Description

Composer/Arranger: Benedict Sheehan
Format: Vocal Score
Voicing: Narrator, soloists, SATB chorus, with opt. bones

• Engaging musical dramatization of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, with narrator
• Abridged text to facilitate concert performance
• Combination of original music and traditional carols

In this compelling work for narrator, soloists, and choir, Sheehan presents an engaging musical dramatization of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. Dickens’s text has been artfully abridged by Matthew Guard to facilitate concert performance, and the narration is seamlessly woven into Sheehan’s richly diverse score. Suited to performance in a variety of settings, this work sees imaginative arrangements of traditional carols and vibrant and accessible original music combine to bring a familiar festive tale to life.
Duration: 69 minutes