A Festive Holiday Celebration - Larry Neeck

Celebrate the season with this very playable and musical work, based on four holiday favorites: "Hanukkah, O Hanukkah," "Away in a Manger," "Deck the Halls," and "Auld Lang Syne." Sparkling woodwind colors, festive brass, and lively percussion will get everyone in the holiday spirit. Effective, yet easy to prepare, "A Festive Holiday Celebration" is the perfect choice for that special holiday concert. Musical joy!

A Festive Holiday Overture

This spirited seasonal setting will provide a sparkling addition to holiday programs for the young band. Based on the traditional carols Joy to the World; Deck the Halls; Angels We Have Heard on High and O Come, All Ye Faithful, this work showcases crisp brass fanfares, gentle woodwind lines, and colorful percussion to create a real musical treat for the holiday season.

A Festive Intrada - Eddy Debons

A Festive Overture - Alfred Reed

Reed - Grades 3-5

A Festive Parade - Darrol Barry

A Festive Tribute - Johann Sebastian Bach

A Festive Tribute is an arrangement of a splendid chorus whichBach first used in the secular Cantata 207 of 1726, but is perhapsbetter known in its later version, which appears in Cantata 207a, thedescriptively titled Auf, schmetternde Tne der muntern Trompeten,which cannot be adequately translated but means something alongthe lines of 'let the trumpets sound'. While the lyrics are perhaps alittle obsequious, much of the music for this cantata is celebratoryand lushly scored for a large orchestra including trumpets, oboesd'amore and flutes, making it an ideal piece for a concert bandarrangement.

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A Few Dots of Polka - Hans Christian Lumbye

Although known as the 'Waltz King' Johann Strauss II also wrote a large number of polkas. This clever mosaic by Ed Keeley, includes interwoven themes from The Czech Polka, Pizzicato Polka, Tritsch Tratsch Polka, Thunder & Lightning by Johann Strauss II, Lumbye's Champagne Galop and to finish, in fine classical foot-stomping style, the finale contains references to William Tell, Ode to Joy and 1812.

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A Fifth of Beethoven - Ludwig van Beethoven

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A Filvar Story - Vitor Resende

A Finnish Rhapsody - Clare Grundman

The opening measured of Clare Grundman's A Finnish Rhapsody are base on Oi kallis Suomenmaa (O Blessed Fatherland), an old South Bothnian melody beloved of the whole Finnish nation. The words of this song epitomize each Finn'snoblest duty, the readiness to sacrifice all in defense of his country's liberty. Next is an episode based on Kesilta (Summer Evening), one of the loveliest of Finnish folk songs, being as delightfully tranquil as the Finnishcountryside. Following this is a section based on the lively folk tune, Talon Tytt (The Country Lass), a mirthful love song about a peasant maid and her swain. This leads into the majestic Finlandia Hymn, created by Jan Sibelius.The work closes with the return of Oh, Blessed Fatherland, with all its strength and grandeur. (5:30)