These two carols by Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe are in celebration of Christmas. The Birthday of thy King was written in 1988 for the choir of King's College Cambridge. Here it has been paired with the serene and lilting Morning Song for the Christ Child for the first time.

Par SCULTHORPE PETER. Peter Sculthorpe's Songs Of Sea And Sky for B Flat Clarinet and Piano accompaniment '. . .deserves attention from every self-respecting clarinettist...the clarinet part sang the Torres Strait dance song from which the work is derived with a transcendent beauty suggesting a Mahlerian peace with the world.' David Vance, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 1988/ Répertoire / Clari…

By Peter Sculthorpe (1929-). Choir Sacred. SATB choir. Book; Choral (Sacred); Choral Octavo; Worship Resources. Faber Edition: Faber New Choral Works. 20th Century; Christmas; Masterwork; Sacred; Winter