Benedict Sheehan A Christmas Carol
for narrator, SATB soloists, and SATB choir unaccompanied, with optional bones In this compelling work for narrator, soloists, and choir, Sheehan presents an engaging musical dramatization of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Dickens's text has been artfully abridged by Matthew Guard to facilitate concert performance, and the narration is seamlessly woven into Sheehan's richly diverse score. Suited to performance in a variety of settings, this work sees imaginative arrangements of traditional carols and vibrant and accessible original music combine to bring a familiar festive tale to life.
for narrator, SATB soloists, and SATB choir unaccompanied, with optional bones
In this compelling work for narrator, soloists, and choir, Sheehan presents an engaging musical dramatization of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Dickens's text has been artfully abridged by Matthew Guard to facilitate concert performance, and the narration is seamlessly woven into Sheehan's richly diverse score. Suited to performance in a variety of settings, this work sees imaginative arrangements of traditional carols and vibrant and accessible original music combine to bring a familiar festive tale to life.
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8<br />
3. Surplus Population<br />
STAVE 1, Scene 2<br />
English traditional<br />
adap. and arr. BENEDICT SHEEHAN<br />
His nephew left the room without an angry word. He stopped at the outer door to bestow the greetings of the season on the clerk, who, in letting<br />
Scrooge’s nephew out, let two other gentlemen in. “At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge,” said one of the pleasant gentlemen, “it is more than<br />
usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor, who suffer greatly. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries, sir.”<br />
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[CHOIR BEGINS] “Are there no prisons?” asked Scrooge. “Plenty of prisons,” said the gentleman. “And the Union workhouses?<br />
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Are they still in operation?” “They are. Still, I wish I could say they were not.” “I’m very glad to hear it.”<br />
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