Video Information

• Choir: Quartetto al Volo
• Piece: Lulajże Jezuniu
• Composer:  Anonymous Anonymous
• Arranger:  David Rain
• Voices:  TTBB
• Sheet Music:   Email rain@magma.ca
• Genres: A cappella, Classical, Christmas, Polish
• World premiere recording, by a brand new singing group: Quartetto al Volo! If you like this song, I invite you to donate to the work of OCISO (Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization) and their support programs for refugees and immigrants to Cana...  moreWorld premiere recording, by a brand new singing group: Quartetto al Volo! If you like this song, I invite you to donate to the work of OCISO (Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization) and their support programs for refugees and immigrants to Canada: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/ociso-ottawa-community-immigrant-services-organization/
  
  Background. In the 1970s I visited Poland twice and fell in love with Polish choral music -- and Lulajże Jezuniu became one of my favourite Christmas carols in any language.
  
  While flying from Ottawa to Vancouver in December 2017, I felt inspired and arranged most of this piece while at 30,000 feet! I must have been quite a sight conducting away in my aisle seat, with my head phones plugged into my computer.
  
  I have dedicated Lulajże Jezuniu to the late Adam and Helena Kmiotek, who showed me such generosity of spirit as my hosts in Szczecin during my second Polish trip.
  
  NB: choirs interested in obtaining copies of the TTBB score can contact me at rain@magma.ca. SATB and SSAA versions are also available.
  
  I would like to acknowledge the a cappella choir that I sing in, The Stairwell Carollers, and our director Pierre Massie, for their musical inspiration these past 27 years.
  
  I would also like to thank my friends in our "Ad hoc Chorale" for testing out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offering valuable comments.
  
  And with deepest appreciation to my brother Adam Rain and my friend Geneviève Lajoie for their invaluable support throughout my composing journey.  less