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King of Kings – a carol for Christmas

Writing music for Christmas needs to start well in advance of
the Festive season so I began work in early Summer. Most
carols consider the nativity and the events surrounding it. I
decided to do something different by looking at the birth of
Jesus and what amazing things came from that event – his
life, death, resurrection and coming again. I called on the
expertise of Ally Barrett, one of the Jubilate hymn writers, to
write the text. She came up with some wonderful lyrics and,
together with my music, “King of Kings” was born. The piece
was recorded by Dundonald Church Choir in September.
John Lumgair of Quirky Motion created the video animation
and both music and video were released for Christmas. It was
a joy to work with the choir, Ally and John to create
something special. You can see the choir below after the
recording and the link to the video is below.