Raise the Song of Harvest Home
This arrangement of the tune ST. GEORGE’S WINDSOR (“Come, Ye Thankful People, Come”) is an ideal choice for a service celebrating Thanksgiving. The piece explores a wide variety of moods and meters, with the melody passed around through all parts, and intricate and unexpected harmonies abounding. An optional flute part provides interesting countermelodies throughout. 84 measures. Begins in the key of C Major, then modulates to D Major.