Christmas Collection

O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf (O Savior, Rend the Heavens Wide) was written by the German poet Friedrich von Spee (1591-1635) during the Thirty Years? War. The profound text echoes the misery of that...

Maria durch ein? Dornwald ging (Blest Mary Wanders Through the Thorn) is a traditional German Christmas song. The earliest known version is recorded in the Andernacher Gesangbuch from 1608. Halfway th...

Polish Christmas Lights is a collection of three traditional Polish Christmas carols arranged for wind ensemble with flexible instrumentation. These three themes are used throughout the composition, w...

The Englishman, Bishop Reginald Heber (1783?1826), wrote Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning for Epiphany. These lyrics were published in 1811, in the Christian Observer, but were set to mus...

For this work in popular style, Roland Kernen uses two well-known Christmas melodies. In the introduction we hear O Little Town of Bethlehem, followed by a lively version of Silent Night. Subsequently...

In this festive medley Jan de Haan brings together a selection of the most famous Christmas songs from around the world. It features: O Come, O Come Emmanuel, God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, Deck the Ha...

The title of this clever arrangement reveals the Christmas song it is based on. The melody can be traced back to a French folksong from the 18th century which is now known around the world. In France...

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen appeared in print for the first time in William Sandy's Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern in 1833, although it was believed to have been written many years earlier. Today...

When the song Silent Night was fi_x005Frst heard, at Christmas 1818 in the village church of Oberndorf, near Salzburg in Austria, no one could have dreamt of the success this Christmas carol would enj...

Gustav Holst composed almost 200 works, one being a very elegant and charming fantasy on the old English christmas carols: Good Christian Men, Rejoice; God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; Come Ye Lofty, Co...

Gustav Holst composed almost 200 works, one being a very elegant and charming fantasy on the old English christmas carols: Good Christian Men, Rejoice; God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; Come Ye Lofty, Co...

Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ (We Praise You Jesus Christ) is an old Christmas hymn dating from the 16th century, which can still be found in many hymnbooks today. John Blanken has created a varied and...

Following a Christmas concert in German speaking Belgium, Jan Hadermann put together A Geman Christmas. Three well-known German Christmas carols O Tannenbaum, Alle Jahre Wieder and Süßer die Glocken n...

The Spirit of Christmas is a medley of charming Christmas carols, all with an international character. The medley consists of the following five carols: Away in a Manger; The First Noel; It Came Upon...

In this festive medley Jan de Haan brings together a selection of the most famous Christmas songs from around the world. It features: O Come, O Come Emmanuel, God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, Deck the Ha...

The title of this clever arrangement reveals the Christmas song it is based on. The melody can be traced back to a French folksong from the 18th century which is now known around the world. In France...

In A Flemish Christmas , Jan Hadermann tells the Christmas story by means of four Old Flemish Christmas Songs. Mary is chosen to bring Jesus Christ, the son of God, into the world: Het was een maged u...

Christmas Prelude is a festive composition on the Christmas carol O Come, All Ye Faithful. A quiet, march-like introduction, representing the procession to worship, is followed by three verses of the...

Christmas Prelude is a festive composition on the Christmas carol O Come, All Ye Faithful. A quiet, march-like introduction, representing the procession to worship, is followed by three verses of the...

Kinderweihnacht is a medley for four-part instrumentation, featuring four famous German childrens Christmas songs. Creative interpretation requires the use of kitchen utensils (bottles, spoons, lids)...

Kinderweihnacht is a medley for four-part instrumentation, featuring four famous German childrens Christmas songs. Creative interpretation requires the use of kitchen utensils (bottles, spoons, lids)...