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Hewitt Jones, Thomas: Bethlehem Whispers
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By
Thomas Hewitt Jones
SATB and organ
Words by
Gordon Giles
Bethlehem Whispers
is a touching and joyful picture of the night of Christ’s birth. Canon Gordon Giles’s exquisite poem is perfectly matched by the lush music of Thomas Hewitt Jones in a unique creative partnership. Under a sky of glimmering gold and in the light of the old day and dawn of the new, there in the hay lies the sleeping child, Bethlehem’s pearl of great price. In the first two verses the holy family, ‘journey now ended with somewhere to stay’, takes its place beside the manger. For the third and final verse, the music lifts by a semitone, from a rich E flat major to ringing E major, as Jesus is brought to birth, and faith, hope and love are now present on earth. The organ introduction presents a lovely allusion to
Silent Night
, taken up in the gentle berceuse rhythm of the setting, and adding to the sense of timeless rapture in this beautiful gem of a carol.
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