Alwin M. Schronen's arrangement of this famous French Christmas carol Entre le bœuf et l'âne gris prompts a similar reaction to what one can often experience in settings of O magnum mysterium. There the great mystery is celebrated, that the animals in the manger were allowed to see the newborn Savior; and here exactly the same mysterious Christmas atmosphere "between the ox and the ass" and the thousand divine angels is created. A rewarding choral work for dedicated chamber choirs with French and German lyrics (Zwischen dem Ochs und Esel grau).