Christmas modern

Küss mich halt mich lieb mich - Ella Endlich

The classic for all lovers and well suited to
musical framing of weddings.

Concert band with vocals or instrumental

Arrangement: Erwin Jahreis
Key: B major
Grade: 3

Amoi seg ma uns wieder
(Einmal sehen wir uns wieder)
by Andreas Gabalier

Concert Band (with vocals)

Key: F minor
Grade: 3+
Arrangement: Erwin Jahreis

The Sound of Silence

The original is from the US duo
Simon & Garfunkel and was already in 1964 by
Paul Simon wrote.

In the cover version of the metal band Disturbed is
to hear this wonderful ballad everywhere again.

Grade: 3
Key: D minor
Arrangement: Erwin Jahreis

The classic for weddings and all lovers:

Hallelujah (music: Leonard Cohen)

Known from the movie Shrek and empathetic
interpreted by Alexandra Burke.

Arrangement for concert band (vocals optional)

There are also suitable votes for
mixed choir available

Editing: Erwin Jahreis
Key: Eb major on F major
Style: Ballad (12/8)
Grade: 3+

The beautiful ballad of Barclay James Harvest
Concert band with vocals.

Key: E flat major / F major
Editing: Erwin Jahreis
Grade: 3

Optionally also with mixed choir performable

Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie wrote
this great song for the project USA for Africa.

We are the world

Exactly the right title for your concert

Concert Band (with vocals or mixed choir)
Key: Eb major on F major
Arrangement: Erwin Jahreis
Grade: 3
Playing time: 5 min

Leona Lewis with her soulful ballad in a single edit
by Erwin Jahreis for solo vocals, solo alto saxophone or
solo tenor saxophone with concert band 

Key: F minor and A flat major (Original key)
Grade: 3

Roland Kaiser and Nana Mouskouri interpret
this wonderful, lively Christmas song,
which has also been sung by many others artists
like Andy Williams, Amy Grant and so on.

Arrangement: Erwin Jahreis
Level: 3

Edition for Concert Band with vocals (two-part singing)

Arrangement: Michael Brown

Key: F major
Level: 2+

Edition for Concert Band

Es ist wieder Weihnachtszeit

To the well-known melody of "The First Noël".

A beautiful title for the Christmas concert.

Solo for vocals / instrument in b or eb
with a sensitive concert band accompaniment
(also performable with mixed choir)

Arrangement: Erwin Jahreis
German lyrics: Kati Schubert
Key: B flat major on C major
Grade: 3

The most popular (East) German Christmas song:

Weihnachten in Familie

by Frank Schöbel (and Aurora Lacasa with her
children Odette and Dominique)

Arrangement: Erwin Jahreis
Lyrics: Gisela Steineckert
Key: C major
Difficulty: 3

Wonderful dream - Melanie Thornton

Coca Cola Christmas Song

Arrangement: B.J. von Igede
Grade: 3
Key: E flat major

Feliz Navidad literally translates simply as ‘Merry Christmas’. José Feliciano
composed a Christmas carol with this title in 1970 – and it remains to this day
one of the best-known modern Christmas carols. It is a lively,
Latin American piece, brimming with infectious Christmas cheer.

In his arrangement for Concert Band, Heinz Briegel has preserved this joyful and
exuberant character of the music. ‘Feliz Navidad’ is a valuable addition
to the Christmas repertoire of any Concert Band from intermediate level upwards.

Key: E flat major
Difficulty: 3

Concert Band edition

Von guten Mächten wunderbar geborgen

The wonderful melody of Siegfried Fietz
in combination with the poignant lyrics
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer is exactly the right one
mix around your listeners a goose bump feeling
to bring.

Concert Band (with vocals or mixed choir)
Arrangement: Erwin Jahreis
Key: E-flat major on F major
Grade: 3

“White Christmas is one of the world’s best-known Christmas carols.
It was composed by Irving Berlin in 1940. The original recording
by the singer and actor Bing Crosby from 1942 sold
more than 35 million copies. This makes “White Christmas” one
of the most successful singles of all time.

Heinz Briegel’s new arrangement for Concert Band captures the charm
of the original with gentle and harmonious sounds – like snow falling from
the sky, bringing us a white Christmas.

Key: E flat major
Difficulty: 3+

Concert band edition

Weihnachten steht vor der Tür - this phrase isn’t just an
idiomatic expression about the approaching Advent season, but also a
well-known, lively Christmas song.
The song originally comes from the Czech Republic and
became a real catchy tune back in the GDR. 

Concert band with vocals (optional)

Arrangement: Erwin Jahreis
Key: E-flat Major
Level: 2-3

One of the world’s most famous Irish ballads
in a new arrangement by Erwin Jahreis for concert band.

With its melancholic melody, based on the Irish classic “Londonderry Air,”
and its heartfelt and moving lyrics, which speak of farewell, longing, and hope,
this timeless and beautiful song is particularly suited to the contemplative Christmas season. 

Music and lyrics: Traditional
Arrangement: Erwin Jahreis
Duration: 4 min. 11 sec.

Key: B-flat Major 
Level: 2-3

Edition for Concert Band 
with vocals (optional, in English) 
 

The new Erwin Jahreis arrangement of the
well-known “Winter Wonderland” brings
a breath of fresh air to your Christmas concert!

With sonorous elegance and light Latin
rhythms, this classic is transformed
into a swinging snowstorm...

Key: E-flat and F Major
Concert Band (with vocals, English)
Grade: 3-4

Can also be performed with a mixed Choir.

Christmas is the festival of great emotions.
It's full of love, happiness and joy - but also full of hopes and longings.
“Wunder der Weihnachtszeit” is for all those who believe in the magical
Magic of Christmas.

Arrangement: Erwin Jahreis
Key: B flat major
Level: 3

Edition for Concert Band with vocals (optional)

Petersburger Schlittenfahrt

Arrangement: Erwin Jahreis

Key: E flat major / A flat major

Grade: 3-4

Edition for Concert Band
Also available for Large Concert Band and Big Band

A classic of Tremeloes, both instrumental and
can be performed with solo singing or mixed choir.

Key: E flat major / F major
Editing: Erwin Jahreis
Grade: 3

White Christmas (Weiße Weihnacht)

Music and lyrics: Irving Berlin
German lyrics: Bruno Balz
Editing: Kurt Sorbon

Easter Parade

Music and lyrics: Irving Berlin
Editing: Heinz Dietersen

It’s hard to believe, but the Christmas carol
‘Winter Wonderland’ by Felix Bernard, which remains famous and popular to this day, was first published in 1934.
The lyrics were written by Richard B. Smith. The song has remained well-known over the years thanks to interpretations by many renowned artists. One of the most important versions is the recording by the legendary Andrews Sisters.

Heinz Briegel’s arrangement for wind orchestra is closely based on the original.
It is kept simple, yet skilfully orchestrated. Briegel has incorporated the jazzy elements
and harmonies into his arrangement. Transport your audience to a
pre-Christmas fantasy world – to a ‘wonderful winter wonderland’!

Key: E flat major
Difficulty: 3+

Concert Band edition

Blue Moon Orchestra

Christmastime in our little town - Weihnachtszeit in unserer kleinen Stadt
(with german and english lyrics)

This edition can be performed with or without solo vocals

Solo parts in Bb, Eb or C

Music + Lyrics + Editing: Marco Plitzner
Key: B flat major
Grade: 3+