This lavish Christmas package for Lawrence Baigent and Leo and Mary Bensemann includes a fanfare, four preludes (three of which appear in Occasional Pieces), a transcription of the 'Willow Song' originally composed for Ngaio Marsh's 1944 production of Othello, a 'Vivace' movement (which is also extant with the tempo marking 'Allegretto', inscribed by Lilburn 'to Gwyneth Brown in appreciation 1 August 1945'), two quirky diversions, and a finale of Schubertian proportions. Entitled 'Thoughts during Christmas-week 1944', this last piece is cast as a theme with twenty-four variations and an epilogue: Lilburn's musings often have a Yule-tide flavour but sometimes express turbulent feelings.