'There is no rose' is the second movement of Kristina Arakelyan’s nine-movement work, 'A Christmas Offering', a festive celebration scored for SATB chorus with harp (or piano) taking inspiration from Benjamin Britten’s 'A Ceremony of Carols'. It was first performed in 2024 at Snape Maltings by Pembroke College Chapel Choir and Anna Lapwood. Like Britten, Arakelyan draws her texts from medieval carols in Latin and early English, which not only tell the nativity story, but also look ahead to Chris...