Augsburg Fortress

Scored for SATB and organ, this lyric and moving anthem for Christmas-tide is based on a text by Joseph Anstice (1805-1836):

When came in flesh the Incarnate Word,
The heedless world slept on,
And only simple shepherds heard
That God had sent his Son.

When comes the Saviour at the last,
From east to west shall shine
The judgement light, and earth aghast
Shall tremble at the sign...