Familiar words, altered just a bit to fit a melody that’s so organic it feels like one coming back from a childhood memory. But this little gem is a recent nod by a Finnish Canadian to the Irish in all of us.
Composer Norman Gabriel Nurmi, whose compositions cross all sacred and secular genres, with soprano Catherine Morrow for whom he writes many beautiful pieces.
Our title tune for good reason – this is truly a modern classic – finding hope, peace, and love under the Bethlehem sky. Catherine has the solo tune and Susan Suchard soars gloriously on the descant.