THE OXEN 3 PART TREBLE

Composed for the Children’s Chorus of Opera North, this is an upper voice setting of Thomas Hardy’s poem of the same name (‘Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock’). The swaying jazz waltz style and chromatic, but very singable melody combine to create an effective and unique carol to add some variety to a choir’s Christmas programme. The vocal parts are very approachable, with unison verses and two or three-part wordless refrains (sung to ‘oo’).