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David Farquhar

Duration: 31' 00" Year: 1994, r. 1996
for SATB choir and narrator and orchestra

Instrumentation
1100;0000; perc: tubular bells; strings. Narrator may be a separate speaker or from the choir. Bells may be able to be played by choir member as required only in final movement.
Programme Note

This celebratory work for choir and orchestra consisting of three Christmas ‘scenes’ brings together arrangements of 15th, 16th and 17th century carols with some of the well-known traditional carols. The audience can be invited to join in with a carols in each section including O Little Town of Bethlehem, The First Nowell and O Come All Ye Faithful.
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- Farquhar: A Christmas with Carols; facsimile
  
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- Farquhar: A Christmas with Carols; facsimile
  
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Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1991
for SSA choir with oboe and strings

Programme Note

This short anthem takes its text from the Old Testament book of Ruth. It is a statement of devotion and loyalty, and I have used the lines “Your people shall be my people and your God my God” as a refrain. To the biblical text I have added a concluding “Amen”.

The original version (for SAB voices) was written for, and is dedicated to, Bruce Baker – a friend and musical colleague.

David Hamilton
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- Hamilton: A Song of Ruth; computer set
  
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Year: 1991
for SSA and SATB choirs and chamber orchestra

Instrumentation
SSA and SATB choirs (or solo sop in place of SATB choir) with chamber orchestra (flute doubling piccolo), oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, strings
Programme Note

Originally written for a school music trip to the USA, this work uses SSA and SATB choirs with chamber orchestra accompaniment. The texts all relate to Christmas and include the familiar Christina Rossetti poem Love Came Down at Christmas.
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- Hamilton: To the Christ Child; computer-set
  
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- To the Christ Child
  
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