Vaughan Williams Christmas, A

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr. Douglas E Wagner)

Subtitle: Featuring Forest Green, Wassail Song, and Sussex Carol

General Info

Year: 1999
Duration: c. 4:25
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $72.00; (digital) - $70.00   |   Score Only (print) - $9.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
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
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Chimes
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tambourine
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

In a lecture deliver a year before his death, Ralph Vaughan Williams commented that "vital art must spring from its own soil." His contributions to the literature, especially the major works for orchestra and concert band, are testaments to this credo. In his hands, the folk songs and carols of England enjoyed new life and popularity.

A Vaughan Williams Christmas presents English carol tunes that were collected, arranged, adapted, and/or harmonized by Vaughan Williams:

Forest Green ("O Little Town of Bethlehem"), which originally appeared in the first edition of the English Hymnal (1906).

Wassail Song ("Wassail, Wassail, All Over Town") number 5 of Five English Folk Songs (1913).

Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"), included in the Fantasia on Christmas Carols (1912) and found as number two in Eight English Carols.

- Program Note from score

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 19 February 2017
• Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 18 December 2016
• Tualatin Valley (Ore.) Community Band (Kevin Soon, conductor) – 13 December 2015
• Walla Walla (Wash.) Concert Band (Ron McHenry, conductor) – December 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Folk Songs from Somerset (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• My Bonny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• Seventeen Come Sunday (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)

All Wind Works

• Concerto for Bass Tuba (arr. Wick and Chambers) (1954/1992)
• Concerto Grosso (arr. Grechesky) (1924)
• Concerto in F minor for Tuba and Winds (arr. Hare) (1954/1992)
• England's Pleasant Land (arr. Noble) (1938/2017)
• English Folk Song Suite. See: Folk Song Suite
• English Folk Song Suite (arr. Villanueva) (1924/)
• Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (arr. Bocook) (1910/2006)
• Fantasia on Greensleeves (arr. Wagner) (1934/2011)
• Five English Folk Songs (arr. Feldman) (1913/2009)
• Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus" (arr. Gregson) (1939/2004)
• Flourish for Glorious John (or. Boyd) (1957/1998)
• Flourish for Wind Band (1939)
• Folk Song Suite (1924/2008)
• Folk Songs from Somerset (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• Golden Vanity, The (arr. Wagner) (1933/2009)
• I Vow to Thee, My Country (as setter; ed. Grechesky) (1921/1988)
• Lark Ascending, The (tr. Silvester) (1914/1925/2003)
• Linden Lea (arr. Wagner) (1902/2013)
• Linden Lea (arr. Stout) (1902/1984)
• The Lowlands of Scotland (arr. Daehn) (1912/2006)
• March Past of the Kitchen Utensils (arr. Erwin) (1909/2010)
• My Bonny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• Norfolk Rhapsody (tr. Robert O'Brien) (1905)
• Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor (tr. O'Toole) (1906/2014?)
• Overture to "The Wasps" (tr. Frank Hudson) (1909)
• Prelude, 49th Parallel (arr. van der Beek) (1960/2018)
• Prelude: 49th Parallel (arr. Noble) (1941/2014)
• Prelude: 49th Parallel (arr. Winkler) (1941/1960)
• Prelude from "49th Parallel" (tr. Osmon) (1941/1960/1987/2002)
• Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes (arr. Curnow) (1954/1982)
• Prelude: The New Commonwealth (arr. Grauer) (1940/2006)
• A Ralph Vaughan Williams Portrait (arr. Wagner) (2018)
• Rhosymedre (tr. Beeler) (1920/1972)
• Rhosymedre (tr. Johnston) (1920/2011)
• Rhosymedre (tr. Baldwin) (1920/)
• The Running Set (arr. Daehn) (1933/2007)
• Running Set, The (tr. Silvester) (1933)
• Scherzo alla Marcia (1956)
• Sea Songs (1925)
• Sea Songs (arr. Longfield) (1925/2006)
• Seventeen Come Sunday (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• Sine Nomine (arr. Cacavas) (1906/1998)
• Sine Nomine (arr. Houseknecht) (1906/1960)
• Sine Nomine (arr. Reed) (1906/1976)
• Songs of Travel (arr. Patterson) (1901-4)
• Three Dorset Songs (arr. Stotter) (1902-1903/2003)
• Three Studies in English Folk Song (arr. Harbinson) (1927/1999/2003)
• Toccata Marziale (1924)
• Toccata Marziale (ed. Battisti) (1924/2005)
• Variations for Wind Band (trans. Hunsberger) (1957/1988/1997)
• Vaughan Williams Christmas, A (arr. Wagner) (1999)
• Wassail (arr. Smith)

Resources

• Williams, R.; Wagner, D. (1999) A Vaughan Williams Christmas : Featuring Forest Green, Wassail Song, and Sussex Carol [score]. Belwin: Miami, Fla.