A Festival of Lessons and Carols

iPrint Handbell Parts for 5 Songs-Festival of Carols is a joyful celebration of the music of Christmas. Overflowing with tuneful praise this cantata based on the traditional “Lessons and Carols” format includes thoughtful new readings byPamela Martin and optional parts for congregation children's choir and handbell choirs. There are over 20 classic carols incorporated into the work along with new seasonal selections composed especially for Festival ofCarols. Brant Adams adds his special touch with orchestrations that capture the very heart of the Christmas season. Your entire community of faith will go away encouraged and inspired by this Advent/Christmas worship event.

SATB-Festival of Carols is a joyful celebration of the music of Christmas. Overflowing with tuneful praise this cantata based on the traditional “Lessons and Carols” format includes thoughtful readings by PamelaStewart and optional parts for congregation children's choir and handbell choirs. There are over 20 classic carols incorporated into the work along with new seasonal selections composed especially for Festival of Carols.Brant Adams adds his special touch with orchestrations that capture the very heart of the Christmas season. Your entire community of faith will go away encouraged and inspired by this Advent/Christmas worshipevent.Includes: O Come All Ye Faithful; Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus; Away in a Manger; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Silent Night; Sussex Carol; Angels We Have Heard on High and more.

SATB-Capturing the varied moods and colors of Advent Christmas and Epiphany this cantata from John Leavitt is delightful! Masterfully written and highly singable the selection of carols is pure Christmas joy. Leavitt's inimitablestamp is on each arrangement creating a work rich in Christmas traditions with an artistic touch. Available: SATB Instrumental Pak Preview Cassette Preview Pak Preview Cassette Pak ChoirTrax CD.

The volumes of Carols For Choirs have established themselves as the quintessential carol books for carol-singers around the world. Each volume presents a wide range of carols to suit every occasion from well-known tunes superbly arranged to the best original compositions. 100 Choirs for Carols includes: 74 of the most popular items from Carols for Choirs 1 2 and 3 in one volume 26 pieces new to the series including familiar 'classics' recent carols and traditional favourites in new arrangements Carols and hymns for Advent Christmas Epiphany and Easter A wide range of styles to suit sacred and secularuses A balanced selection of accompanied and unaccompanied tunes The order of service for a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 100 Carols For Choirs is a superb collection of Carols as edited by David Willcocks and John Rutter.

Fifty Christmas Carols-Carols For Choirs: Book Five includes 50 superb carols to celebrate 50 years of the famous Carols for Choirs series. A complete resource for choirs from Advent through to Epiphany.Fresh arrangements from Bob Chilcott and David Blackwell as well as original compositions including many specially written for this collection.A wide range of composers are featured including Alan Bullard Bob Chilcott Gabriel Jackson Philip Ledger Jaakko Mantyjarvi Mathew Martin Cecilia McDowall Francis Pott John Rutter Carl Rutti and David Willcocks.A balanced mix of accompanied and unaccompanied items including the order of service for a Festival ofNine Lessons and Carols.The volumes of Carols for Choirs have established themselves as the quintessential carol books for carol singers around the world. Like its predecessors Carols for Choirs 5 presents a wide range of carols to suit every occasion from classic tunes superbly arranged to the best original compositions. The collection showcases the very best established and new names in choral composition today both in the UK and world-wide.

Gathered from of our most successful seasonal cantatas this compilation of beloved carols is designed to work as choral anthems or for choir and congregational corporate singing. Erase the boundaries between loft and pew bybringing the church body together in the embrace of time-tested Christmas and Advent selections. Fully orchestrated by Brant Adams these arrangements will lift your sanctuary singing to new heights. Congregants sing along whilethe choir adds power depth and harmonic color. The final verses of these Christmas standards are among some of the most inspiring passages you will ever experience. These arrangements will be used year after year for?Hanging of the Green? gatherings ?Lessons and Carol? services or for festival hymn singing during the holidays. Available separately: SATB Listening CD Preview Pack (Book/CD Combo) Orchestration CD-ROM(Score and Parts for Flute 1

Commissioned by King's College Cambridge for the 2015 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols this setting of a poem by George Szirtes on the subject of the flight to Bethlehem has rich and ethereal harmonies.

From John Leavitt's Festival of Lessons and Carols this beautiful setting of the English carol is not to be missed. The accompaniment may be performed on keyboard or harp for an exceptional concert experience. Opt.flute.Available separately: SATB and 3-Part Mixed. Performance time: Approx. 3:30.

Spring in Winter by John Woolrich for SATB was commissioned for the expansive acoustic of King’s College Cambridge. Taking an extract from Christopher Smart’s Hymn 32: The Nativity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ this short yet effective setting was first performed by the Choir of King’s College Cambridge at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2001 and has subsequently been adopted into their repertoire.

Commissioned by King's College Cambridge for the 2016 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols This Endernight is a setting of well-known fifteenth-century words. The recurring melody has a lilting feel and Berkeley employs artful textural juxtapositions with solo lines flowering into a rich refrain.

From his Christmas work A Festival of Lessons and Carols John Leavitt's stately setting of this familar carol with its focus on the baby Christ Child may be used Christmas Eve or for any other special service during theChristmas season. Optional chamber orchestra parts available separately: woodwinds harp handbells strings and percussion.Available separately: SATB ePak(O) and BonusTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 2:50.

Pärt's emotionally-charged Bogoróditse Djévo is a vibrant tribute to the Virgin Mary which is sung in the traditional Orthodox Church Slavic language and alludes to traditional Orthodox compositional practices. Occasionally the piece could be taken for historical liturgical music. King's College Choir Cambridge commissioned this work for the occasion of the festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve. CUSTOMER NOTE: Minimum order of 10 on this title.

A lovely lyrical work for Christmas try it for a festival of lessons and carols.

Try this hymn concertato during Advent or as a part of your festival of lessons and carols. Handbells are optional but provide a nice addition.

Commissioned by George Watson's College to mark the Millennium. The work was first performed in December 2000 at St. Giles Cathedral Edinburgh as part of the College's Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols by the choir ofGeorge Watson's College.