Christmas A Cappella

Sing in the Barbershop - Volume 5-Christmas Collection is part of the Sing In The Barbershop Quartet series - a great collection that allows men to sing four-part a cappella harmony with a professionally recorded barbershop quartet. The books include TTBB parts and the CDs feature full performances. Just turn on the CD open the book pick your part and sing along! Songs in this Christmas edition include: Do You Hear What I Hear • (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays • I'll Be Home for Christmas • It's Beginning to Look like Christmas • Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! • Little Saint Nick • We Need a Little Christmas • WhiteChristmas.

Par ARMAN HOWARD. Howard Arman, director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions of his choir in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du fröhliche [O, you joyful], Stille Nacht [Silent Night] and Lasst uns froh und munter sein [Let us be happy and cheerful]. The first volume includes five Christmas carols from the German-speaking regions. They range from simple but harmonically intriguing settings such as Lieb Nachtigall, wach auf [Dear nightingale, wake up] to eight-part sound paintings with bell-like chimes as in O du fröhliche and classical double choir settings such as Resonet in laudibus . The second volume includes five Christmas spirituals with English texts, forming a contrast to the solemn and festive character of the first. The choir can prove its swing and jazz qualities here; the stirring arrangements are a gain for classical Christmas concerts, too. Following the tradition of the spiritual, some settings also require soloists, which can, however, also be recruited from the choir if adequate singers are available. The first piece combines the spirituals It?s a Birthday and Wasn?t That a Mighty Day to form a medley, Ain?t That a Rockin? gives a moment of tranquility before the likewise rousing spirituals Mary Had a Baby and Little David conclude the volume. In both volumes, Howard Arman provides a short preface in German and English, explaining the background of each piece and giving advice on performance. / Date parution : 2022-07-20/ Recueil / Choeur Mixte a Cappella

A festive pop classic by Mariah Carey choruses can now put their own spin on All I Want For Christmas with this SATB A Cappella arrangement.This single sheet choral pop is perfect for choirs wanting to create their own Christmas programme piece by piece.

A thrumming bass line powers the harmonic motor of this seasonal pop selection from 80s group Wham! The melody percolates throughout the choir, while varied choral textures create interesting and supportive sonic layers. An awesome retro Christmas feel! / Choeur Mixte (SATB) A Cappella

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus is the timeless Tommie Connor Christmas classic. Now choruses can add the playful festive favourite to their seasonal repertoire with this SATB arrangement.This single sheet choral pop is perfect for choirs wanting to create their own Christmas programme piece by piece.

Chestnuts Roasting on an open Fire. Par TORME MEL / WELLS ROBERT. Full divisi choral textures and rich harmonies are the hallmark of this a cappella edition of this Christmas classic arranged by Jerry Rubino. This setting will enhance any holiday program! / Date parution : 2007-04-20/ Feuillet / Voix Mixtes

In Love Came Down At Christmas the words of Christina Rossetti's well-known Christmas poem are set to music by the British composer John Joubert.Commissioned by Nicholas Fisher for the choir of Gloucester Cathedral this four minute piece is arranged for unaccompanied SATB chorus.

Love Came Down At Christmas by composed Richard Lloyd for SATB divisi chorus unaccompanied. With words by Christina Rossetti.

O Regem caeli. for SSAA unaccompanied. Consisting of two sections, this large-scale Christmas motet opens with a rich homophonic texture that is synonymous with Victoria's compositions. This is followed by imitation in the vocal lines before atriple-metre section of resounding 'alleluia's.

With captivating settings of favourite Latin texts and Latvian poetry by composers Rihards Dubra, Eriks Ešenvalds, and Vytautas Miškinis, as well as thrilling arrangements of ancient pagan folksongs by Ilona Rupaine and Juris Vaivods, this exciting anthology of Christmas music from Latvia and Lithuania is perfect for choirs looking to broaden their musical horizons during the festive period./ Recueil / Choeur SATB

from Piae Cantiones-A dramatic Christmas carol arrangement by composer and arranger Philip Lawson of this well-loved carol which will be popular with choirs and audiences alike.

Irving Berlin's classic in an exquisite a cappella setting. Available: SATB a cappella SSAA a cappella TTBB a cappella. Performance Time: Approx. 3:00.

This carol by the leading Finnish composer of his generation was commissioned by King’s College Cambridge and first performed at A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in 2010. Rautavaara’s mystical style comes through in the parallel textures and shifting tonality. Christmas Carol is a challenging but entirely rewarding contemporary carol for choirs looking for something a bit different to add to their repertoire.