Notes

Movements:

1. Prologue. Nowell! Nowell!
2. Narration. Now the Birth of Jesus Christ
3. Song. It Was the Winter Wild
4. Narration. And It Came to Pass in Those Days
5. Chorale. The Blessed Son of God
6. Narration. And There Were in the Same Country
7. Song. The Oxen (Christmas Eve and Twelve of the Clock)
8. Narration. And the Shepherds Returned
9. Pastoral. The Shepherds Sing
10. Narration. But Mary Kept All These Things
11. Lullaby. Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang
12. Hymn. Bright Portals of the Sky
13. Narration. Now When Jesus Was Born
14. The March of the Three Kings. From Kingdoms of Wisdom
15. Chorale. No Sad Thought His Soul Affright
16. Epilogue. In the Beginning Was the Word