanced Level (Concert/diploma)
Suitable for offertories, specials, concerts, recitals. Not for congregational accompaniment.
Here are some notable musical moments:
Verse 1: E minor
- Left hand crossing (bell like chime)
- Swaying melody, embellished by scalic neighbour notes and upper mordents
Verse 2: E minor
- Many more notes (subdivided to demisemiquavers/32nd notes)
- Melody in middle range, under arpeggiated RH patterns
- Melody in RH chords over quick LH arpeggio/scalic accompaniment
- Arpeggios in 6ths
Verse 3: F minor/Eb minor
- Modulation to F minor gives intensity
- Combination of LH crossing and arpeggiated accompaniment
- Melody in middle voice and in LH octaves
- Introduction reiterated in middle voice between rolled chords in RH 'bell-like' figures
