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Christmas Festival, A (arr Smith)
Arranged by Leroy Anderson (setting Robert W. Smith)
Subtitle: A Christmas Medley for Band
N.B. Alfred published two settings of A Christmas Festival by Robert Smith, both in 2007, one a grade II and one a grade III.
General Info
Year: 1950 / 2007
Duration: c. 5:45 (II); 6:35 (III)
Difficulty: II and III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts (Grade II) (print) - $67.00; (digital) - $67.00 | Score Only (print) - $9.00
Cost: Score and Parts (Grade III) (print) - $82.00; (digital) - $82.00 | Score Only (print) - $9.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A Christmas Festival includes excerpts from Joy to the World, Deck the Halls, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night, Jingle Bells, O Little Town of Bethlehem, and Adeste Fidelis. Listen for the clever ways that Anderson weaves these themes together and his unconventional treatments of one or two of the traditional carols: O Little Town of Bethlehem sounds almost like a military march.
- Program note by University of Houston Moores School of Music Wind Ensemble concert program, 19 December 2012
A Christmas Festival, composed in 1950, is a concert overture built upon traditional Christmas songs. Originally recorded by the Boston Pops, it is the Christmas medley that sets the standard for all others. Anderson has encompassed the joy, celebration, and solemnity of Christmas in his arrangements of Joy To The World • Deck the Halls • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen • Good King Wenceslas • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing • The First Noel • Silent Night • Jingle Bells and O Come, All Ye Faithful.
- Program Note from Walnut Creek (Calif.) Concert Band concert program, 1 December 2015
Media
- Audio: Reference recording (Grade II). Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio: Reference recording (Grade III). Ensemble and conductor unknown
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Bluewater Wind Ensemble (Sarnia, Ont., Can.) (Charles Dalmas, conductor) - 24 November 2022
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Sleigh Ride (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fernie) (1948/)
- Sleigh Ride (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Torskangerpoll) (1948/2020)
All Wind Works
- Belle of the Ball (1951)
- Blue Tango (1951)
- Blue Tango (arr. Ployhar) (1951/1980)
- The Bluebells of Scotland (1954/1962)
- Bugler's Holiday (arr. Edwards) (1954)
- The Captains and Kings (1962)
- China Doll (1951)
- A Christmas Festival (1950)
- A Christmas Festival (arr. Smith) (1950/2007)
- Clarinet Candy (1962)
- Concerto in C for Piano and Symphonic Wind Orchestra (arr. Murschinski) (1953/2008)
- Fiddle-Faddle (arr. Lang) (1947)
- Forgotten Dreams (1954)
- The Girl I Left Behind Me. See: Irish Suite: The Girl I Left Behind Me
- The Girl in Satin (1953)
- The Golden Years (1962)
- Home Stretch (1962)
- Horse and Buggy (1951)
- Irish Suite: The Girl I Left Behind Me (1949)
- Irish Suite: The Irish Washerwoman (1947)
- Irish Suite: The Last Rose of Summer (arr. Wagner) (1950/2010)
- Irish Suite: The Minstrel Boy (as arranger) (1947/1952/2009)
- Irish Suite: The Rakes of Mallow (1947)
- Irish Suite: The Wearing of the Green (arr. Wagner) (1947/2009)
- Jazz Pizzicato (arr. Lang) (1938)
- The Last Rose of Summer. See: Irish Suite: The Last Rose of Summer
- A Leroy Anderson Portrait (arr. Barnes) (1982/2006)
- Lullaby of the Drums (1970)
- March of the Two Left Feet (orch. Boyd) (1969/2008)
- The Penny Whistle Song (1951)
- The Phantom Regiment (1951)
- Pirate Dance (1962)
- Promenade (arr. Lang) (1945/1948)
- Promenade (arr. Wagner) (1945/2017)
- Pyramid Dance (1960)
- The Rakes of Mallow. See: Irish Suite: The Rakes of Mallow
- Sandpaper Ballet (1954)
- Selections from Leroy Anderson's "Irish Suite" (arr. Wagner) (1947/2011)
- Serenata (1947)
- Sleigh Ride (1948)
- Sleigh Ride (Brass Ensemble) (arr. Fernie) (1948/2010)
- Sleigh Ride (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fernie) (1948/)
- Sleigh Ride (arr. Mellema) (1948/)
- Sleigh Ride (arr. Ployhar) (1948/1980)
- Sleigh Ride (arr. Schwalgin) (1948/)
- Sleigh Ride (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Torskangerpoll) (1948/2020)
- Sleigh Ride (arr. Warner) (1948/2006)
- Sleigh Ride (ed. Woodfield) (1948/)
- Song of Jupiter (as arranger) (1952)
- Song of the Bells (1953)
- Suite of Carols for Brass (1955)
- Suite of Carols for Woodwinds (1955)
- Summer Skies (1953)
- The Syncopated Clock (1945)
- The Syncopated Clock (arr. Lang) (1946/1948)
- The Syncopated Clock (arr. Schubert) (1946/1997)
- Ticonderoga March (ed. Boyd) (1939)
- A Trumpeter's Lullaby (arr. Lang) (1950/1978)
- The Typewriter (arr. Heide) (1950/)
- The Typewriter (arr. Werle) (1950)
- The Waltzing Cat (arr. Lang) (1950)
- The Wearing of the Green. See: Irish Suite: The Wearing of the Green
Resources
- Anderson, L.; Smith, R. (2007). A Christmas Festival [score]. Alfred Publishing Co.: Van Nuys, Calif.
- Leroy Anderson website Accessed 24 November 2022
- Perusal score (Grade II)
- Perusal score (Grade III)