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SSAA & organ, optional brass ensemble & timps (Upper Voices - 3 parts or more) - Easy to Moderately Difficult SKU: OU.9780193526532 Composed by David Bednall. Christmas. Sacred. Vocal score. 40 pages. Duration 25'. Oxford University Press #9780193526532. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193526532). ISBN 9780193526532. 11 x 9 inches.for SSAA and organ, and optional brass ensemble and timpani Commissioned by Benenden School, Make We Merry is an eight-movement piece which sets texts from the 15th to 19th centuries to a variety of choral textures with a highly characterful accompaniment. A vast array of sentiments is depicted, from quiet expectance and gentle wonder to boisterous jubilation, and the different movements provide a wonderfully paced journey through these moods. The final movement brings back motifs from the opening and grows to a thrillingly climactic ending to this exciting Christmas concert work.Eight-movement Christmas work for upper voices Sets texts from the 15th to 19th centuries to a variety of choral textures Highly characterful organ accompaniment Optional brass and percussion parts (for six of the movements) available on hire