Arranged for violin and cello duet with optional piano accompaniment. Great for lessons, recitals, church services, caroling, and Christmas parties.

Includes:

Carol of the Bells
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
In the Bleak Midwinter
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Once in Royal David's City
Sing We Now of Christmas
Wexford Carol

Includes score and parts. 55 pages.

A medley of four Christmas carols of French Origin: No�l nouvelet (Sing We Now of Christmas), Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle (Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle), Il est n�, le divin enfant (He Is Born, the Holy Child), and Minuit, chr�tiens (O Holy Night). Arranged as a "fantasy-sonata" the first movement is driving, the second is a sweet lilting waltz, the third is a lighthearted take on the melody that alternates between "jaunty" and "solemn" (briefly employing bitonal harmonization) before launching into a blues variation. The finale is a "slow R&B" reimagining of O Holy Night that can be thought of somewhat as the love ballad reprise at the end of a Disney movie.

The trio lasts 9 minutes, and is suitable as a prelude or postlude for a church service or as part of a holiday recital. The difficulty is advanced, though the writing is simple enough that it should be able to be put together with minimal rehearsal time.

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