A Joyous Hanukkah Set Type:Score

A Joyous Hanukkah Set Type:ScoreA Joyous Hanukkah These three traditional Hanukkah songs are set in the style of a Western Hoedown as a follow up to the composer's popular holiday piece for strings, "A Joyous Sleigh Ride". Inspired by Aaron Coplands "Rodeo", the driving rhythms, syncopated patterns, pizzicato passages, dynamic contrast and optional tambourine keep the Festival of Lights lively from start to finish! An optional tambourine part is provided for added sonority.

which should be played slightly quicker

In this unique grade 2 version

It is also a perfect fit for any ceremony as a processional or recessional

with the melody in the first violins

This highly expressive Elizabethan pavane is charged with emotion

limited range

Some of the slurred eighth note passages create the image of a tranquil

and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"

your beginning players can feel confident and sound great on this piece

"In the Bleak Midwinter"

you catch a dizzying and joyful new glimpse of everything you could be

French composer Maurice Ravel made an orchestra version which has become standard in every professional orchestra's repertoire