“Gesù, Bambino” and a new duet setting of “Born to Wear a Crown”

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Oct 24, 2014

In this latest installment of the Christmas Music Deluge, I’ve added a new arrangement of “Gesù Bambino,” (Pietro Yon/Frederick H. Martens) for Solo, SSA or SSATB choir.

I love the original dearly just the way it is, so in arranging it I tried to do something a little different. This arrangement is designed to be a bit more upbeat and sound a bit more modern. Here’s a recording from Allyse Smith Taylor’s Christmas album.

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/172656860″ params=”auto_play=false&show_artwork=true&color=281785″ width=”100%” height=”160″ iframe=”true” /] Available on CD: “On a Still and Starry Night” (All CDS)
Flute by Anne Lauritzen

Also new this time is a duet arrangement of “Born to Wear a Crown, with optional flute obbligato. Here’s Allyse’s duet with James Loynes.

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/172656845″ params=”auto_play=false&show_artwork=true&color=281785″ width=”100%” height=”160″ iframe=”true” /] Available on CD: “On a Still and Starry Night” (All CDS)
Flute by Anne Lauritzen

Until now, this song was available only for SATB or SSA. If you’d like to hear the choral, listen to this lovely recording I found of one of the Ogden Institute Choirs singing it a few years ago at a Church Music Festival. What a lovely performance!

The 128kbps audio files from Allyse’s album are available free on the individual song pages. You can get the high-bitrate files from CDBaby or Apple Music. There is also an accompaniment tracks version available both from CDBaby or Apple Music.

Also, until November 1, you can get the “On a Still and Starry Night” CD with vocals by Allyse Smith Taylor for $2.50 per copy.

Next up: “In the Bleak Midwinter” and… hmmm… well, I haven’t decided yet! Hopefully within the week again. (Did you notice I actually managed it this week? **pats self on back** 🙂 )