Written to commemorate the 500th birthday of Martin Luther, this arrangement of A Mighty Fortress is Our God is an exciting yet very playable composition that uses syncopations inspired by Renaissance dance music.
This seasonal work contains three lesser known carols-The Boar’s Head Carol, Good Christian Men Rejoice, and Gloucestershire Wassail, and is an attractive and interesting addition on any quintet Christmas program.
Jan Sweelinck’s (1562 – 1621) choral work for brass quintet by noted arranger Conrad DeJong, whose famous edition of Scheidt’s Canzona Bergamasca has been commercially recorded numerous times.
Classic variations and a fugue on our National Anthem composed originally for organ by American composer Dudley Buck (1839-1900) are arranged for brass quintet by Arthur Frackenpohl.
Krebs, a student of the great Bach, wrote this chorale prelude on the Advent hymn Wachet Auf (Sleepers Awake) as one of eight chorale preludes for trumpet and organ.
Christmas Garland is a delightful arrangement of four well-known Christmas carols: Here We Come a’Caroling, Good Christian Men Rejoice, What Child is This?, and I Saw Three Ships.