Emily’s Carol
03:06 duration|Composed in 2024|Difficulty: Easy|First performed: December 2024
Commissioned by Timothy Garrard for the Choir of Westminster School, in loving memory of Emily Hoh. Three Bens can be heard in this carol: Ben Jonson (poet), Ben Ponniah (composer) and Big Ben. In addition to Big Ben, 2024’s Christmas number one is also present!
“Emily worked at Westminster School as Accompanist-in-Residence and piano teacher. Loved by pupils and colleagues alike, there was not a kinder soul than Emily’s.” Timothy Garrard
Emily’s Carol – sung by the Choir of Westminster School
Text
I sing the birth was born tonight,
The Author both of life and light;
The angels so did sound it,
And like the ravished shepherds said,
Who saw the light, and were afraid,
Yet searched, and true they found it.
The Son of God, the eternal King,
That did us all salvation bring,
And freed the soul from danger;
He whom the whole world could not take,
The Word, which heaven and earth did make,
Was now laid in a manger.
Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
