World Reborn
Christmas Music 2025
A yuletide work by John Høybye and Edward Broadbridge stamped with the creative duo’s signature style: jazzy, rhythmic, with scat syllables – and featuring an unconventional approach to the holiday theme. In particular, the piece is unique in its conceptual linking of Christmas and the Resurrection.
World Reborn. Christmas Music is a non-staged vocal work for mixed choir and piano, consisting of ten pieces with a total duration of around 20 minutes. Due to its accessible style, this piece is also ideal for youth choirs. The choral writing includes manageable voice divisions, while the short solo passages can be sung by members of the choir or performed by a small ensemble.
There is an obligatory piano accompaniment, with optional parts for (double or electric) bass, drums, and percussion. Thanks to its flexibility, the work is suitable for a diverse range of performance settings.
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, german translationhtml file, singing text, german translation (Sample)Text (Edward Broadbridge) 1. Hört die Glocken klingen1. Hört die Glocken klingen:
Weihnachten ist nah!
Hört die Engel singen
überall.2. Hört die Glocken klingen:
2. Choral
Willkommen, Weihnachtsmorgen!
Sie bringen frohe Botschaft:
Jesus ist geboren!In der kalten Mitternacht kam der neugeborne Sohn,
3. Willkommen, Advent, wiedergeborene Welt
Alpha und Omega zugleich bei seiner Geburt.
Lasst uns von ihm lernen, dass wir alle eins sind;
zu unserem Wohl ist er geboren auf Erden.1. Marias Zeit rückt näher,
als sie die Botschaft hören:
In die Stadt muss sie reiten,
Josef treu ihr zur Seite.
Willkommen, Advent, wiedergeborene Welt!
Willkommen dem Morgengrauen;
gesegneter Morgen,
Christus ist geboren.2. Mitten in der Kälte und der hereinbrechenden Dunkelheit
findet niemand Platz für sie;
unbekanntes Leben beginnt von neuem;
aus diesem Stall heraus wird er regieren.
Willkommen, Advent, wiedergeborene Welt!
Willkommen dem Morgengrauen;
gesegneter Morgen,
Christus ist geboren.3. Engel singen die frohe Botschaft:
Heute ist unter den Juden
das Jesuskind geboren, Gottes...
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, originalhtml file, singing text, original (Sample)Text (Edward Broadbridge) 1. Hear the Bells A-Ringing
1. Hear the bells a-ringing:
Christmas is at hand!
Hear the angels singing
throughout the land.2. Hear the bells a-ringing:
2. Choral
Welcome Christmas morn!
Good news they are bringing:
Jesus is born!In the cold midnight hour came the newborn son,
3. Welcome, Advent, World Reborn
both an Alpha and Omega birth.
May we learn from him that all are one;
for our sake he is born, he is born on earth.1. Mary’s time is drawing near,
when the fateful news they hear:
to the city she must ride,
faithful Joseph by her side.
Welcome, Advent, world reborn!
Welcome to the dawn;
blesséd morn,
Christ is born.2. Mid the cold and gath’ring gloom
no one finds them any room;
unknown life begins again;
from this stable he shall reign.
Welcome, Advent, world reborn!
Welcome to the dawn;
blesséd morn,
Christ is born.3. Angels sing the holy news:
Born this day among the Jews
baby Jesus, God’s own son,
come to reclaim everyone.
Welcome, Advent, world reborn!
Welcome to the dawn;
blesséd morn,
Christ is...
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Composer
John Hoybye
| 1939The Danish composer and choral conductor John Høybye is recognised far beyond Scandinavia as a conductor, arranger and composer, especially of choral music. Høybye is represented in the Carus programme with a selection of his works.
As a conductor, he has led numerous international ensembles in masterclasses, at festivals and on concert tours, including the Tritonus Choir, which he founded, the Danish and Hungarian Radio Choirs, the symphony orchestras from Århus, Ålborg and Zealand and the Danish Radio Big Band.
As a composer, he has made a significant contribution to the renewal of Scandinavian choral music, not least by successfully combining the classical choral sound with elements of gospel and jazz music. In 1993, the Danish Choral Society honoured him as ‘Composer of the Year’. Six years later, the Danish Composer's Society honoured him with the annual award.
Jazz elements also characterise the works published by Carus, including This Human Life! for solo voice and mixed choir.
Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Edward Broadbridge
| 1944
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