20 Christmas Carols-This book contains a selection of twenty Christmas carols in easy arrangements for bassoon with an optional second part. The accompanying CD contains all the carols arranged for two bassoons with attractive accompaniments. The accompaniments are also given as play-along tracks.

A seasonal arrangement for 4 bassoons of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' with excerts from 'Jupiter' (Holst) Beethoven's 8th Symphony and Arbeau's 'Ding Dong Merrily'!Grade: 5 - 6

The magnificent interweaving of harmonies and dialogue-like Voices in Handel’s For Unto Us A Child Is Born make it a perfect addition to the festive choral repertoire. German-born British Baroque composer George Frideric Handel originally composed this piece in 1741 for the English-language oratorio Messiah which eventually became one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music. As the last song of Scene 3 of Part I of the oratorio which addresses Isaiah's specific prophecy about the virgin birth of a Messiah For Unto Us A Child Is Born tells the news of Christmas thebirth of a son in Isaiah’s words as found in the Scripture (Isaiah 9:6). The delicate familiar theme is introduced by the Sopranos and taken up by their counter-voices the Tenors later the same dialog is given over to the Altos and Basses. The tutti culminates in 'Wonderful' 'Counselor' 'The Mighty God' 'The Everlasting Father' and 'The Prince of Peace'.