The First Nowell

SATB Chorus and Keyboard

Optional Brass Octet, Percussion and Organ

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Julian Wachner offers us a lovely, warm arrangement of this well-known English Carol as harmonized by John Stainer with words from Carols Ancient and Modern (1823).

Included in the collection "The Snow Lay On the Ground: Nine Festive Carol Settings" by Julian Wachner.

 

Recorded by the Choir of Trinity Wall Street on ARSIS Audio CD180.

 

Duration: 6:00

 

Brass Octet Instrumentation: Trumpet 1, 2 and 3, Horn in F, Trombone 1 and 2, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Percussion, and Organ.