Maria Walks Amid the Thorn - No.1 of Three Upper-Voice Carols (Sheet music, Vocal score)

for SSA and piano or harp This is a beautifully crafted setting of a medieval German text. The composer's simple but effective writing underscores perfectly the quietly wondrous nature of the text, the gentle 'Kyrie eleison' refrain providing a poignant commentary throughout. The harp part (which includes all three carols in the set) is available from Banks Music Publications for sale under the title Three Upper-voice Carols.