Christmas Surprise

SKU: BT.DHP-1115196-010

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dut ch.

Christmas is a festival of joy, so why not celebrate this time of the year with a swinging festive piece? Christmas Surprise will both surprise and delight your audience. Peter Kleine Schaars’ medley, featuring well-known songs, will be an exciting highlight at your next Christmas concert!

Kerst is een feest van vreugde. Dat moet ook Peter Kleine Schaars hebben gedacht toen hij dit stuk in vrolijke swingstijl schreef. Speciaal voor de mooiste dagen van het jaar arrangeerde hij uit de bekendste kerstliederen een vlottemedley. Een verfrissende verrassing voor elk kerstconcert!

Weih nachten ist ein Fest der Freude - warum also nicht einmal mit einem Stück im fröhlichen Swing-Stil die schönste Zeit des Jahres feiern? Peter Kleine Schaars' flottes Medley aus den bekannten Liedern Good King Wenceslas, O Come All Ye Faithful, We Three Kings, A La Nanita Nana, Away in a Manger, Once in Royal David's City, Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen und The First Nowell ist ein wunderbares, frisches Highlight für jedes Weihnachtskonzert!

Noël est une fête rayonnante d’allégresse, alors pourquoi ne pas exprimer cette exaltation par une joyeuse composition écrite dans un style swinguant ? Peter Kleine Schaars nous livre les plus beaux chants de Noël dans un rafraîchissant arrangement. Une pure merveille pour chacun de vos concerts de Noël.

Natale è una festivit che trasuda allegria, quindi perché non esprimere questa gioia attraverso una composizione scritta in stile swing? Peter Kleine Schaars ha arrangiato i più bei canti natalizi (Good King Wenceslas, O Come All Ye Faithful, We Three Kings, A La Nanita Nana, Away in a Manger, Once in Royal David’s City, Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen) in maniera fresca e innovativa.

SKU: BT.DHP-1115196-140

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dut ch.

Christmas is a festival of joy, so why not celebrate this time of the year with a swinging festive piece? Christmas Surprise will both surprise and delight your audience. Peter Kleine Schaarsâ?? medley, featuring well-known songs, will be an exciting highlight at your next Christmas concert!

Kerst is een feest van vreugde. Dat moet ook Peter Kleine Schaars hebben gedacht toen hij dit stuk in vrolijke swingstijl schreef. Speciaal voor de mooiste dagen van het jaar arrangeerde hij uit de bekendste kerstliederen een vlottemedley. Een verfrissende verrassing voor elk kerstconcert!

Weih nachten ist ein Fest der Freude - warum also nicht einmal mit einem Stück im fröhlichen Swing-Stil die schönste Zeit des Jahres feiern? Peter Kleine Schaars' flottes Medley aus den bekannten Liedern Good King Wenceslas, O Come All Ye Faithful, We Three Kings, A La Nanita Nana, Away in a Manger, Once in Royal David's City, Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen und The First Nowell ist ein wunderbares, frisches Highlight für jedes Weihnachtskonzert!

Noël est une fête rayonnante dâ??allégresse, alors pourquoi ne pas exprimer cette exaltation par une joyeuse composition écrite dans un style swinguant ? Peter Kleine Schaars nous livre les plus beaux chants de Noël dans un rafraîchissant arrangement. Une pure merveille pour chacun de vos concerts de Noël.

Natale è una festivit che trasuda allegria, quindi perché non esprimere questa gioia attraverso una composizione scritta in stile swing? Peter Kleine Schaars ha arrangiato i più bei canti natalizi (Good King Wenceslas, O Come All Ye Faithful, We Three Kings, A La Nanita Nana, Away in a Manger, Once in Royal Davidâ??s City, Es ist ein Rosâ?? entsprungen) in maniera fresca e innovativa.

SKU: HL.44013136

Nico Dezaire and Peter Kleines Schaars selected five internationally known Christmas songs and arranged them into a pop-style medley. Christmas surprise guaranteed!

SKU: BT.DHP-1115196-020

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dut ch.

