Gary P. Gilroy

All About Christmas

A festive Christmas concert opener or closer, this handsome collection allows traditional carols to flow together very nicely. The opening features fragments of Joy to the World, Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, and O Come All Ye Faithful for an introduction of grand style. Good Christian Men, Rejoice follows next in a light march style, moving on the the lyric and mellow All Through the Night with percussion adding glistening effects. The metallic mallet percussion suitably provides a transition to Ukranian Bell Carol, which gives way to the final melody, Here We Come A-Wassailing. Full of life and grandeur, the arrangement comes to a close in a most festive manner.