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It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – Flute Choir
This familiar carol in its new, lush and richly scored contemporary setting will add stylistic contrast to your Christmas program. It’s also the perfect chart for Christmas Eve services.
[note: the recording begins with a trio of trombone, bass and drums and the excerpt begins where the full choir enters]
Composer: Bill Reichenbach
Instrumentation: 6 C Flutes, Alto Flute & Bass Flute
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 2:35 / 20 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
Key: N/A -
Jesu, Jesu, Baby Dear – Flute Quartet
This traditional Czech carol, also known as the rocking carol, is sung as a lullaby to baby Jesus while rocking in the manger as if it were a more modern cradle. Cradle rocking, a custom which began in German churches in medieval times, eventually spread from there all across Europe. The carol was popularized by a recording by Julie Andrews.
The flute quartets can easily be expanded to flute choir by adding both alto and bass flutes. The Alto Flute part is included and the bass plays Flute 4.
Composer: Bill Reichenbach
Instrumentation: Flute Quartet
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 2:20 / 9 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
Key: G – Eb (no key sig) -
Jingle Bell Rag – Woodwind Quintet
This piece dresses this most familiar of holiday songs in ragtime attire. Members of an audiences may listen for a few moments before realizing they are hearing Jingle Bells.
Composer: Mark Questad
Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, F Horn & Bassoon
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 2:55 / 20 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
Key: C-F-C -
Joy to the World – Flute Quartet
This lively traditional English Christmas carol and New Year song features the verses in 6/8 and the choruses in 2/4.
The flute quartets can easily be expanded to flute choir by adding both alto and bass flutes. The Alto Flute part is included and the bass plays Flute 4.
Composer: Bill Reichenbach
Instrumentation: Flute Quartet
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 1:35 / 9 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
Key: G – C
