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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STAVE 5, Scene 1<br />
25. <strong>Christmas</strong> Day<br />
English traditional<br />
arr. BENEDICT SHEEHAN<br />
The bedpost was his own. The bed was his own, the room was his own. “I don’t know what to do!” cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath;<br />
“I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy. It’s all right, it’s all true, it all happened. Ha ha ha!” For a man who<br />
had been out of practice for so many years, it was a splendid laugh. The father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs!<br />
[CHOIR BEGINS] Running to the window, he opened it, and put out his head. No fog, no mist; clear, bright, Golden sunlight;<br />
Heavenly sky; sweet fresh air; merry bells! “What’s today?” cried Scrooge, calling downward to a boy in Sunday clothes. “Today!<br />
Why, <strong>Christmas</strong> Day.” “It’s <strong>Christmas</strong> Day! I haven’t missed it. The Spirits have done it all in one night.<br />
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