Southern Music Company Twelve Days of Christmas - Traditional/Whittington - String Orchestra - Gr. 3

Music: Traditional
Arranger: R. Scott Whittington
Format: Score and Parts
Instrumentation: String Orchestra
Level: 3

Twelve Days of Christmas, arranged by R. Scott Whittington, is a time-honoured holiday favourite, equally popular with young and old. This arrangement for developing orchestra at Level 3, creates a festive mood with a warm introduction presented by solo violin and cello, which leads into several contrasting adaptations of the piece. A minor variation provides a moment of reflection, which paves the way for a stirring chorale version of the Twelve Days of Christmas concluding with a sweeping finale. Twelve Days of Christmas is idiomatically written for developing string players, and is scored in the lower positions to allow directors to focus on blend, intonation, and rhythmic accuracy. All sections are given interesting material to play. An optional part for orchestral bells provides a sparkly, flavour to the piece.