VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, chamber orchestra

Turn your eyes to the light;
Cast away the works of darkness, let them go:
Turn your eyes to the light.

Turn your face to the sun;
Feel the warmth, the hope of new beginnings
With each new year.

The light was always there, if we could but see it;
And warmth was in the air, if we’d known how to feel.
Turn your eyes to the light,
Turn your face to the sun:
New light, new hope, new year.

Turn your ears to the sound;
Somewhere near, a voice is calling:
Hear the news, turn your ears to the sound.

Turn your heart to the love;
Christ is come to bring the world new life.

The voice is always there, if the world will hear it;
And love is always there, if you search in your heart.

Turn your ears to the sound,
Turn your heart to the love:
New life, new love, new year.

New life, and love, and light, and hope,
This good New Year.
—John Rutter