Shepherd's Pipe Carol
John Rutter (arr. Paul Noble)
Subtitle: For Wind Band and Chorus
General Info
Year: 1966 / 2012
Duration: c. 2:55
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: bandmusicpdf.net
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $3.85
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
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
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Glockenspiel
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Anyone who listens to the radio or attends a concert during the holiday season will certainly hear this carol, as it has become one of John Rutter's most popular. This arrangement is written and intended for combined wind band and chorus.
- Program Note from publisher
The Shepherd's Pipe Carol was composed by John Rutter in 1966 when he was 18 and studying as an undergraduate at Clare College at the University of Cambridge. Rutter stated that he believed his inspiration for writing it came from when he sang as a boy soprano during the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors and heard pipe music as the title character headed for Bethlehem with the Biblical Magi.
The carol was first performed by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge conducted by Rutter at a Christmas concert. It was Rutter's first composition to be published.
Prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union, choirs in the Baltic states reportedly circulated photocopies and faxes of the "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" to be sung as a sign of resistance to Soviet control.[3][6]
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Cuesta Wind Ensemble (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) (Cassandra Tarantino, conductor; Cuesta College Choirs) – 13 December 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
- All Things Bright and Beautiful (arr. Vertrommen) (2009)
- As the Bridegroom to His Chosen (arr. Vertrommen) (2008)
- Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (as arranger) (1981)
- Candlelight Carol (arr. Dawson) (1984)
- Distant Land (arr. Noble) (1991/2002/2012)
- Feel the Spirit (arr. Noble) (2001/2015)
- For the Beauty of the Earth (arr. Vertrommen) (2010)
- For the Beauty of the Earth (arr. Dawson) (2009)
- Gloria (1976)
- Gloria (arr. Noble) (1976/2015)
- Gloria (arr. Sylvester) (1976/)
- A John Rutter Christmas I (arr. Noble) (2013)
- Magical Kingdom (arr. Noble) (2004/2015)
- Nativity Carol (arr. Musgrave) (1963/1967/2013)
- Shepherd's Pipe Carol (arr. Noble) (1966/2012)
- Star Carol (arr. Noble) (1972/2012)
- Three American Miniatures (1981)
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas (as arranger) (1981)
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas (as arranger, with Noble) (1985/2014)
- What Sweeter Music (arr. Vertrommen) (1988/2010)
- What Sweeter Music (arr. Noble) (1988/2012)
Resources
- Shepherd's Pipe Carol, Wikipedia Accessed 14 December 2019