1 x 1st. Bb. Trumpet/ Cornet 1 x 2nd. Bb. Trumpet/ Cornet 1 x 3rd Bb. Trumpet/ Flugel Horn 1 x 4th. Bb. Trumpet/ Flugel Horn 1 x Horn in Eb. and Horn in F 1 x 1st. Trombone in TC and in BC 1 x 2nd. Trombone in TC and BC 1 x 3rd. Trombone in TC and BC 1 x Bass Trombone in TC and BC 1 x Tuba in BC - also in Eb TC and in Bb TC 1 x Percussion
The Ukrainian Bell Carol is part of a large choral work entitled Shchediyk by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych (1877-1921). It was first performed by students of Kiev University in December 1916.
The tune is an adaptation of an old ‘shchedrivka a song traditionally sung on Ukrainian New year’s Eve (January 13th) which hopes for good fortune in the year to come. In Shchedryk, Leontovych added the lyrics which concern the legend claiming that when Jesus was born, all the bells on earth started ringing in his honour.
The tune has since been the inspiration of at least four different Christmas carols, of which Carol of the Bells is the most famous. Carol of the Bells was adapted (both melody and lyrics) from Leontovych’s original in 1936 by Peter J.Wilhousky (1902-1978), composer, arranger, teacher and eminent choral director, for a concert with his famous All City High School Chorus of New york. Nevertheless Philip Sparke has sourced the original Ukrainian melody to create this stirring arrangement.
'Un Mambo Navideño'(A Christmas Mambo) is a Latin style arrangement of the popular Christmas Carol 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’. It is a fun number with a lot to do for the percussion section.
Categories: Solos, Christmas Music Arranger: Philip Sparke
Feature solo for Bb. Cornet - click on MORE DETAILS to hear an audio extract or view the Solo cornet part.
This fantastic arrangement of the well-known Advent hymn 0 Come, 0 Come, lmmanuel aims to expand on the power and mystery of the original tune and will be most effective if, at the start and end of the piece, the solo cornet can stand away from the band, maybe at the back of the auditorium.
The Advent hymn we all know today as 0 Come, 0 Come, Immanuel was arranged in its modern form by Thomas Helmore and published in Hymnal Noted in 1856. Both the words and melody, however, predate this version by centuries. The words are based on a 9th century antiphon, one of the seven so-called ‘0’ antiphons (they all begin with ‘0’, as in ‘0 Emmanuel...’, ‘0 RadixJesse... etc.), which were sung, one daily, during the last seven days before Christmas both before and after the Magnificat at Vespers. ‘0 Emmanuel...’ was the last of the seven, sung on December 23rd.
The tune, Veni Immanuel, is taken from a 15th century processional of French Franciscan nuns, part of the setting for the funeral hymn Libera Me.
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