O Come Holy Night!
General Info
Year: 1993
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Stormworks
Cost: Score and Parts - $105.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Electric Bass
Synthesizer
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Wind Chimes
Guitar
SAT Choir (optional)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
O Come Holy Night! opens with a mysterious, Middle-Eastern, spine-chilling swell. Suddenly, Hark the Herald Angels heralds over driving rhythms, giving way to Silent Night, with many options from solo singer to chorus to horn solo to horn tutti. A dramatic restatement, again with optional chorus, leaves the audience tuned and ready.
- Program Notes by composer
Media
- Video: STORMEnsemble USA
- Digital Album: Stormworks Chapter 1: Without Warning
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble (Mays Landing) (Keith W. Hodgson, conductor) - 11 December 2022
- South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble (Galloway) - 1 December 2019
- Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 15 December 2013
Works for Winds by This Composer
- America the Brave (1981)
- Aurora (1998)
- Ben Hur (as arranger) (1959/2008)
- Concerto for Violin and Band (2000)
- David (1995)
- The Defenders of Truefire! (1996)
- Escape from Plato's Cave (1993)
- Festival of Light! (1995)
- Finest Hour! (2000)
- Forbidden Fortress (1997)
- Giving!
- Godspeed! (1997)
- HAJJ (2000)
- Honor, Courage...Commitment (1996/1998)
- I Shall Hear in Heaven
- In a Cause Called "Glorious" (2001)
- In the Beginning (1992)
- Millennium (1997)
- O Come Holy Night! (1993)
- Once More Unto the Breach (2004)
- The Shoemaker (1999/2006)
- The Speech of Angels (1998)
- Stormworks
- Three Musical Haikus for Band (1984)
- Time to Take Back the Knights! (1999)
- Triumph at CHO-SIN! (1996)
- Under the Cover of Night ... Into the Light of Day! (1993)
- The Universe Below
- A Walk in Jurassic Park. See: In the Beginning
- Without Warning (1996)
- WU (2008)
Resources
- Stephen Melillo website Accessed 20 April 2020