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CHRISTMAS CAROLS CONCERTANTE (composed by David Johnstone) – for full String Orchestra

Download Contents or Instructions:

PDF 1 – Parts for Violin I and Violin II (18 pages in all)

PDF 2 – Parts for Viola, Cello and Double Bass (27 pages in all)

PDF 3 – General Score – FIRST HALF (17 pages in all)

PDF 4 – General Score – SECOND HALF (24 pages in all)

Brief Information:

The Christmas Carols Concertante was written in 2005 as the result of a request from the British conductor Caroline Collier for a special Christmas work.  There were three over-riding ideas in my discussions with her: firstly, not to produce merely a succession, or potpourri, of Christmas melodies strung together that one can already amply find in orchestral repertoire but to create a more subtle interaction of themes whilst not losing that ‘Christmas’ touch; secondly, a modern vibrant work with touches of real jazz present; and thirdly,  a work for string orchestra where all the sections (double bass included!) have prominent moments and where the string principals also have ‘soloist’ moments – hence the inclusion of ‘Concertante’ in the work’s title. The result is the ‘Christmas Carols Concertante’, a work lasting well over ten minutes, and which is one of those ‘cross-over’ compositions which can be programmed both on ‘serious’ and ‘lighter’ programmes. A lot of the writing, indeed the normal here, is to be played in jazz swing = inegal, except where stated “in exact time”.

Duration: about 12 mins

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The world premiere was in 2005 (Christmas!) in a concert promoted by the Town Hall of Pamplona (Spain), featuring the professional chamber orchestra ‘Camerata Cambrensis’, conducted by Caroline Collier. In the following years it has become much more well-known in the north of Spain, receiving performances in Navarre, the Basque Country and in Aragon.

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