Baton Christmas

'Christmas Eve' is an opera in four acts with music and libretto by Rimsky-Korsakov and composed between 1894 and 1895. In the 3rd act of the opera, a chorus sings the Tsaritsa's praises in a magnific...

The Romanian Christmas Carols are comprised of original Romanian folk tunes, collected by Bartók over the course of many years, beginning in 1909. While much of his folk-inspired music used peasant da...

The Romanian Christmas Carols are comprised of original Romanian folk tunes, collected by Bartók over the course of many years, beginning in 1909. While much of his folk-inspired music used peasant da...

Pietro Alessandro Yon(1886 -1943) was an Italian-born organist and composer who made his career in the United States. As a composer, Yon is most famous for his Humoresque 'L'organo primitivo' and 'Ges...

Pietro Alessandro Yon(1886 -1943) was an Italian-born organist and composer who made his career in the United States. As a composer, Yon is most famous for his Humoresque 'L'organo primitivo' and 'Ges...

Strauss's very first "Lied" - in fact his very first attempt as a composer - was a Christmas song, "Weihnachtslied", to a poem by Christian Schubart, most famous as the poet of Schubert's "Die Forelle...

Strauss's very first "Lied" - in fact his very first attempt as a composer - was a Christmas song, "Weihnachtslied", to a poem by Christian Schubart, most famous as the poet of Schubert's "Die Forelle...

Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 –1921) was a German composer. He is best known for his operas, of which 'Hansel und Gretel' (1893) is by far the most successful. However, he also composed a large number o...

Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 –1921) was a German composer. He is best known for his operas, of which 'Hansel und Gretel' (1893) is by far the most successful. However, he also composed a large number o...

This edition contains eight traditional carols from all over Europe. These carols were arranged to emphasize the antiphonal aspect inherent in so much brass choir music.

This edition contains eight traditional carols from all over Europe. These carols were arranged to emphasize the antiphonal aspect inherent in so much brass choir music.

This edition contains four traditional carols from all over Catalonia. These carols were arranged to emphasize the antiphonal aspect inherent in so much brass choir music.

This edition contains four traditional carols from all over Catalonia. These carols were arranged to emphasize the antiphonal aspect inherent in so much brass choir music.

The 'Romanian Christmas Carols' are comprised of original Romanian folk tunes, collected by Bartók over the course of many years, beginning in 1909. While much of his folk-inspired music used peasant...

The 'Romanian Christmas Carols' are comprised of original Romanian folk tunes, collected by Bartók over the course of many years, beginning in 1909. While much of his folk-inspired music used peasant...

The prelude from Saint-SaÙns' Christmas oratorio, to which the composer himself added the note, 'in the style of Bach'. An extremely fitting opening to any Christmas concert. (Concert Band)

The Italian Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) may have been the first to embody the tradition of the sheperds music, the Pastorale in orchestral music. In this transcription special attention has to be gi...

In this transcription of Giovanni Gabrieli's Christmas Motet 'Angelus ad pastores ait' for twelve voices in two choirs, the choirs are presented by the woodwind- and the brasschoir of the Symphonic Ba...

The work of the Russian composer Anatol Liadov (1855-1914) is characterized by bizarre humour, originality, precision and imagination. All these qualities are expressed in the 'Eight Russian Folk Song...

The Sinfonia is the opening of the second part of the Christmas Oratorio: `Am zweiten Weihnachtsfeiertage'. This romantic piece of music was in the tradition of the shepherd music as set by Italian co...

The Two Christmas Songs, 'Weihnachtsschnee' and 'Weihnachts Wiegenlied' are just beautiful examples of Edvard Grieg's craftsmanship as a songwriter. (Solo Voice and Concert Band)

The chorus Jauchzet Frohlocket! is the very beginning of the first part of Bach's Christmas Oratoria: 'Am erster Weihnachts-feiertage'. (Choir and Concert Band) The choir parts (4 exemplars) are inclu...

'Christmas Day - a Choral Fantasy on Old Carols', was written in 1910 shortly after Gustav Holst had finished the three groups of 'Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda' and around the same time as the 'Firs...

'Christmas Day - a Choral Fantasy on Old Carols', was written in 1910 shortly after Gustav Holst had finished the three groups of 'Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda' and around the same time as the 'Firs...