With suspended bells quietly calling, "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel," the scene is set for the urgency and excitement that is to follow - proclaim the good news that "He Is Born!" The faster tempo, minor backdrop and tabled mallet accompaniment drive thepiece forward with the urgent message of the Christ Childs birth. The contrasting middle section offers a warmer, more thoughtful statement that includes lingering LV passages and optional handchimes. The piece closes by reprising the spiritedsection and is capped off with a celebratory fanfare in major tonalities.