SATB choir & Piano
SKU: ST.CN30P
Composed by Brian R
Knowles. We Three Kings
was written in 1968 for
the Herbert Shiner
School, Petworth, where
Brian Knowles was Head of
Music. Adapting the words
of a much-loved Victorian
carol to a new and
unashamedly popular and
accessible setting for
unison voices and piano,
it s. Octavo. Stainer &
Bell Ltd. #CN30P.
Published by Stainer &
Bell Ltd. (ST.CN30P).
ISBN
9790220225604.
We
Three Kings was written
in 1968 for the Herbert
Shiner School, Petworth,
where Brian Knowles was
Head of Music. Adapting
the words of a much-loved
Victorian carol to a new
and unashamedly popular
and accessible setting
for unison voices and
piano, it soon became a
seasonal favourite, both
there and later at The
Royal Naval School (now
The Royal School), where
Knowles was
Composer-in-Residence.
Further acclaim followed
in 2010, when it was
performed live on the
Alan Titchmarsh Show, and
published by Stainer &
Bell (ref. W225). This
new arrangement, for SATB
choir and piano, may also
be performed with a
dual-purpose orchestral
accompaniment equally
suited to the unison
version, and available
from the Stainer & Bell
hire library (ref.
HL398). The scoring is
for double woodwind, four
horns and trumpet,
timpani, glockenspiel,
xylophone, harp and
strings.
