Small Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.835845 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Paul Burnell. Baroque,Christian,Christmas,Sacred. Score and parts. 18 pages. Paul Burnell #5297997. Published by Paul Burnell (A0.835845). Three Chorales From the Christmas Oratorio, (Weihnachts-Oratorium) BWV 248, composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) and arranged by Paul Burnell in 2020 for instruments in four parts.Duration 2:30Score in CI Seid froh, dieweil (No. 35)II Wie soll ich dich empfangen (No. 5)III Ich will dich mit Fleiß bewahren (No. 33)Each chorale has been transposed up a perfect fourth from the key of the original.The arrangement is suitable for multiple quartet combinations with parts available (and potential instrumentations suggested) as follows:Part 1: C, Eb (flute, oboe, alto recorder, Eb clarinet, violin 1)Part 2: C, Bb (oboe, tenor recorder, Bb clarinet, violin 2)Part 3: C - alto & bass clefs, Bb, Eb, F (Bb clarinet, bass recorder, alto saxophone, horn in F, viola)Part 4: C - bass clef, Bb, F (bassoon, great bass recorder, tenor saxophone, horn in F, 'cello) Part 4 may be played an octave lower than written.Any other appropriate instruments, even if not suggested above, may play.Although the score is presented with a layout appropriate for string quartet this does not indicate a preferred instrumentation.Performers may wish to precede each pause with a rallentando.Programme note:The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachts-Oratorium) is an oratorio composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for performance in church during the Christmas season of 1734. Fourteen chorales - arrangements of hymn tunes - are included in the Oratorio, and this arrangement comprises three of them: Seid froh, dieweil; Wie soll ich dich empfangen, and Ich will dich mit Fleiß bewahren.
