Eight-movement Christmas work for mixed 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
for SATB and organ, and optional brass ensemble and timpani
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.
This piece was originally commissioned in a version for upper voices by Benenden School.