Gibbs, Alan: A Medieval Christmas

Three pieces for organ

These pieces may be played as a suite or separately. They are based on melodies found in the English Hymnal and Oxford Book of Carols: the first is from the 13th century Sarum Antiphoner (EH 14), the second is the 15th century. Song of the Nuns of Chester (OBC 67), and the last a Christmas sequence from the Sarum Graduale (EH 22). You may detect the odd nod to isorhythm and hocket. Alan Gibbs