Christmas traditional

A beautiful, peaceful, Alpine-style Christmas piece,
also very well suited to youth concert band.

For concert band with organ and text ad lib.

Part format: A5
Score: A4

Arrangement: Karl Michael Wolf
Difficulty: 1+
Key: F major

‘A Christmas March’ is a lively, easy-to-play piece
suitable for the opening or closing of a Christmas concert.

The main theme of this march is original, though here and there
Philip Sparke has peppered the piece with allusions
to well-known Christmas carols. His choices include:

Adeste Fidelis (Come, O Faithful), Deck the Halls,
Good King Wenceslas and Jingle Bells.
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen forms the trio section of the march.

A lovely new yet familiar-sounding Christmas piece!

Concert Band edition

Edition for Concert Band

This beautiful, melodic chorale was composed by Sebastian Tuschla-Hoffmann.

Difficulty: 3
Key: A flat major

The composer was inspired by the beauty and
charm of the church at the Monastery of San Marco during a visit to Florence.

Hell erscheint der Abendstern

A soulful ballad (not only) for the christmas season.

Music: Hans Kaufmes
Lyrics: Kati Schubert

Arrangement: Johannes Thaler
Key: D flat major
Grade: 2-3

Voices for mixed choir are also available for this edition.

Ave Verum Corpus (K.V. 618)

Music: W.A. Mozart
Arrangement: Franz Watz
Key: E flat major

Cantique de Noël / O Holy Night

The 19th-century Christmas carol *Cantique de Noël* by Adolphe Charles Adam
was at the time criticised by church authorities for its lack of good taste and the absence of
religious sentiment. But they were wrong: the song is popular all over the world
and is still sung frequently – even in churches. Roland Kernen presents a beautiful
version for Concert Band here.

Arrangement: Roland Kernen
Difficulty: 2+
Key: E flat major