This appealing Christmas Suite by Emma Johnson is made up from three arrangements of carols for upper voices (SSA) and clarinet. Carol of the Bells takes nuggets of the famous Ukrainian carol by Mykola Leontovich and transforms them into a peal of bells ringing. In Emma Johnson’s setting of the Coventry Carol, the clarinet is intended to evoke Rachel weeping for her children ‘and refusing to be comforted because they are no more.’ To create an atmosphere of calm in Silent Night, the choir sings softly, like a lullaby, while the clarinet has rocking, running notes, which could represent a cradle swinging to and fro.
- ISMN: 9790900251855 (M900251855)