After children's songs, folkloristic compositions and works from the Baroque and Classical periods were arranged in the first two volumes of this series (N 2344 and N 2369), this third volume contains Advent and Christmas carols. The instrumentation - two identical or different melody instruments (recorders, violins, oboes, flutes etc.), piano, bass (cello or bassoon) and percussion - has not changed compared to the other two volumes; multiple instrumentation of the parts is also possible in this volume. The level of difficulty is roughly based on volume 2 and thus forms a transition to volume 4, which deals with works from the Romantic period.first and second parts are on an equal footing and alternate - together with the piano - in the melodic lead. The bass part has gained in independence compared to the first volume; the bass and percussion can be omitted without detracting from the musical sense, but nevertheless enrich the sound. Content: - Macht hoch die Tür - Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann - O du fröhliche - Fröhliche Weihnacht überall - Kommet, ihr Hirten - Leise rieselt der Schnee - Tochter Zion - Angels We Have Heard In High (Hört der Engel helle Lieder) - Joy To The World - Hark, The Herald's Angels Sing - Jingle Bells

Content: - Vom Himmel hoch , da komm ich her - O Freude über Freude - Mit Gott so wollen wir loben - Vom Himmel hoch, o Engel kommt - Ihr Kinderlein kommert - Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging - In duci jubilo - Grünet Felder, grünet Wiesen - Kommt all herein, ihgr Engelein - Joseph, lieber Joseph mein - Lasst uns das Kindlein wiegen - Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Content: - Vom Himmel hoch , da komm ich her - O Freude über Freude - Mit Gott so wollen wir loben - Vom Himmel hoch, o Engel kommt - Ihr Kinderlein kommert - Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging - In duci jubilo - Grünet Felder, grünet Wiesen - Kommt all herein, ihgr Engelein - Joseph, lieber Joseph mein - Lasst uns das Kindlein wiegen - Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

The collection of ‘Old English Christmas and Winter Songs’ by Ortrud Hommes expands the Christmas repertoire for recorder quartet in a suitable way. It includes not only well-known carols such as ‘We Wish you a Merry Christmas’, but also less popular pieces such as ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ or ‘Drive the Cold Winter Away’. All songs are arranged chronologically, modulated and re-set. In this way, the artful simplicity and emotional depth of the songs is conveyed. Content: - Lullay, Lullay: When I Lay on Yoolis Night - Conventry Carol - On This Day Earth Shall Ring - We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Drive the Cold Winter Away - Now Winter Comes Slowly - God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen - The Snow it Melts the Soonest - We Three Kings of Orient Are - In The Bleak Midwinter

The collection of ‘Old English Christmas and Winter Songs’ by Ortrud Hommes expands the Christmas repertoire for recorder quartet in a suitable way. It includes not only well-known carols such as ‘We Wish you a Merry Christmas’, but also less popular pieces such as ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ or ‘Drive the Cold Winter Away’. All songs are arranged chronologically, modulated and re-set. In this way, the artful simplicity and emotional depth of the songs is conveyed. Content: - Lullay, Lullay: When I Lay on Yoolis Night - Conventry Carol - On This Day Earth Shall Ring - We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Drive the Cold Winter Away - Now Winter Comes Slowly - God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen - The Snow it Melts the Soonest - We Three Kings of Orient Are - In The Bleak Midwinter

The collection of ‘Old English Christmas and Winter Songs’ by Ortrud Hommes expands the Christmas repertoire for recorder quartet in a suitable way. It includes not only well-known carols such as ‘We Wish you a Merry Christmas’, but also less popular pieces such as ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ or ‘Drive the Cold Winter Away’. All songs are arranged chronologically, modulated and re-set. In this way, the artful simplicity and emotional depth of the songs is conveyed. Contents: - Lullay, Lullay: When I Lay on Yoolis Night - Conventry Carol - On This Day Earth Shall Ring - We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Drive the Cold Winter Away - Now Winter Comes Slowly - God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen - The Snow it Melts the Soonest - We Three Kings of Orient Are - In The Bleak Midwinter

The collection of ‘Old English Christmas and Winter Songs’ by Ortrud Hommes expands the Christmas repertoire for recorder quartet in a suitable way. It includes not only well-known carols such as ‘We Wish you a Merry Christmas’, but also less popular pieces such as ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ or ‘Drive the Cold Winter Away’. All songs are arranged chronologically, modulated and re-set. In this way, the artful simplicity and emotional depth of the songs is conveyed. Content: - Lullay, Lullay: When I Lay on Yoolis Night - Conventry Carol - On This Day Earth Shall Ring - We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Drive the Cold Winter Away - Now Winter Comes Slowly - God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen - The Snow it Melts the Soonest - We Three Kings of Orient Are - In The Bleak Midwinter

The Christmas cantata based on old Christmas carols by Dietrich Erdmann is a wonderful work that musically captures the festive mood of the Christmas season. It is arranged for soprano solo, four-part choir, string orchestra (violin 1, violin 2, viola, violoncello, double bass) and flute. Content: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Himmel hoch, o Englein kommt Kommet Ihr Hirten Vom Himmel hoch

The Christmas cantata based on old Christmas carols by Dietrich Erdmann is a wonderful work that musically captures the festive mood of the Christmas season. It is arranged for soprano solo, four-part choir, string orchestra (violin 1, violin 2, viola, violoncello, double bass) and flute. Content: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Himmel hoch, o Englein kommt Kommet Ihr Hirten Vom Himmel hoch

The Christmas cantata based on old Christmas carols by Dietrich Erdmann is a wonderful work that musically captures the festive mood of the Christmas season. It is arranged for soprano solo, four-part choir, string orchestra (violin 1, violin 2, viola, violoncello, double bass) and flute. Content: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Himmel hoch, o Englein kommt Kommet Ihr Hirten Vom Himmel hoch

Suite on four old Advent songs for mixed voices with instrumental accompaniment (flute, oboe, violin, viola and violoncello) Content: 1. Nun jauchzet all, Ihr Frommen 2. Ein Segen hat ergossen sich 3. Gott sei Dank durch alle Welt 4. Der Herr ist nahe