The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols: Paperback

The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols is the perfect resource for choirs of all types and sizes. Each piece is presented with flexible scoring options, clearly explained throughout, enabling performance by various combinations of singers. With a fabulous range of accessible, quality material, this is a must for all choirs at Christmas.

Orchestration: Thornett: Rise up, Shepherd, and Follow - fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, glock, hp, str Wilberg: Still, Still, Still - strings Hewitt Jones: Child of the Stable's Secret Birth - fl, 2 hn (opt), hp (opt), pno, (single strings) 2 vln, vla, 2 vc, db Rutter: Christmas Lullaby - fl, ob, cl, 2 hn, str Rutter: Star Carol - 4 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, 2 perc, timp, pn or org OR 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 perc (glock, sus cym, tri, timp), hp, str Gardner: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - strings and percussion (SD, tamb) Warlock: Adam lay ybounden - strings Bullard: His Praises We'll Sing - 2 tpt, hn, tbn, tba Chilcott: Away in a manger - harp and strings

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1	Antony Baldwin	A babe is born
2	Christopher Wiggins	A little child there is yborn
3	Graham Ross	Adam lay ybounden
4	Peter Warlock, lower voice parts by Alan Bullard	Adam lay ybounden
5	Nicholas Burt	Angels, from the realms of glory
6	W. J. Kirkpatrick, arr. Bob Chilcott	Away in a manger
7	William Billings, arr. Alan Bullard	Away With Your Sorrows
8	Trad. African, trans. and arr. Fred Onovwerosuoke, accomp. Alan Bullard	Born this day is the Son of God
9	Trad. Dominican Republic, arr. Juan Tony Guzman	Cantemos a Maria
10	Thomas Hewitt Jones	Child of the stable's secret birth
11	Bob Chilcott	Christmas-tide
12	John Rutter	Christmas Lullaby
13	Alan Bullard	Come and Worship!
14	18th-cent. West Country carol, adap. Alan Bullard	Come, let us all with heart and voice
15	Roderick Williams	Coventry Carol
16	16th-cent. French, arr. Alan Smith	Ding dong! merrily on high
17	Jenny McLeod	Falantidida
18	from Piae Cantiones (1582), arr. Alan Bullard	Gaudete!
19	Trad. English, arr. Richard Shephard	Gloucestershire Wassail
20	Malcolm Archer	Gold for a manger bed
21	Trad. American, arr. Pete Churchill	Go tell it on the mountain
22	Old German carol, arr. Alan Bullard	Good Christians all, rejoice
23	Alan Bullard	His Praises We'll Sing
24	Trad. French, arr. Neil Matthews	Il est ne, le divin enfant
25	Alan Smith	In the Beginning
26	Gustav Holst, descant and accomp. Alan Bullard	In the bleak mid-winter
27	Trad. Polish, arr. Neil Matthews	Infant holy, infant lowly
28	Mina folk song, trans. and arr. by Fred Onovwerosuoke	Jesus Christ is here!
29	Max Reger, arr. Alan Bullard	Mary's Cradle Song
30	Alan Bullard	Natus est Immanuel
31	Edmund Jolliffe	Now is the Time for Christemas!
32	Gwyn Arch	O faithful star
33	Adolphe Adam, arr. Alan Bullard	O holy night!
34	Trad. English, arr. Jonathan Willcocks	Past three o'clock
35	Trad. American, arr. Gordon Thornett	Rise up, Shepherd, and Follow
36	Sarah Rodgers	See amid the winter's snow
37	Franz Xaver Gruber, arr. Alan Bullard	Silent night
38	Trad. Puerto Rican, arr. Alan Bullard	Song of the Wise Men
39	John Rutter	Star Carol
40	David Willcocks	Starry night
41	Austrian carol, arr. Mack Wilberg	Still, still, still
42	Alan Bullard	Sweet was the song
43	Jenny McLeod	Te Kaiwhakaora
44	Kerry Andrew	The Cherry Tree Carol
45	David Hamilton	The First Christmas
46	Ian Ray	The light of the world
47	Cecilia McDowall	The Night is Still
48	Trad. Swahili, arr. David Blackwell	The Saviour's Come
49	Andrew Smith	The Truth from Above
50	Anon. 15th cent., arr. Alan Bullard	There is no rose
51	John Gardner	Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
52	John Henry Hopkins, arr. Stephen Cleobury	We three kings of Orient are
53	Trad. West Country carol, arr. Benjamin Woodgates	We wish you a merry Christmas
54	Trad. English, arr. Antony Baldwin	What child is this?
55	John Gardner	When Christ was born of Mary free
56	Alan Bullard	Wisselton, wasselton