Welcome All Wonders – Carol Barnett

Composer: Carol Barnett Text by: Richard Crashaw / Gerard Manley Hopkins Instrumentation: SATB, treble choir, oboe Duration: Approx. 4 minutes Date Written:  1996 Composer’s note: With layered entrances by oboe, treble/children’s choir, and SATB, joy and welcome abound in this piece. A contemplative middle section provides a calming contrast to the unbridled joy of Christmas Day. "Welcome all Wonders" was commissioned by the Racine Symphonic Chorus, James Schatzman, conductor, in celebration of its 10th Anniversary Season. – Carol Barnett text Welcome all wonders in one sight!Eternity shut in a span.Summer in winter, day in night.Heaven in earth, and God in man.Great Little One, whose all-embracing birthLifts earth to heaven, stoops heaven to earth!To Thee, meek Majesty! soft KingOf simple Graces and sweet Loves,Each of us his Lamb will bring,Each his pair of silver doves;Till burnt at last in fire of Thy fair eyes,Our selves become our own best sacrifice.from “In the Holy Nativity of