A Christmas Fantasia | Virtual Orchestra

A Christmas Fantasia for chamber orchestra
by Luciano Williamson
orchestra credits below
view the score here: https://issuu.com/lucianowilliamson/d...

After the success of our Star Trek Medley project, and with a carol-service-less Christmas fast approaching, Dayna and I decided to try this format again with a medley of some classic Christmas carols. Along the way “some” became “all” and I had a great deal of fun weaving as many excerpts as I could into the texture. By my count there are 21 carols referenced in just six minutes, including a fughetta on Gloucestershire Wassail and as many as five simultaneous carols during the finale!

0:17 - O Come O Come Emmanuel (tutti)
1:03 - Sussex Carol (tutti)
1:23 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (clarinet)
1:45 - I Saw Three Ships (tutti)
2:04 - Joy To The World (cl, tpt, harp, vla), Gloucester Wassail (horn)
2:32 - Silent Night (tutti)
2:37 - Good King Wenceslas (oboe)
3:20 - Hark The Herals Angels Sing (glock)
3:24 - Here We Come A-wassailing (tutti)
3:36 - Ding Dong Merrily on High (ob, vln II)
3:40 - Once In Royal David’s City (cl, vc)
3:57 - The First Nowell (strings)
4:13 - Rocking Carol (flute), O Holy Night (clarinet)
4:15 - Unto Us Is Born A Son (horn)
4:30 - clarinet joins O Holy Night
4:57 - fughetta on Gloucestershire Wassail (winds, then strings)
5:15 - O Come All Ye Faithful (glock)
5:25 - Finale part 1: Away In A Manger (brass, bass), Gloucestershire Wassail (pic, ob, cl, harp), Silent Night (glock, pno), O Tannenbaum (bsn, vla, vc)
5:28 - O Holy Night (vlns)
5:37 - Finale part 2: Sussex Carol (pic, ob, cl, harp), Unto Us Is Born A Son (bsn, pno, vc), Angels We Have Heard On High (vlns, vla), Away In A Manger (brass, bass)
5:49 - Finale part 3: Away In A Manger (tutti)

Flute/Piccolo: Reuben Robinson
Oboe: Gayle Hearn
Clarinet: Emma Davies
Bassoon: Nadia Plummer
Horn: Sam Holburt
Trumpet: Sam Din
Trombone: Alice Hutton
Glockenspiel: Ellen Smith
Harp: Mared Pugh-Evans
Piano: Emma Cayeux
Violin I: Anna Holmes, Olivia Jago, Dayna Townsend
Violin II: Heidi Forde, Mark Loveday
Viola: Cathryn Jenkins, Maggie Lamelas, Ben Norris
Cello: Sam Dawson, Sion Dawson, James McBeth
Bass: Matthew Farrell

Project organised by Dayna Townsend
Mixed and edited by Luciano Williamson

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