Dale Warland Choral Series-Movement no. 2 from Nativity Suite the opening sounds of the instruments and voices in this setting of one of the most widely known of the Latin texts appropriate for Christmas are meant to conjure an air of mystery.The initial tone clusters approached by layering the voice parts suggest intimacy and the veiled quality suited to this traditional liturgical text. Other…

Dale Warland Choral Series-No. 3 in the three movement work Nativity Suite (each movement published separately) in this setting of the traditional 16th century poem the instruments express the sentiment that animates the choir's words in waysthat voices are incapable of doing. The repeated alleluias at the close of each verse are resounding exclamations of joy with harmonies made up of as many …