
This is the second of four sets of Christmas pieces gifted to Lawrence Baigent and Leo Bensemann. It opens with Christmas Piece for a Russian Mystic (probably Lawrence Baigent, whom Bensemann had painted as a 'Russian Saint'), continuing with Five Preludes alive with the imagery of pealing bells – Lilburn lived in close proximity to Christchurch Cathedral (the fourth appears in Occasional Pieces), and closing with a quasi-oriental piece for 'musical box' subtitled Lin Tang thanks his friends for a birthday gift (presumably Lin/Lilburn received something Chinese).