Walker, Lucy - The Christmas Life (version with strings) - full score & parts

The poet, Wendy Cope, conjures a heartwarming image of Christmas in the home. This setting of her comforting poem translates this imagery into a classic Christmas choral sound - a simple, memorable tune, accompanied by mellow, warm harmonies, and a natural lilt as the metre alternates between triple and quadruple time. In the second verse, which is filled with references to light, each voice part expands, up to a blooming chord on 'shine', and this section features more exploratory harmonic inflection while retaining the original melody. The final verse begins with a return to the opening music in the lower voices, before growing into a richly scored ending.

Digital purchase includes full score and string parts (string parts may be copied by the purchaser to accommodate the correct number of players). This version with strings accompaniment is not compatible with the original a cappella version. The vocal score for this version is also available for purchase here