Christmas Lullaby
Michael Helman has combined the three tender carols, "Away in the Manger" (both the CRADLE SONG tune and James Murray's tune) and "The Friendly Beast" for this medley and has assigned special techniques throughout. CRADLE SONG is scored with the melody in the bass while the upper bells play LV, eighth-note accompaniment with mallets on suspended bells. The echo technique is used on The Friendly Beast and a flowing triplet figure is used in the last section to accompany melody in 9/8.