Bell Carol Fantasy for Orchestra
by Kim Diehnelt
Full Orchestra - Digital Sheet Music

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Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.809080

Composed by Mykola Leontovych. Arranged by Kim Diehnelt. Christmas,Contemporary,Holiday. 41 pages. Kim Diehnelt #6618117. Published by Kim Diehnelt (A0.809080).

Bell Carol Fantasy
Based on the choral piece Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) by Mykola Leontovych, this full orchestra version brings to life the spirit of this favorite carol. Perfect holiday concert closer!

Instrumentation
Piccolo
2 Flutes
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets in B-flat
2 Bassoons
4 Horns
2 Trumpets (B-flat)
3 Trombones
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion: Snare Drum, Cymbal, Triangle

Strings
 
Duration: 5 Minutes

When an orchestra player expressed interest in playing "Carol of the Bells" as part of a fun December rehearsal, I checked out what arrangements already existed. To me, they all seemed too simple and repetitive, so I set about writing my own. I discovered that the familiar carol has its roots in a traditional folk chant about a swallow bringing a New Year’s message of a plentiful new year, and the title comes from the Ukrainian word for "bountiful".
 
I decided to emphasize the sense of bountiful and I open this arrangement with the familiar bell tune now played slowly and elongated by the low, autumnal clarinets. I let this new "theme of abundance" build and fill out colorfully among the whole orchestra before fading away. The flutes offer a suggestion of birds passing in gentle flight. This theme soon becomes recognizable as the well-known bell motif as the piece launches into the familiar carol tune. To close out the work I bring out the dance energy of the cross rhythms and counter melodies. The work ends in a flourish of high energy and optimism for the New Year. 
 
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