The Night Before Christmas
by Randol Alan Bass
Piano - Sheet Music

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Narrator, 2-pianos or full orchestra (3[1.2.3/pic] 3[1.2.Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] -- 4 3 3 1 -- tmp+3 -- hp -- str -- Narrator) - Advanced

SKU: EC.RBM-225

Composed by Randol Alan Bass. Piano Duet, Piano Four-hands. Secular, Christmas-Secular/Holiday. 2-piano reduction. Randol Bass Music #RBM-225. Published by Randol Bass Music (EC.RBM-225).

This setting of the famous Christmas poem A Visit from St. Nicholas (attributed to Clement Clarke Moore but, in actuality, probably written by an Englishman, Major Henry Livingston, Jr.) was commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra. The first performance of the work took place in that city during the Orchestra’s Holiday concerts in 1988, under the baton of Robert Page.

The piece is cinematically conceived, and each poetic image of the narration is imaginatively colored in such a way that audiences can clearly visualize the happenings from passage to passage. Some rehearsal is required to properly align a live performance of the narration, in such a way that the orchestral framing is synchronized moment-by-moment with the text of the poem.

Fortunately, a matchless performance of the work, featuring Shakespearean actor Sir Derek Jacobi as narrator with the National Symphony of London, has been captured as part of the Kodanja Christmas album A Feast of Carols, with the composer conducting. This album may be purchased from the distributor, among other sources.

Duration: 7:00
An Orchestral Version is also available for rental.