Christmas carols

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Entre le bœuf et l’âne gris

Arrangement for string quartet (date unknown)

An arrangement of two versions of this French carol.

Es ist ein’ Ros entsprungen

Piano arrangement (2009?)

Theme and variations.

Hodie Christus natus est/How far is it to Bethlehem

Arrangement for oboe plus string quartet (date unknown)

A Sad™ arrangement of the above.

Il est né le divin enfant

Arrangement (date unknown)

An arrangement for a grotesque collection of instruments, intended as a pastiche of a bad children’s orchestra.

Past three a clock

Harmonisation (2013?)

A (choral?) harmonisation of the refrain of this carol.

The Boar’s Head Carol

Piano arrangement (2012) and orchestration (2012?)

A medley of the Boar’s Head Carol and the Postman Pat theme, with a few quotations from “This is the truth sent from above”.

While shepherds watched (John Foster)

Loose transcription for unaccompanied choir (2019)

There are very many tunes for this carol and this is one of them. Transcribed/arranged at my mother’s request during her brief obsession with it over Christmas 2019.

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