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Continental Christmas Suite
General Info
Year: 2010
Duration: c. 7:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Del Borgo Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
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
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-Tom (4)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This rewarding suite of familiar Christmas carols is made up of: As with Gladness; The First Noel; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Angels We Have Heard on High. Colorful and exciting orchestration with a variety of textures and active percussion parts make this an impressive closer for any holiday program.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Watchung Hills Regional High School Concert Band (Paul McCullen, conductor) – 7 December 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1993/2019)
All Wind Works
- Adagio for Winds (1974)
- Ancient Air and Dance (2000)
- Ancient Moon (2000)
- Blue Ridge Holiday
- Call to Glory
- Calypso a la Rondo (2003)
- Canterbury Overture
- Celtic Suite (1994)
- Ceremoniale (1981)
- Chant Rituals (1993)
- Chorale and Canon (1985)
- Chorale and Variant (1969)
- A Christmas Fantasia (1989)
- A Christmas Triptych (as arranger) (1994)
- Christmas Variants (2000)
- Cole Porter in Concert (as arranger)
- Commemoration Overture (1976)
- Continental Christmas Suite (1996/2010)
- Coventry Carol
- Crown and Scepter
- Dervish Dance
- Dies Irae
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1979)
- Dorian Rhapsody (1996)
- Fantasia for Christmas (1998)
- Fascinating Rhythm (as arranger) (1924/1994)
- Festa! (1985)
- Fire Dance (Del Borgo) (2004)
- A Flemish Carol (1994)
- Flight of Eagles
- Fortress Variants (2004)
- Gaelic Rhapsody (1987)
- Good King's Christmas, A
- Intermezzo Sinfonico (as arranger) (1890/2003)
- A Jefferson Portrait (2001)
- Joyant Overture
- Knightsbridge Overture (1987)
- Lest We Forget
- Locksley Hall (1996)
- Lux Aeterna (1993)
- Miss Liberty's Promise
- Modal Song and Dance (1985)
- Music for Winds and Percussion (1973)
- New England Suite
- Ode to Joy
- Overture for Winds (1982)
- Phantom Ship
- Prelude and Dance
- Prologue and Dance (1981)
- Renaissance Couplet (as arranger) (1994)
- Rituale (1981)
- Ritual Dances
- Sailing Songs (1995)
- Sea Trilogy
- Serial Music (1970)
- Shaker Variants (1995)
- Slavonic Dances
- Soliloquy and Dance
- Songs of the Whalemen (1995)
- The Steppes of Russia (1999)
- Symphonic Essay (1973)
- Symphonic Paraphrase (1995)
- Tryptich II (1985)
- Two British Folk Songs (1993)
- Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1993/2019)
- Yultide Celebration