Choir Secular (SAB
choir/3-Part choir Mixed)
SKU: AP.48874
Composed by Arr.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Alfred Choral Designs.
Carol Arrangement;
Christmas; Sacred. Choral
Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred
Music #00-48874.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.48874).
UPC:
038081561981. English.
Ben Cohn.
A
Renaissance-era carol
brought up to date in a
fresh contemporary
setting. Veteran Broadway
music director and
conductor Ben Cohn brings
a modern musical theatre
sound to this traditional
English song. A serenely
sparse piano part (during
two opening alto solos)
gradually grows to a full
and glorious
accompaniment as more
voices join. Listen
closely for the
juxtaposed
stillness/motion and
minor/major that
symbolize the cold of
winter versus the warmth
of the season. The entire
piece garners
edge-of-your-seat wonder,
but the greatest chills
will come when brief
strains from four
additional carols trickle
in. Simply stunning.
About Alfred
Choral
Designs
Th
e Alfred Choral Designs
Series provides student
and adult choirs with a
variety of secular choral
music that is useful,
practical, educationally
appropriate, and a
pleasure to sing. To that
end, the Choral Designs
series features original
works, folk song
settings, spiritual
arrangements, choral
masterworks, and holiday
selections suitable for
use in concerts,
festivals, and
contests.
