{"product_id":"the-christmas-life","title":"The Christmas Life","description":"The poet, Wendy Cope, conjures a heartwarming image of Christmas in the home. This setting of her comforting poem translates this imagery into a classic Christmas choral sound - a simple, memorable tune, accompanied by mellow, warm harmonies, and a natural lilt as the metre alternates between triple and quadruple time. In the second verse, which is filled with references to light, each voice part expands, up to a blooming chord on ''shine'', and this section features more exploratory harmonic inflection while retaining the original melody. The final verse begins with a return to the opening music in the lower voices, before growing into a richly scored ending.Instrumentation:mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57490163335541,"sku":"9781835680063","price":3.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781835680063.jpg?v=1786442047","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/the-christmas-life","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}