If ever there was a post-modern carol, this is it, complete with cross references, in-jokes and the simulated chaos of a choir breaking down.
Church Times
... a delightfully silly arrangement ... in which 'wrong
carols make Ivesian appearances and the pagination itself is the source of deliberate confusion.Music Teacher
A competent choir could have a lot of fun with this one!
Organists' Review
for SATB unaccompanied
This riotous setting lurches from pious, a cappella textures to musical mayhem and back again with some hilarious musical puns and well-planned pitfalls along the way.
Produktdetaljer
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Biografisk notat
David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, then pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM and then at Oxford University Press. He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements. He is co-writer with his wife Kathy of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle/Viola/Cello Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication.
David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, since when he has pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM, where he became Editorial Director, and then at Oxford University Press, where he is now Head of Music Publishing. He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements. He is co-writer with his wife Kathy of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle/Viola/Cello Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication.