Review:      Fun for everyone, three brilliant orchestral favorites that have long been associated with the Christmas season are featured in this crowd-pleasing arrangement. The piece focuses on Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy" and Mozart's "Sleigh Ride", but strains of Vivaldi's "Gloria" are also included. Various sixteenth notes, triplets, and dotted rhythms, as well as numerous accidentals, net this piece its challenging rating. The tempo is set at a lively quarter = 116. 86 measures in length, "A Classical Christmas" is set in a minor and F Major.

Published by: Lorenz Corp.

Composer: Various	Arranger: Wissinger, Kathleen	Octaves: 3-6	Level: 4	Rating: Med Adv	Copyright: 2011
Season: Christmas
Classification: Concert , Medley , Classical Music , Secular , Instrument Part , Church or Concert , Classical Composers
Technique: Mallet , Martellato Lift , RT (Ring Touch) , Rolled Chord , Martellato , Mallet Lift
Voicing: Handbells, No Choral
Instrument: Chimes(Choirchimes or Handchimes) , Percussion
Bells Used: Three Octaves: 33 Bells; Four Octaves: 41 Bells; Five Octaves: 51 Bells; Six Octaves: 52 Bells