What Child Is This?
Description | Sample Tracks | Ordering
Description
“Where did he come from, and why? What does his coming mean for me? What child is this?”
What Child Is This? features hammered dulcimer with bowed psaltery, guitar, recorder, and fiddle. Some of the pieces are familiar, such as “Silent Night” and “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” while others are new (”Fallen”) or less well-known (”The Lord at First Did Adam Make”). Together, these tunes tell a broad story of Christmas, looking back to the Fall in Eden that Christmas promises to redeem, and looking forward to Easter when that promise was fulfilled.
For more information, see WCIT Notes, WCIT Press, and the WCIT Recording Journal.
Track List and Sound Clips
Click on the tune title to hear an MP3 soundclip.
- Fallen (© M. Prochaska)
- The Lord at first did Adam make (setting © Martin Shaw)
- Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus / Planxty Irwin
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- He Shall Feed His Flock
- Three Ships Medley
- Noel Nouvelet / Wexford Carol
- What Child Is This? / Menuet
- Easter Thursday / O Sacred Head Now Wounded
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Christmas Star
- Christ Child Lullaby
- Gesù Bambino
- Hewlett / Silent Night
Ordering Information
How can I order What Child Is This? by mail?
To order by mail, use the printable order form or send your full name, phone number, and address along with a check or money order (payable to Marcy Prochaska) to the address below. Each CD costs $15; please add $2.50 shipping/handling for the first item and $1 for each additional item.
If you’re in a hurry, send me an email so I know to look out for your order.
Marcy Prochaska
PO Box 64
Plymouth, IN 46563
How can I purchase What Child Is This? in the Ithaca, NY area?
Get a copy at Ludgate Farms in Dryden.