Choral ~ Holiday ~ A Cappella
~ List of Pieces ~
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All My Heart This Night Rejoices! (arrangement)
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Scoring: SATB (no divisi) — Duration: ca. 2:00 — Difficulty: 4/5
Description: A Baroque-style chorale motet, with the cantus firmus in the soprano part
Away in a Manger (original composition)
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Scoring: SSAATTBB — Duration: ca. 3:00 — Difficulty: 3/5
Description: A fresh, new setting of the familiar text
Behold a Simple, Tender Babe (original composition)
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Scoring: SATB (minimal divisi) — Duration: ca. 3:40 — Difficulty: 3/5
Description: A calm, reverent, and touching carol based on Robert Southwell's poem
Christmas Hath a Darkness (original composition)
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Scoring: SATB (minimal divisi), a cappella — Duration: ca. 2:00 — Difficulty: 2/5
Description: An original setting of the mystical poem by Christina Rossetti
Deck the Halls (arrangement)
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Scoring: SSAATTBB — Duration: ca. 1:30 — Difficulty: 4/5
Description: A jolly and brisk setting of the carol, with a slow and gentle ending
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (SSAATTBB) (arrangement)
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Scoring: SSAATTBB — Duration: ca. 2:15 — Difficulty: 4/5
Description: A playful arrangement full of jaunty rhythms
Note: This piece is unrelated to my SATB arr. of the same carol (directly below).
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (fanfare for SATB) (arr.)
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Scoring: SATB (minimal divisi) — Duration: ca. 1:00 — Difficulty: 4/5
Description: A brief and rousing setting, perfect as a concert opener or introit
Note: This piece is unrelated to my 8-part arrangement of the same carol (directly above).
Let Christians All with Joyful Mirth (original composition)
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Scoring: SATB (some divisi) — Duration: ca. 2:30 — Difficulty: 3/5
Description: A vivacious setting of a wonderful traditional-English text
Methinks I See an Heavenly Host (original composition)
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Scoring: SATB (some divisi) — Duration: ca. 2:00 — Difficulty: 4/5
Description: A lively and modern setting of the Billing's text
Out of Your Sleep, Arise and Wake! (original composition)
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Scoring: SATB (frequent divisi) — Duration: ca. 2:30 — Difficulty: 5/5
Description: A jubilant and dancelike setting of a stirring ancient text
Qui Creavit Caelum (The Song of the Nuns of Chester) (arr.)
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Scoring: SSAATTBB — Duration: ca. 2:30 — Difficulty: 3/5
Description: A mystical arrangement with a backdrop of suspended sound
Silent Night (arrangement)
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Scoring: SSAATTBB — Duration: ca. 4:00 — Difficulty: 4/5
Description: A fresh and expressive arrangement of the ever-popular carol
The Coventry Carol (original composition)
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Scoring: SATB (some divisi) — Duration: ca. 3:00 — Difficulty: 5/5
Description: A rather dissonant, yet accessible, setting of the ancient text, full of anguish
There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (original composition)
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Scoring: SATB (some divisi), with an optional organ part that doubles the voices softly — Duration: ca. 3:20 — Difficulty: 3/5
Description: A haunting, chant-like melody echoes the mystery in the ancient text.
