Carols For Choirs 5 Fifty Christmas Carols

Carols For Choirs Volume 5 - Fifty Christmas Carols Book

'Carols for Choirs Volume 5 - Fifty Christmas Carols' is an extensive resource for SATB choirs, containing fifty Christmas carols suitable for the Advent season through Epiphany. This collection, the fifth in the 'Carols for Choirs' series, includes both accompanied and unaccompanied carols, featuring a mix of classic arrangements and newly composed works by celebrated choral composers.

With a wide variety of carols, it is designed to cater to diverse choir needs and skill levels, making it an invaluable resource for holiday performances. This 240-page volume continues the *Carols for Choirs* tradition, supporting choir directors and singers with thoughtfully curated repertoire for the festive season.

Features:

• 50 carols for every occasion
• well-loved tunes in fresh arrangements
• original compositions, including many specially written for the collection
• a wide range of composers
• carols for audience or congregation with varied harmonizations and festive descants
• a balanced mix of accompanied and unaccompanied items
• the order of service for a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
• a detailed list of carol orchestrations available on hire/rental

Contents Includes:

A Heavenly Song, Cecilia McDowall
A little child there is yborn, Malcolm Archer
A Patre Unigenitus, Carl Rütti
Adam lay ybounden, Howard Skempton
Away in a manger (UK tune), W. J. Kirkpatrick arr. Alan Bullard
Away in a manger (US tune), James R. Murray arr. Bob Chilcott
Blest Mary wanders through the thorn, Trad. German arr. Stephen Cleobury
Candlelight Carol, John Rutter
Carol, Francis Pott
Ding dong! merrily on high, 16th-cent. French arr. Mack Wilberg
Glory to the Christ Child, Alan Bullard
God rest you merry, gentlemen, Trad. English arr. Mark Sirett
Good King Wenceslas, Piae Cantiones arr. Bob Chilcott
Hark! the herald-angels sing, Mendelssohn arr. Paul Leddington Wright
Hush! my dear, Gabriel Jackson
I saw a stable, Alan Bullard
I saw three ships, Andrew Simpson
I sing of a maiden, Matthew Martin
In dulci jubilo, Old German carol arr. Bob Chilcott
It came upon the midnight clear (UK tune), Trad. English/Sullivan arr. John Scott
It came upon the midnight clear (US tune), Willis/Burnap arr. Mack Wilberg
Joy to the world!, Mason/Handel arr. Mack Wilberg
Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming, 14th-cent. German arr. David Blackwell
Lullay, my liking, David Willcocks
My Lord has Come, Will Todd
New Year, John Rutter
O come, all ye faithful, J. F. Wade arr. Philip Ledger
O come, O come, Emmanuel, 15th-cent. French arr. Paul Leddington Wright
O little town, Bob Chilcott
Old Christmas Returned (or Hospitality Revived), Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
Out of the Orient crystal skies, Kerry Andrew
Pilgrim Jesus, Bob Chilcott
Scots Nativity, Alan Bullard
See amid the winter's snow, John Goss arr. Paul Leddington Wright
Silent night, Franz Gruber arr. Bob Chilcott
Sussex Carol, Trad. English arr. Bob Chilcott
The Bell Carol, Philip Ledger
The Christ-child, Gabriel Jackson
The holly and the ivy, Matthew Owens
The Sparrows' Carol, Bob Chilcott
The Virgin's Song, Hermione Roff
There is no rose, Howard Skempton
There is no rose, Alan Smith
There's a song in the air!, John Hearne
This endris night, Z. Randall Stroope
Voices in the Mist, Jussi Chydenius
Wassail, Jonathan Willcocks
We three kings of Orient are, J. H. Hopkins arr. Paul Leddington Wright
What child is this?, Thomas Hewitt Jones
While shepherds watched their flocks, Este's Psalter arr. Bob Chilcott

"With the publication of Carols for Choirs 5 there has never been a better time to consider upgrading those worn-out green copies to shiny new gold ones . . . The collection successfully captures a balance of choral styles indicative of this decade with nothing out of place. While messrs Rutter and Willcocks are represented, nothing is reproduced from earlier volumes; CC5 represents excellent value for money." - Rupert Gough, Choir & Organ November 2011

"It is a wonderful collection: order a copy right away!" - Philip Brunelle , The American Organist, December 2011

"The number of choral directors who can remember Christmas before Carols for Choirs is dwindling fast. The series was born in 1961, and fifty years on the fifth volume has appeared. Its pedigree is impeccable, and it fully maintains the high standards of its predecessors . . . This treasure chest of new and old carols should be in every choir library. If you need any further persuasion, turn to the end and play Thomas Hewitt Jones's haunting setting of What child is this? The carol is alive and well." - Rosemary Broadbent, Church Music Quarterly, December 2011