Christmas Finale, A

John Edmondson

General Info

Year: 1989
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Queenwood, through Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $52.00 | 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
B-flat Cornet/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 (optional)
Crash Cymbals
Sleigh Bells
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Vibraphone (optional)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Here is the final word in closers for Christmas concerts. This happy, upbeat holiday setting includes Deck The Halls (juxtaposed over Good King Wenceslas), a canonic treatment of Jingle Bells, a swing style rendition of Up on the House Top (a la The Pink Panther) and a rousing march version of We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Leominster (Mass.) Colonial Band (Steven Piermarini, conductor) – December 2019

Works for Winds by this Composer

ACB March (2008)
Amazing Grace (as arranger) (1835/1971)
America (as arranger) (1971)
America the Beautiful (as arranger) (1882/2006)
American Folk Fantasy
American Spirit March
American Spirit Overture (1982)
Anasazi (1987)
And All That Jazz (1991)
Beale Street Strut (1990)
The Candy Man (as arranger) (1972)
Chorale and Recessional (1987)
Christmas Fantasia, A (1985)
A Christmas Finale (1989)
Christmas Recollections (as arranger) (1981)
Clarinet Marmalade (as arranger) (2007)
Command March (1985)
The Debonair Dragon (1994)
Delmar Celebration (1989)
Dixieland Tour
Double Eagle, The (2003)
Encanto Overture
Eternal Father, Strong to Save (as arranger) (2002)
Flores de España (as arranger) (1954/1978)
General Greene (1991)
Glen Canyon Overture (1985)
God Bless America (as arranger) (1939/1979)
Holly Jolly Christmas, A (as arranger) (1964/1986)
James River Festival (1992)
Jazz Chaconne (1989)
Jazz Jubilee (1992)
It's Broadway (as arranger) (1983)
La Fiesta Brava (1984)
Lexington March (1988)
Liberty March
Little Rondo For Band (1994)
Fantasy on a Fanfare
March for Christmas
March from "The Great Escape" (as arranger) (1963/)
Miss Liberty March (1985)
Mount Rushmore March (1995)
The Muppet Movie Medley (as arranger) (1979)
Norland March
Omega March (1996)
On the Quarter Deck (as arranger) (1917/2005)
Pyramid Power Polka (1990)
A Regal Procession (1995)
Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma" (as arranger) (1943/1982)
Rondo for Winds and Percussion (1981)
Roman Festival Overture (1993)
Saxophonic Boogie (1989)
Scandinavian Folk Fantasy
The Screaming Eagles (Concert March) (1993)
Selections from "Cats" (as arranger)
Serenade (2007)
Serenade and Dance (1994)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (as arranger)
Somewhere Out There (as arranger) (1987)
Song for Winds
Tatum Square Festival (1990)
That's a Plenty (as arranger) (1994)
Those Dynamic Drummers (1995)
Three English Folk Songs (as arranger) (1983)
Three Scottish Folk Songs (as arranger) (1984)
To the Colors (1981)
Trailblazer March (1985)
Twin Cities March (1992)
White Christmas (as arranger) (1940/1979)
Winchester March (1972)
Wind Sketch (1990)
Winter Wonderland (as arranger) (1934/2005)
Wonderful World of Disney, The (as arranger) (1980)

Resources

John Edmondson website Accessed 29 September 2022
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