SING GLAD TIDINGS
A Choral Festival of Traditional Carols
Arranged & Orchestrated by Phillip Keveren
Phillip Keveren has crafted a magnificent, orchestra-driven carol medley that will showcase your choir and allow for plenty of congregational participation. Beginning with the poignant plea, "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" and ending with the celebratory "O Come, Let Us Adore Him" your choir and congregation will enjoy the rich tapestry of moods and textures woven by Keveren. You can perform the medley in its entirety (13:15), or consider using one of the two edit points in the piece to sing a shorter medley (10:27 or 7:43). Each vocal part is contained on a separate staff; however, the vocal writing is surprisingly accessible. Your orchestra will also find the instrumental writing to be substantial but quite reasonable in range and difficulty.
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At-a-Glance
* Ideal for traditional or blended worship services
* Perform the piece in its entirety, or choose one of the two optional abbreviated versions
* 12 well-known carols that your choir and congregation will love to sing
* Stand-alone organ accompaniment part included with orchestration
Booklet
- Word Choral Club: Christmas 2009
- Voicing: SATB
- Length: Approx. 13 min.
- Release Date: April 17, 2009
Song Titles
| O Come, O Come, Emmanuel | Latin Hymn | |
| Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus | Charles Wesley, Rowland H. Prichard | |
| The First Noel | W. Sandy's "Christmas Carols" | |
| Away in a Manger | unknown, James R. Murray | |
| Still, Still, Still | Austrian carol | |
| Ding Dong! Merrily on High | traditional French carol | |
| Angels We Have Heard on High | traditional French carol | |
| The Wexford Carol | traditional Irish carol | |
| Joy to the World! | Isaac Watts, George Frederick Handel | |
| How Great Our Joy! | traditional German carol | |
| It Came upon the Midnight Clear | Edmund H. Sears, Richard S. Willis | |
| O Come, All Ye Faithful | Latin hymn, John Francis Wade |
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Instrumentation
flute 1, 2; oboe; clarinet 1, 2; bassoon; horn 1, 2; horn 3; trumpet 1, 2; trumpet 3; trombone 1, 2; trombone 3/tuba; percussion 1, 2; timpani; harp; piano/celesta; *violin 1; *violin 2; viola; cello; string bass; string reduction (*simplified part included)
ADDITIONAL PARTS: clarinet 3 (doubles viola); bass clarinet (doubles string bass); soprano sax (doubles oboe); alto sax 1, 2 (doubles horn 1, 2); tenor sax/baritone t.c. (doubles trombone 1, 2); baritone sax (doubles tuba); organ
Ordering Information
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Other works by Phillip Keveren
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BECAUSE YOU ARE
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ON EAGLE'S WINGS
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LORD OF LIFE
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BY OUR LOVE
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CHRIST BE WITH ME
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TIL THEY REST IN YOU
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JESUS WILL MEET YOU THERE
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LOVE ALONE
