Description
A delightful suite of three Christmas carols expertly adapted by Philip Doe. This suite opens with Christmas Day, a dainty and light opening that shows the more delicate aspects of brass playing. The centerpiece is a new version of The Coventry Carol, which opens with a first verse rendition for quartet before developing a more baroque-style treatment that sits on an ostinato bass line. The movement reaches its climax with flourishes from the cornets leading to a rendition of the carol at fortissimo, and treated with slightly altered harmonies, before coming to rest with the opening quartet. The final movement is I Saw Three Ships, with handy interjections of several other carols making for a rousing climax to an enjoyable set of three Christmas portraits.
Duration: 7’00”
