Go for this rhythmic version of God Rest Ye, as it's both unusual and fun. It's quite a toe-tapper which will add a welcome twist to your Christmas concert programme. The audience will love you forever!
This well-known Christmas tune takes on a new mood in this arrangement. The introduction employs some unfamiliar harmony to a familiar line in a slow legato passage. By surprise, the orchestration breaks into a presto tempo and continues through the remainder of the piece. There is a change from 2/4 to 4/4 with an elogation of the melody in the final section. This makes for a very interesting development while maintaining a constant tempo.
