SKU: CL.023-4833-00

Pure and beautiful, A Christmas Dream is a creative, lyrical setting of Angels We Have Heard On High for beginning band. A fresh harmonic twist gives this a new age feel, adding a lot of interest and intrigue for both the performer and listener. Snippets of other carols are added in creative and subtle ways. It’s also very appropriate for more experienced groups that are looking for a change of pace for the holiday concert, but may have limited rehearsal time. A beautifully sensitive holiday selection!

SKU: BT.DHP-0991613-010

SKU: BT.DHP-1135402-010

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Satoshi Yagisawa has lived in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture in Japan since he was in elementary school. Around Christmas time every year in Ichikawa City, seven Chiba high school bands hold a joint concert. For the 20th anniversary the composer was asked to write a piece to be performed to close the concert. This piece was first performed in 2010 by Tadashi Yoshida, conductor and close friend of Satoshi Yagisawa, with a combined wind orchestra from Chiba Prefectural Kokubun High School, Chiba Prefectural Ichikawa Nishi High School, Chiba Prefectural Matsudo Mutsumi High School, Chiba Prefectural Matsudo Akiyama High School, Chiba Prefectural Matsudo Yakiri High School,Chiba Prefectural Funabashi Nishi High School and Chiba Prefectural Shiroi High School. The title was chosen from suggestions submitted by participating students. Dream Cruise was chosen by Satomi Otsu, a junior in Chiba Prefectural Matsudo Mutsumi High School Wind Orchestra. The composer skillfully scored this piece and created the chorus part so that all the hundreds of students could participate in the performance. This version has been revised so it can be played without the chorus part.

In de Japanse stad Ichikawa City, de woonplaats van Satoshi Yagisawa, houden zeven schoolorkesten ieder jaar rond kerst een gezamenlijk concert. Met zoveel deelnemers was de componist er veel aan gelegen een werk te orkestreren waaraan iedereen kon deelnemen. Zo componeerde Yagisawa het werk bijzonder zorgvuldig, met toevoeging van een koorpartij. Op deze manier konden alle leerlingen aan het optreden meedoen. Deze herziene versie kunt u zowel mét als zonder koor uitvoeren.

Dream Cruise schrieb der Japaner Satoshi Yagisawa für ein Konzert von einem Zusammenschluss aus sieben Schulblasorchestern seiner Heimatstadt Ichikawa. So war es ihm ein Anliegen, ein besonderes Werk zu schaffen, das er mit großer Sorgfalt orchestrierte und mit einer Chorstimme ausstattete, die eine Aufführung mit einer großen Anzahl an Musikern und Sängern erlaubt, aber auch weggelassen werden kann.

Chaque année, l’époque de Noël, sept orchestres d’harmonie des écoles secondaires de Chiba (Japon) se réunissent pour donner un concert Ichikawa, ville natale du compositeur. Pour marquer le 20e anniversaire de cet événement, le compositeur avait été prié d’écrire une pièce destinée clore le concert. Dream Cruise est une oeuvre fraîche et pétillante mettant l’honneur l’ensemble des pupitres.

Dream Cruise è stata composta da Satoshi Yagisawa per un concerto che includeva sette orchestre di fiati della sua citt natale. Il risultato è un’opera caratterizzata da un’orchestrazione particolarmente curata con parti del coro che consentono un’esecuzione da parte di un numero importante di musicisti e cantanti. Questa versione è stata rivisitata per essere eseguita senza le parti del coro.

SKU: BT.DHP-0920403-010

Es gibt Lieder, die weltweit von keinem Weihnachtskonzert wegzudenken sind. Toshio Mashima schuf ein traumhaftes Medley mit optionaler (englischer) Chorstimme aus den international bekannten Weihnachtsliedern.

SKU: HL.4006065

UPC: 888680956257.

When the song Silent Night was first heard, at Christmas 1818 in the village church of Oberndorf, near Salzburg in Austria, no one could have dreamt of the success this Christmas carol would enjoy the world over. The village schoolteacher and organist Franz Gruber - the 150th anniversary of whose death is marked in 2013 - composed the melody for a poem by Franz Mohr shortly before Christmas. Today, Silent Night is sung in over 300 languages worldwide.