| SKU | 70-110* |
|---|---|
| Composer/Arranger | Hopson, Hal H. |
| Voicing & Instruments | SSATBB and Piano, with opt. Chamber Orchestra |
| Difficulty | Moderately Easy |
| Text Language | English |
| Tune Name | GLORIA (IRIS); IRBY; NOËL NOUVELET; STILL, STILL, STILL |
| Popular Choral Searches | Multi-Movement Work: up to 15 min |
| Liturgical Year | Christmas |
| Duration | 15:00 |
| Publisher | MorningStar Music Publishers |
| Recording Credits | Recorded by The Singers, under the direction of Matthew Culloton, Minneapolis, MN. Recording Engineer: David Trembley, Soundmaster Productions. |
This will be a sure-fire success whether you use piano only or the chamber orchestration. A four movement suite of traditional carols arranged by Hal Hopson, who can always be trusted to provide beauty, creativity, and sensibility in anything he writes. The musicians who recorded the work for this release were quite taken with it, and so are we.
Contents:
1. Once in Royal David's City
2. Sing We Now of Christmas
3. Still, Still, Still
4. Angels We Have Heard on High
Accompaniment Options:
•Piano part found in the choir score.
•Chamber Orchestra (Flute, Oboe, Horn in F, Handbells (3 octaves), Piano, Organ, Strings).
•The piano part of the chamber orchestra may be effectively played on the harp stop of an electric keyboard.
•The piano part of the choir score is synchronized with the chamber orchestra setting; therefore, one or more of the instruments may be effectively added to this part.