Arranged by Heinecke. Concert Band. Score and set of parts. Composed 2022. RWS Music Company #RWS-2244-00. Published by RWS Music Company (CL.RWS-2244-00).
This sprightly arrangement of the well-known French carol imagines shepherds playing their primitive instruments as they celebrate news of a baby born in Bethlehem. What begins as whispers from the flute and drum grow as word spreads and a fugue-like melody bounces between instruments. The song builds to a powerful climax as the shepherds gather and march down from their pastures together.
