Christmas Pieces

See a page with more information about Merry Christmas Jazz here.

Christmas pieces for Mixed Voices

Christmas pieces for SATB and piano or orchestra: Merry Christmas Jazz, Los Pastores a Belén, En Belén tocan a fuego, Esta Noche, all published by Hinshaw Music with piano accompaniment. They can be purchased from Hal Leonard or, for UK and other European customers, from Music Shop Europe. The three Spanish numbers can be performed as a sequence. You can listen to them here: Los Pastores a Belén, En Belén tocan a fuego, Esta Noche. See a performance of an adaptation for a solo ensemble of Merry Christmas Jazz on YouTube. See a performance of Los Pastores a Belén on YouTube. See performances of Esta Noche on YouTube here and here. See an enthusiastic program note here.

Christmas pieces for SATB a cappella: Sir Christèmas for SSATBB published and sold by Goodmusic/Roberton. Sweet was the Song (with divisi) published and sold by Hinshaw Music and also available here - watch a performance on YouTube. A version for upper voices SSSAA is available from Tom Cunningham. Dormi, Jesu! for SATB (see a page) is available from Tom Cunningham.

Christmas pieces for SATB with piano: For unto us a child is born published and sold by Goodmusic/Roberton. You can see the whole score on their website. There is also an accompaniment for full symphony orchestra (as premiered by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in 2018) available from Goodmusic. You can hear a computer-generated version with piano here or with orchestra here. You can hear an excerpt from a live performance here.

Christmas pieces for Upper Voices

For unto us a child is born, a new setting for SSA and piano of the biblical text. Published and sold by Goodmusic/Roberton. You can see the whole score on their website. You can hear a computer-generated version here. There is also an accompaniment for full symphony orchestra (as premiered by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in 2018) available from Goodmusic.

Patapan, a new setting of the traditional text, with words in English or French, for two-part choir and piano. Published and sold by Goodmusic/Roberton. You can see the whole score on their website. You can hear a computer-generated version here. There is also an accompaniment for full symphony orchestra (as premiered by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 2019) available from Goodmusic. Conductor Ian Tracey said: "They all loved it, and the choir were going around singing it - it became their jingle - very catchy."

Three Donkeys, a Christmas song for unison or two-part children's voices with piano accompaniment. Available for download here. Listen to a recording.

Sweet was the song that Mary sang, an unaccompanied Christmas piece for upper voices SSSAA available from Tom Cunningham. You can see the first three pages here.

Christmas piece for SAMen

For unto us a child is born published and sold by Goodmusic/Roberton. You can see the whole score on their website. There is also an accompaniment for full symphony orchestra (as premiered by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in 2018) available from Goodmusic. You can hear a computer-generated version with piano here.