- 56 flexibly scored carols
- Suitable for mixed choirs, upper-voice choirs, choirs with few men, unison choirs, small choirs, and all other groups
- New flexible arrangements of traditional carols and modern favourites
- Brand new carols written specially for the collection
- Variety of composers, including Kerry Andrew, Malcolm Archer, Alan Bullard, Bob Chilcott, Stephen Cleobury, Cecilia McDowall, John Rutter, Mack Wilberg, and David Willcocks
- Wide range of material, from Medieval to the present day and including wassails, gallery carols, world carols, and spirituals
- Accessible keyboard accompaniments suitable for organ (with or without pedals) or piano
- Available in both standard and spiral-bound editions
The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols is the perfect resource for choirs of all types and sizes. Each piece is presented with flexible scoring options, clearly explained throughout, enabling performance by various combinations of singers. With carols for Advent, Christmas, New Year, and Epiphany, and a fabulous range of accessible, quality material, this is a must-have collection for all choirs at Christmas.
Content
Antony Baldwin: A babe is born
Christopher Wiggins: A little child there is yborn
Graham Ross: Adam lay ybounden
Peter Warlock, lower voice parts by Alan Bullard: Adam lay ybounden
Nicholas Burt: Angels, from the realms of glory
W. J. Kirkpatrick, arr. Bob Chilcott: Away in a manger
William Billings, arr. Alan Bullard: Away With Your Sorrows
Trad. African, trans. and arr. Fred Onovwerosuoke, accomp. Alan Bullard: Born this day is the Son of God
Trad. Dominican Republic, arr. Juan Tony Guzmán: Cantemos a María
Thomas Hewitt Jones: Child of the stable's secret birth
Bob Chilcott: Christmas-tide
John Rutter: Christmas Lullaby
Alan Bullard: Come and Worship!
18th-cent. West Country carol, adap. Alan Bullard: Come, let us all with heart and voice
Roderick Williams: Coventry Carol
16th-cent. French, arr. Alan Smith: Ding dong! merrily on high
Jenny McLeod: Falantidida
from Piae Cantiones (1582), arr. Alan Bullard: Gaudete!
Trad. English, arr. Richard Shephard: Gloucestershire Wassail
Malcolm Archer: Gold for a manger bed
Trad. American, arr. Pete Churchill: Go tell it on the mountain
Old German carol, arr. Alan Bullard: Good Christians all, rejoice
Alan Bullard: His Praises We'll Sing
Trad. French, arr. Neil Matthews: Il est né, le divin enfant
Alan Smith: In the Beginning
Gustav Holst, descant and accomp. Alan Bullard: In the bleak mid-winter
Trad. Polish, arr. Neil Matthews: Infant holy, infant lowly
Mina folk song, trans. and arr. by Fred Onovwerosuoke: Jesus Christ is here!
Max Reger, arr. Alan Bullard: Mary's Cradle Song
Alan Bullard: Natus est Immanuel
Edmund Jolliffe: Now is the Time for Christemas!
Gwyn Arch: O faithful star
Adolphe Adam, arr. Alan Bullard: O holy night!
Trad. English, arr. Jonathan Willcocks: Past three o'clock
Trad. American, arr. Gordon Thornett: Rise up, Shepherd, and Follow
Sarah Rodgers: See amid the winter's snow
Franz Xaver Gruber, arr. Alan Bullard: Silent night
Trad. Puerto Rican, arr. Alan Bullard: Song of the Wise Men
John Rutter: Star Carol
David Willcocks: Starry night
Austrian carol, arr. Mack Wilberg: Still, still, still
Alan Bullard: Sweet was the song
Jenny McLeod: Te Kaiwhakaora
Kerry Andrew: The Cherry Tree Carol
David Hamilton: The First Christmas
Ian Ray: The light of the world
Cecilia McDowall: The Night is Still
Trad. Swahili, arr. David Blackwell: The Saviour's Come
Andrew Smith: The Truth from Above
Anon. 15th cent., arr. Alan Bullard: There is no rose
John Gardner: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
John Henry Hopkins, arr. Stephen Cleobury: We three kings of Orient are
Trad. West Country carol, arr. Benjamin Woodgates: We wish you a merry Christmas
Trad. English, arr. Antony Baldwin: What child is this?
John Gardner: When Christ was born of Mary free
Alan Bullard: Wisselton, wasselton
