Jesus in a manger, wrapped in swaddling clothes. Here is ‘Tomorrow shall be my dancing day’, in an arrangement by Philip Stopford, performed in this YouTube by Ecclesium:
I have chosen ‘He shall feed his flock’ from Handel’s Messiah. In this YouTube, the soprano soloist is Barbara Bonney, and she is accompanied by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
The gift could be frankincense or myrrh, it is not clear. Here is Reges Tharsis by John Sheppard , sung in this YouTube by the Sixteen.
The words:
Reges Tharsis et insulae munera offerent,
reges Arabum et Saba dona
(Domino Deo) adducent.
Et adorabunt eum omnes reges terrae,
omnes gentes servient ei.
Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto.
The kings of Tarshish and the islands will offer tribute, the Kings
of Arabia will bring gifts to the Lord God; and all kings will adore
him, and all nations will serve Him.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Today, a pair of lambs. I thought we could have The Lamb by William Blake (1789), in the arrangement by John Taverner (1982). In this YouTube, it is sung by the Tenebrae Choir.
Today, another wise man on a camel but this time further away. Here is Berlioz’s arrangement of the March of the Kings, from his l’Arlésienne suite no 1 (1872), played by the Chapman Chamber Orchestra :
Today’s picture is an angel. This angel is not the Angel Gabriel, but I think the Angel Gabriel should have a turn, so that we can choose some music for the Annunciation. Here is the Annunciation from Biber’s Rosary sonatas (c.1676), played by Andrew Manze (violin) and Richard Egarr (organ):