John Gardner Carols

Vocal score

Forces or Category: SATB accompanied & unaccompanied

Orchestration: A Gallery Carol: perc (opt: timp, xyl, glock, tri, tamb, SD, cym), org (from vocal score) How bright the morning star does shine: fl(opt), ob, cl(opt), bn, hn, tpt(opt), tbn(opt), timp(opt), str O little town of Bethlehem: 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, perc, hp (opt), str The holly and the ivy: 3 fl (IIIopt), 3 ob (IIIopt), 3 cl (IIIopt), 2 bn(opt), 4 hn (opt), 2 tpt (opt), 3 tbn (opt), tba (opt), dance band drummer (not essential but highly desirable), pno (opt when full orchestra), str

Composer Carol Collections

for SATB accompanied and unaccompanied
This anthology of eleven carols celebrates the festive music of John Gardner (1917-2011). From the ...

John Gardner Carols

Vocal score

John Gardner

Composer Carol Collections

Description

for SATB accompanied and unaccompanied
This anthology of eleven carols celebrates the festive music of John Gardner (1917-2011). It contains some of his most well-known settings alongside new repertoire, including a previously unpublished Epiphany carol, 'Entry of the Three Kings'. From the reflective 'A Christmas Hymn' to his joyful setting of 'The holly and the ivy', John Gardner Carols presents a variety of styles and moods that will delight choirs and audiences alike. A number of pieces give alternative performance instructions to allow upper-voice choirs to enjoy this superb collection.
A number of the carols are included on the EM Records CD 'John Gardner: Cantata for Christmas, Organ Concerto, Christmas Carols' (EMR CD009) with the City of London Choir, conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton and Chris Gardner.

John Gardner Carols

Vocal score

John Gardner

Composer Carol Collections

John Gardner Carols

Vocal score

John Gardner

Composer Carol Collections

Composer Information

John Gardner (1917-2011)

John Gardner was born in Manchester and educated at Wellington College and Oxford University. After 6 years in the RAF, he joined the music staff of the Royal Opera House, leaving at the end of 1952 to pursue a freelance career as composer, teacher, pianist, and conductor. He has composed three symphonies, several large-scale cantatas, four operas, and a great variety of ensemble, solo and choral music as well as theatre music for the Old Vic and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford.

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