Before I write anything else, I have to share my mirth with you a moment ago when I correctly
typed the work’s name here and spell check changed it to Kitten Can Attack! 

Actually, Kuttun Kantan translates as Night Songs. In fact, there are three of these,
but I have only selected two for this Advent Calendar.

Lourdes Zubeldia was herself a composer but also a literary author. This was not her only collaboration with Javier Busto as they also have a work called Maria Maialen to their names published in 1998.
Javier Busto (Sagrado) is well known beyond the Basque region for his sacred choral music which is published internationally and he also adjudicates compositions and choirs across the world.

These arrangements are taken from World Carols for Choirs which describes these two songs here as ‘a prayer in irregular metre; and a song of rejoicing.’

Around Christmas there are many festivals in the Basque region and what would a good festival be without a good procession? So carols are sung on these processions around the streets. The irregular metre of the first of these carols here reflects the natural rhythm of the language, a common feature of Basque carols together with a more church orientated style to the music.