Bach's Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachtsoratorium) BWV 248 is a great work performed worldwide during the festive season. Chorale No. 64, is a most joyous movement of about 4 minutes in length and has been beautifully arranged for Brass Quintet by Matthew McCrady for advanced performers.



Instrumentation is for: Piccolo Trumpet in A, Trumpet in D, Horn, Trombone and Tuba.



This work is available on the Pinnacle Brass recording "The Earth Shall Ring!"

In the Bleak Midwinter is a Christmas carol based on a poem by Christina Rossetti, published in 1872. Holst set it to music in 1906 and it has become the most popular of the many settings.

Matt McCrady's fine arrangement for Brass Quintet is tender and rich in sound, appropriate for moderately advanced performers and is about 5 minutes in length.



Instrumentation is for 2 Trumpets in B-flat, Horn, Trombone and Tuba

Beautiful jazz harmonies fill this Charlie Brown Christmas classic written for brass quintet.
After a nice mood-setting intro it?s once through the flowing jazz ballad, then
there?s a very hip soli section.

The Charlie Brown Christmas Classic, Christmas Time is Here, is here just in time for the holidays! This arrangement is a beginning step in the right direction for advanced middle school students or for high school brass students interested in the quintet world.

?And the Gloryof the Lord Shall be Revealed? from George Fredrick Handel?s Messiah, transcribed here for Brass Quintet. This is an intermediate to advancedintermediate transcription from Part I of Handel?s Messiah and appropriate for sacredChristmas events. To view and listen tothis piece in its entirety as well as hundreds of other arrangements andtranscriptions by Kenneth Abeling at the lowest prices available please visit www.lincolnmusicpublications.com. Playing time: 2:50 Preview this score on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DugzW_p95xc

Gottschalk was one of America's firstimportant composers. His numerous worksfor piano are mostly light. His Marche desGibaros from the Souvenir de Porto Ricotranscribed by Karl Hinterbichler is lively andbright. American born Louis MoreauGottschalk (1829-1869) was one of thegreat pianist/composers of his day. Hebegan his career in Europe but spent mostof his life touring from coast to coast in theUS, as well as South America, and theCaribbean.

He composed more than 100 works whichcombine the typical European Romanticvirtuoso style with musical traditions fromSouth America, the Caribbean, Spain andsacred and popular songs from the UnitedStates.

Originally for solo piano, Souvenir de PortoRico (op. 31), bears the subtitle Marche desGibaros, a reference to the peasants of theisland. The simple melody derives from aPuerto Rican song 'Si me dan pasteles, lesd�nmelos calientes,' 'If you give me cakes,give them to me hot,' sung by strollingmusicians during the Puerto RicanChristmas season. This simple melody isthen subjected to a series of variations. Themusic depicts the sound of strollingmusicians, first heard in the distance,coming ever closer, rising to a climax andthen fading as the Gibaros march away intothe distance. The syncopated rhythmsstrongly suggest its Caribbean origins.

Instrumentation is for 2 Trumpets in Bb(Trumpet 1 doubles on Piccolo), Horn,Trombone and Tuba.

A fugal spin on this Christmas classic will surprise your audiences when their familiar favourite takes an interesting turn!

Jay Hull has crafted a very fine work for brass quintet in the Canzona style of Gabrieli, based on the traditional Christmas Carol - Good King Wenceslas. The work is about 3 minutes in length and appropriate for moderately advanced performers, who are asked to choose their own dynamics. Trumpet parts in B-flat, Horn if F, Trombone in bass clef, Tubas

?What is This Lovely Fragrance?? (?Quelle est cette odeur agr�able??) is a 17th-century French traditional No�l (carol) about the Nativity of Christ. The melody accompanying its lyrics, a folk tune, was used by John Gay (1685?1732) in his satirical work, The Beggar's Opera (1728). It is this tune to which the text, calling the shepherds to the manger, is typically set. What is this lovely fragrance wafting like to the scents of flow'rs in spring? / Shepherds, O tell us, whence such beauty, hear you not heav'nly carolling? / What is this lovely fragrance wafting like to the scents of flow'rs in spring? Thisintermediate level arrangement is suitablefor advanced high school to professional ensembles for use inconcert, recital, and worship. Full score and parts, 8.5x11-inchformat. �Copyright2013 Todd Marchand / ConSpiritoMusic.com

This fresh setting of the Welsh tune, HYFYRDOL, works perfectly for an offertory, prelude, or devotional function. Although written for the Advent season, the multiple familiar hymns set with this tune (Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus; Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens Adore Him; Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners, and others) make the piece suitable throughout the church year. It is readily performed by high school or higher musicians yet still contains sufficient variety and artistic expression to be rewarding for even advanced performers. The familiar melody is stated clearly throughout and accompanied with interesting and sonorous harmonies so as to be accessible to all audiences. Find more music at https://wheatmyermusic.com/portfolio/ and my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WheatMyerMusic/.

This is a rousing arrangement of the traditional "Wassail, Wassail, All Over the Town," for brass quintet. Perfect for that encore seasonal piece, it's intended for advanced and professional players.

Baby, It?s Cold Outside, Lyrics & Music by Frank Loesser arranged for Brass Quintet by Kenneth Abeling. This playful Academy Award-winning song was first featured in the movie Neptune?s Daughter and has since become Christmas time favorite. This is a moderate level arrangement your audiences will love. Playing Time 3:10. To view and listen to this piece in its entirety as well hundreds of other arrangement and transcriptions by Kenneth Abeling at the lowest prices available please visit: https://lincolnmusicpublications.com/