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SKU: AP.81-FB1415
Arranged by David Marlatt. 5 or More; Mixed Instruments - Flexible Instrumentation; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; Solo Small Ensembles. Eighth Note Publications Flexible Band Series. Folk; Hymn; Sacred; Traditional. Score and Part(s). Eighth Note Publications #81-FB1415. Published by Eighth Note Publications (AP.81-FB1415).ISBN 9781771571951. UPC: 685462021963. English. Traditional English Folk Song.
Eighth Note Publications Flexible Band/String Series provides ultimate flexibility for ensembles with incomplete instrumentation or odd combinations. These pieces are playable by as few as 5 woodwind, brass or string players with or without percussion. This creates the opportunity for a mixed quintet to perform these titles but also allows for performance for 10-15 players up to full a band/orchestra with parts doubling. Great for music camps, contest use or any band room that has non-standard instrumentation.
This beautiful folk song has been used as the melody for several popular hymns including I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say, O Sing a Song of Bethlehem, I Feel the Winds of God Today, and several others. It is a beautiful work that seems to float along both melodically and harmonically. This arrangement is opened by a solo voice with a sense of a lone player on the top of a hill surrounded by mist. The tune is then played in full quartet voicing leading to other variations and re-scorings. It ends as it began, very peacefully and reflectively.