Rhapsodie Noel

Douglas Akey

General Info

Year: 1997
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Queenwood Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Cornets/B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Sleigh Bells
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Triangle
Wind Chimes
Wood Block

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Different moods of the holiday season are portrayed in this arrangement of four old Christmas melodies - the 14th century German carol, Resonet In Laudibus (Resounding With Praise), a 13th century plainsong chant, Divinum Mysterium (Divine Mystery), the French carol Angels We Have Heard On High and In The Bleak Midwinter, first harmonized by Gustav Holst.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

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Performances

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Flint (Mich.) Concert Band (Bruce Nieuwenhuis, conductor) - 18 December 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

Albion (1994)
An Angel Fantasie (as arranger) (2005)
Awaken to the Morning Light
Canarios Fantasia (1999)
Cheyenne Cañon (2005)
Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (as arranger) (1995)
Entry of the Nobles (2003)
Ever More Distant (2007)
A Farnaby Prelude (2000)
Fire Dance (2001)
Flourish & Festivity (2003)
Joy Fantastique
Mountainbrook March (2001)
Mystic Battle
Over Slope and Summit (2006)
Overture Jubilate (2013)
Overture on an American Folk Tune (1999)
Peregrin (1994)
Pirates (1995)
A Praetorius Prelude (1997)
Riders on the Wind (2004)
Rocky Mountain Carnival (2003)
Rhapsodie Noel (1997)
The Sorcerer's Procession (2004)
A Susato Prelude (1994)
Tales of the Emerald Isle (2003)
A Tallis Prelude (as arranger) (1989)
Voyage Through the Night (2001)
The Wayfarer's Journey (2010)
Wild Dance (2011)

Resources

None discovered thus far.