for SATB chorus and 3-5 octaves handbells
A new, somber setting of the classic Latin Christmas text. Lots of mixed meter, but at a very slow tempo. Handbells are played entirely mallet-suspended.
Premiered by the Memorial Choir and Memorial Bells, December 12, 2006; Memorial Lutheran Church, Ames, Ia.
Time: ~3 min.
composed in 2006; contact Matthew Prins for information