Have you seen the baby Jesus?
Words and music by Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962)
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: S
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 2:45
Language: English
Christmas
First Sunday after Christmas
11 recommended works by women composers for First Sunday after Christmas.
Year A
ReadingsNurture
Jane Marshall (1924–2019)
Words by Mechthild of Magdeburg
Reflects on Psalm 147
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 1:01
Language: English
first of "Words from Two Women"
Year B
ReadingsJesus Christ the apple tree
Elizabeth Poston (1905–1987)
Text source: Anonymous
Reflects on John 1:1-18
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSAATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 5:40
Language: English
Let all mortal flesh
Stephanie Martin (b. 1962)
Text source: Eucharistic, Liturgy of St. James
Reflects on Before Eucharist
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSAATTBB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 3:30
Language: English
O Mercy Divine
Judith Weir (b. 1954)
Words by Charles Wesley
Reflects on John 1:1-18
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: cello
Duration: 4:00
Language: English
Psalm 150
Grace Williams (1906–1977)
Text source: The Book of Common Prayer in Welsh
Reflects on Psalm 150
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SS
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 4:00
Language: Welsh or English
Digital offprint
The Word Was God
Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962)
Text source: Spiritual
Reflects on John 1:1-14
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: English
You can tell the world
Margaret Bonds (1913–1972)
Text source: Spiritual
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Soloist Or Choir
Voicing: S/T
Accompaniment: piano
Duration: 1:53
Language: English
SATB version: https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2012016
Year C
ReadingsChristus Natus Est
Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962)
Words by Countee Cullen
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSATBB
Accompaniment: piano or orchestra
Duration: 5:00
Language: English, Latin
Love Came Down
Brenda Portman (b. 1980)
Words by Christina Rossetti
Reflects on John 1:1-18
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATBB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: English
O Magnum Mysterium
Text source: Responsory to the Fourth Lesson, Matins Christmas Day
Reflects on John 1:1-18
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: S
Accompaniment: harp and organ
Duration: 5:00
Language: Latin