Composer: Paul John Rudoi DetailsFormat: Mixed Choir - 4 voicesVoicing: SATBAccompaniment: unaccompaniedNotation: standardPerformance Length: 3:00 Study Scores & Audio FilesStudy Score & Audio Order Printed ScoresOrder site / Alternate source of score: pauljohnrudoi.com/products/coventrycarol Texts & TranslationsLanguage(s): EnglishText Source: Pageant of the Shearmen and TailorsText: Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child, Bye bye, lully, lullay. Thou little tiny child, Bye bye, lully, lullay. O sisters too, how may we do For to preserve this day This poor youngling for whom we sing, "Bye bye, lully, lullay"? Herod the king, in his raging, Charged he hath this day His men of might in his own sight All young children to slay. That woe is me, poor child, for thee And ever mourn and may For thy parting neither say nor sing, "Bye bye, lully, lullay." Programming AidsPerformance Difficulty: moderately easySeasonal Usage: AdventChristmasDescriptive Terms: sadnessdeathserenelovemotherhoodAllow Excerpts: Composition is a single movementComposer’s Notes: This arrangement stems from a 20’ Cantata, still in development, called “Rite of Passage” for SATB and solo violin. “Rite” will be a precursor complement to Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols” and will combine well known carols (including this work) with newly written ones (such as Rudoi’s “Orbit Carol”) in connection with the marion poetry of Madeleine L’Engle. Additional InformationDate of Completion: December, 2019Date of First Performance: Saturday, December 7, 2019Premier Performance Data: Seraphic Fire (James Bass, cond), Grafton Community Church, Grafton, VT
