The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols is the perfect resource for choirs of all types and sizes. Each piece is presented with flexible scoring options clearly explained throughout enabling performance by various combinations of singers. With carols for Advent Christmas New Year and Epiphany and a fabulous range of accessible quality material this is a must-have collection for all choirs at Christmas. 56 flexibly scored carols Suitable for mixed choirs upper-voice choirs choirs with few men unison choirs small choirs and all other groups New flexible arrangements of traditional carols and modern favourites Brandnew carols written specially for the collection Variety of composers including Kerry Andrew Malcolm Archer Alan Bullard Bob Chilcott Stephen Cleobury Cecilia McDowall John Rutter Mack Wilberg and David Willcocks Wide range of material from Medieval to the present day and including wassails gallery carols world carols and spirituals Accessible keyboard accompaniments suitable for Organ (with or without pedals) or Piano

Christmas Oratorio by Bob Chilcott for SATB and soloists (M-S T & B) with Organ and Flute or small ensemble.With this majestic work Chilcott takes on a landmark of the choral repertory the Christmas Oratorio. Words from St Luke and St Matthew are intertwined with 16th-19th-century poetry to create a compelling retelling of the Christmas story. Five hymn texts are set to new original melodies that take their place among the season's tradition of great hymnody and enable the audience or congregation to join in with the choir. As in the St John Passion much of the narrative is presented by a tenor soloist in the role ofEvangelist with focal points such as the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis and Rossetti's 'Love came down at Christmas' taken by mezzo-soprano and bass soloists. The chorus is integral to the storytelling assuming small character roles and taking centre stage in two unaccompanied movements. A solo Flute characterizes the angels and the mellow tones of the brass ensemble evoke a sense of festive tradition.

This title presents Julian Marshall's interpretation of the traditional christmas carol originally written in the middle ages. Arranged for SATB the duration of the piece is approximately 4 minutes. 'An unusually wistful minor-mode take on both text and melody of In Dulci Jubilo by Julian Marshall' - Geoffrey Webber of choirandorgan.com