Christmas Recollections

John Edmondson

General Info

Year: 1981
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I
Flute 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 Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Chimes
Drum Set
Orchestra Bells
Sleigh Bells
Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This medley of secular Christmas favorites includes Frosty the Snow Man, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Here Comes Santa Claus, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Austin (Tx.) Civic Wind Ensemble (Robert Laguna, conductor) - 11 December 2022
Sidney (B.C., Can.) Concert Band (Bruce Ham, conductor) – 3 December 2018
Gateway Concert Band (Enumclaw, Wash.) (Jack Prindle, conductor) – 3 December 2017
Callanwode Concert Band (Decatur, Ga.) (Glenn Moore, conductor) – 3 December 2017
Ohlone Community Band (Fremont, Calif.) (Tony Clements, conductor) – 3 December 2016
John A. Logan Community Band (Carterville, Ill.) (Mike Hanes, conductor) - 13 December 2015

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)
Aztec Sunrise (1990)
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)
New South Wales March
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

Edmondson, J. (1981). Christmas Recollections [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.