Pat-a-Pan Excitement

Pat-a-Pan Excitement"Pat a Pan" is a French carol that tells the Christmas story from the perspective of shepherds out in the field playing simple instruments. This creative arrangement captures the feel of a flute and drum reverently played on a starlit night, beginning with a rhythmic drone in the low strings imitating a hypnotic drum beat. Gorgeous countermelodies and some fantasia like writing give further depth to this fine arrangement, and the dissonant ending

24 Celtic Duets is a collection of authentic folk tunes from Scotland and Ireland arranged for string duet using any combination of strings

leading to a wild chase through E minor before returning to the original A minor tune

Cornwallis was defeated at Yorktown by the combined forces of General Washington’s Colonial army and the French Navy

this arrangement of a well-known fiddle tune gives every section of the orchestra the melody

The other sections all have a turn at the soaring melody and then a brief lyrical section depicts the moment of gliding over the landscape and taking in the beauty

fanfare-like theme soaring above a driving rhythmic accompaniment

The piece contains eighth note

and the one-eyed giant who challenges Odysseus and his crew

with every moment filled with anticipation and adrenaline

light-filled cathedrals with vast

a wide variety of scoring techniques

All sections get to play the minor melodies