String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.505507 Arranged by The Chapel Hill Duo. Christian,Christmas,Romantic Period,Sacred. Score and parts. 7 pages. The Chapel Hill Duo #3908939. Published by The Chapel Hill Duo (A0.505507). The Chapel Hill Duo’s series of Christmas arrangements features traditional carols and popular Christmas themed songs arranged for violin and cello and now also for String Quartet. Unlike most arrangements of traditional carols, the Chapel Hill Duo have used their expertise to develop these carols into unique pieces each with their own artistic merit. Each arrangement is a full-length work, not just 32bars! Many of the arrangements incorporate Jazzy twists and take influences from folk music and pop music as well as utilising exciting virtuosic instrumental techniques.As full-length arrangements, the Chapel Hill Duo’s Christmas series is perfect for educational purposes such as teaching and workshops and has the potential to be used as part of School concerts, for Christmas parties and as encores in seasonal concerts.Suitable for intermediate to advanced musicians, these arrangements could be used as a seasonal project for young students or as repertoire for more advanced musicians.In 2015 the Chapel Hill Duo recorded their own versions of these arrangements, you can buy the album ‘A Traditional Christmas’ at https://chapelhillduo.bandcamp.com/releases and most other online distributors.Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/a-traditional-christmas/1053382349Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2O8vN7BcTK7hCvpqoaROgSFor more information please visit www.ChapelHillDuo.co.uk.Or get in touch on Facebook or Youtube at www.Facebook.com/ChapelHillDuo and www.Youtube.com/TheChapelHillDuo 

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1313969 By Hugh Levey. By Gustav Holst. Arranged by Hugh Levey. 20th Century,Advent,Christmas,Holiday,Religious. 14 pages. Woodwindly.com #902696. Published by woodwindly.com (A0.1313969). String Quartet In the Bleak Mid-Winter is a popular Christmas Carol which has been set to music by both Gustav Holst and Harold Darke. This string quartet arrangement is based on the Holst version and combines the composer's beautifully simple harmony with the arranger's own counter-melodies and intricate part writing. Lovely writing for all instruments. An ideal work for Christmas concert programming.This is a through-composed instrumental arrangement that explores the melody and harmonies of the Holst hymn in 3 differently arranged verses. After a short introduction the first verse uses Holst’s original 4-part harmonisation in its beautiful simplicity, with the first violin playing the melodic line. In verse 2, the viola presents the tune in a lower register while the 'cello plays a Baroque style ‘walking bass’. The violins weave countermelodies above them, introducing new material for a Pachelbel-like interlude of an ascending sequence - bringing the music to a climax before subsiding into verse 3. Here a slightly ornamented version of the tune returns with the new material continuing in the bass line. After another smaller climax we return to the original Holst as the work ends quietly and thoughtfully.

String Quartet String Quartet,Viola - Digital Download SKU: A0.484636 Composed by Gustav Holst. Arranged by John Benoit. Christmas,Classical,Holiday,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Score and parts. 9 pages. Published by John Benoit Music (A0.484636). This is a lush setting for viola quartet of Gustav Holst's Christmas hymn, In the Bleak Midwinter. Passages of elaborate counterpoint alternate with simple homophony to produce pleasing textural contrasts while maintaining a mood of calmness and serenity throughout. Instrumentation: 4 violas. Duration: c. 3:00. Difficulty: Advanced intermediate.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.882963 Composed by Gustav Holst. Arranged by Samuel Stanley. 20th Century,Christian,Christmas,Romantic Period,Sacred. Score and parts. 19 pages. Sam Stanley #3916097. Published by Sam Stanley (A0.882963). This arrangment of In the Bleak Midwinter has a duration of about 5'30, making it a great prelude or postlude piece for a Christmas service. The arrangment features every instrument and trades the melodic line between the Two Violins and Viola. Every verse is marked with a rehearsal letter. The special intro, ending, and interlude are separated by double bars in case the arrangment be used to accompany a congregation. The dowloaded file contains the full score and separated parts.  .