Weihnachten ist ein Fest der Freude - warum also nicht einmal mit einem Stück im fröhlichen Swing-Stil die schönste Zeit des Jahres feiern? Peter Kleine Schaars' flottes Medley aus den bekannten Liedern Good King Wenceslas, O Come All Ye Faithful, We Three Kings, A La Nanita Nana, Away in a Manger, Once in Royal David's City, Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen und The First Nowell ist ein wunderbares, frisches Highlight für jedes Weihnachtskonzert!

SKU: BR.CHB-5381-00

ISBN 9790004413821. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. English.

As director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, Howard Arman has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du frohliche [O, you joyful], Stille Nacht [Silent Night] and Lasst uns froh und munter sein [Let us be happy and cheerful]. The first volume includes five Christmas carols from the German-speaking regions. They range from simple but harmonically intriguing settings such as Lieb Nachtigall, wach auf [Dear nightingale, wake up] to eight-part sound paintings with bell-like chimes as in O du frohliche and classical double choir settings such as Resonet in laudibus. The second volume includes five Christmas spirituals with English texts, forming a contrast to the solemn and festive character of the first. The choir can prove its swing and jazz qualities here; the stirring arrangements are a gain for classical Christmas concerts, too. Following the tradition of the spiritual, some settings also require soloists, which can, however, also be recruited from the choir if adequate singers are available. The first piece combines the spirituals It's a Birthday and Wasn't That a Mighty Day to form a medley, Ain't That a Rockin' gives a moment of tranquility before the likewise rousing spirituals Mary Had a Baby and Little David conclude the volume. In both volumes, Howard Arman provides a short preface in German and English, explaining the background of each piece and giving advice on performance.

SKU: BR.CHB-5381

ISBN 9790004413821. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. English.

As director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, Howard Arman has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du frohliche [O, you joyful], Stille Nacht [Silent Night] and Lasst uns froh und munter sein [Let us be happy and cheerful]. The first volume includes five Christmas carols from the German-speaking regions. They range from simple but harmonically intriguing settings such as Lieb Nachtigall, wach auf [Dear nightingale, wake up] to eight-part sound paintings with bell-like chimes as in O du frohliche and classical double choir settings such as Resonet in laudibus. The second volume includes five Christmas spirituals with English texts, forming a contrast to the solemn and festive character of the first. The choir can prove its swing and jazz qualities here; the stirring arrangements are a gain for classical Christmas concerts, too. Following the tradition of the spiritual, some settings also require soloists, which can, however, also be recruited from the choir if adequate singers are available. The first piece combines the spirituals It's a Birthday and Wasn't That a Mighty Day to form a medley, Ain't That a Rockin' gives a moment of tranquility before the likewise rousing spirituals Mary Had a Baby and Little David conclude the volume. In both volumes, Howard Arman provides a short preface in German and English, explaining the background of each piece and giving advice on performance.

SKU: BR.CHB-5380-00

ISBN 9790004413814. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. German / Latin.

As director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, Howard Arman has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du frohliche [O, you joyful], Stille Nacht [Silent Night] and Lasst uns froh und munter sein [Let us be happy and cheerful]. The first volume includes five Christmas carols from the German-speaking regions. They range from simple but harmonically intriguing settings such as Lieb Nachtigall, wach auf [Dear nightingale, wake up] to eight-part sound paintings with bell-like chimes as in O du frohliche and classical double choir settings such as Resonet in laudibus. The second volume includes five Christmas spirituals with English texts, forming a contrast to the solemn and festive character of the first. The choir can prove its swing and jazz qualities here; the stirring arrangements are a gain for classical Christmas concerts, too. Following the tradition of the spiritual, some settings also require soloists, which can, however, also be recruited from the choir if adequate singers are available. The first piece combines the spirituals It's a Birthday and Wasn't That a Mighty Day to form a medley, Ain't That a Rockin' gives a moment of tranquility before the likewise rousing spirituals Mary Had a Baby and Little David conclude the volume. In both volumes, Howard Arman provides a short preface in German and English, explaining the background of each piece and giving advice on performance.