Carols for Choirs 5: Fifty Christmas Carols

Carols for Choirs 5: Fifty Christmas Carols

Carols for Choirs 5: Fifty Christmas Carols

Carols for Choirs 5: Fifty Christmas Carols

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Overview

for SATB, accompanied and unaccompanied
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Carols for Choirs 1, OUP presents a new volume in this ground-breaking series. Carols for Choirs 5 continues the tradition of its predecessors by providing a complete resource for choirs from Advent through to Epiphany. Featuring brand new carols and arrangements of classic tunes, the collection showcases the very best established and new names in choral composition today, both in the UK and world-wide.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780193373563
Publisher: Oxford University Press Music
Publication date: 07/07/2011
Series: . . . for Choirs Collections
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.80(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, then pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM and then at Oxford University Press. He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements. He is co-writer with his wife Kathy of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle/Viola/Cello Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication. Bob Chilcott has become one of the world's most widely performed composers and arrangers of choral music. His compositional output reflects his wide taste in music styles and his commitment to writing music that is both singable and communicative. He has been involved in choral music most of his life he was a chorister and then a choral scholar in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was a member of the British vocal group The King's Singers for whom he made a number of popular arrangements of well-known songs from all genres. As well as being a full-time composer he is also a highly acclaimed choral conductor. He has been privileged to conduct many choirs all over the world. He is Principal Guest Conductor of The BBC Singers and in 2019 he was appointed Principal Conductor of Birmingham University Singers. His music has been widely recorded by many choirs and groups including The King's Singers, Tenebrae, and The BBC Singers.

Table of Contents

A Heavenly Song, Cecilia McDowallA little child there is yborn, Malcolm ArcherA Patre Unigenitus, Carl RüttiAdam lay ybounden, Howard SkemptonAway in a manger (UK tune), W. J. Kirkpatrick arr. Alan BullardAway in a manger (US tune), James R. Murray arr. Bob ChilcottBlest Mary wanders through the thorn, Trad. German arr. Stephen CleoburyCandlelight Carol, John RutterCarol, Francis PottDing dong! merrily on high, 16th-cent. French arr. Mack WilbergGlory to the Christ Child, Alan BullardGod rest you merry, gentlemen, Trad. English arr. Mark SirettGood King Wenceslas, Piae Cantiones arr. Bob ChilcottHark! the herald-angels sing, Mendelssohn arr. Paul Leddington WrightHush! my dear, Gabriel JacksonI saw a stable, Alan BullardI saw three ships, Andrew SimpsonI sing of a maiden, Matthew MartinIn dulci jubilo, Old German carol arr. Bob ChilcottIt came upon the midnight clear (UK tune), Trad. English/Sullivan arr. John ScottIt came upon the midnight clear (US tune), Willis/Burnap arr. Mack WilbergJoy to the world!, Mason/Handel arr. Mack WilbergLo, how a Rose e'er blooming, 14th-cent. German arr. David BlackwellLullay, my liking, David WillcocksMy Lord has Come, Will ToddNew Year, John RutterO come, all ye faithful, J. F. Wade arr. Philip LedgerO come, O come, Emmanuel, 15th-cent. French arr. Paul Leddington WrightO little town, Bob ChilcottOld Christmas Returned (or Hospitality Revived), Jaakko MäntyjärviOut of the Orient crystal skies, Kerry AndrewPilgrim Jesus, Bob ChilcottScots Nativity, Alan BullardSee amid the winter's snow, John Goss arr. Paul Leddington WrightSilent night, Franz Gruber arr. Bob ChilcottSussex Carol, Trad. English arr. Bob ChilcottThe Bell Carol, Philip LedgerThe Christ-child, Gabriel JacksonThe holly and the ivy, Matthew OwensThe Sparrows' Carol, Bob ChilcottThe Virgin's Song, Hermione RoffThere is no rose, Howard SkemptonThere is no rose, Alan SmithThere's a song in the air!, John HearneThis endris night, Z. Randall StroopeVoices in the Mist, Jussi ChydeniusWassail, Jonathan WillcocksWe three kings of Orient are, J. H. Hopkins arr. Paul Leddington WrightWhat child is this?, Thomas Hewitt JonesWhile shepherds watched their flocks, Este's Psalter arr. Bob Chilcott
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