Name: In the Bleak Midwinter arranged for Saxophone Quartet by Hugh Levey (arr. Hugh Levey) by Hugh Levey Woodwind Ensemble Digital Sheet Music
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In the Bleak Midwinter arranged for Saxophone Quartet by Hugh Levey (arr. Hugh Levey)
by Hugh Levey Saxophone Quartet - Digital Sheet Music

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Title In the Bleak Midwinter arranged for Saxophone Quartet by Hugh Levey (arr. Hugh Levey)

Artist Hugh Levey

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Gustav Holst

Arranger Hugh Levey

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 15

Arrangement Woodwind Ensemble

Publisher woodwindly.com

Level 4

Product ID 1415384

Genre Christmas Religious Advent 20th Century Chamber

Performance Group Saxophone Quartet

Product Description

Saxophone Quartet (SATB or AATB)

In the Bleak Mid-Winter is a popular Christmas Carol which has been set to music by both Gustav Holst and Harold Darke. This sax quartet arrangement is based on the Holst version and combines the composer's beautifully simple harmony with the arranger's own counter-melodies and intricate wind writing. Lovely writing for all instruments. An ideal work for Christmas concert programming.

This is a through-composed instrumental arrangement that explores the melody and harmonies of the Holst hymn in 3 differently arranged verses. After a short introduction the first verse uses Holstâs original 4-part harmonisation in its beautiful simplicity, with soprano saxophone playing the melodic line. In verse 2, the tenor sax presents the tune in a lower register while the baritone plays a Baroque style âwalking bassâ. The sopranoe and alto weave countermelodies above them, introducing new material for a Pachelbel-like interlude of an ascending sequence - bringing the music to a climax before subsiding into verse 3. Here a slightly ornamented version of the tune returns with the new material continuing in the bass line. After another smaller climax we return to the original Holst as the work ends quietly and thoughtfully.

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