X-Mas Round the World ( out of print)

0 Full Score A3 - 1 Full Score - 0 Piccolo - 0 Flute I + II - 0 Oboe - 0 Bassoon - 0 Clarinet Eb - 0 Clarinet I - 0 Clarinet II - 0 Clarinet III - 0 Alto Clarinet Eb - 0 Bass Clarinet - 2 Soprano Saxophone - 4 Alto Saxophone I + II - 2 Tenor Saxophone - 1 Baritone Saxophone - 1 Flugelhorn Eb - 8 Bugel Solo + I - 4 Flugelhorn II - 4 Flugelhorn III - 2 Cornet I - 2 Cornet II - 2 Cornet III - 2 Trumpet I - 2 Trumpet II - 2 Trumpet III - 1 Horn I Eb - 1 Horn I F - 1 Horn II Eb - 1 Horn II F - 1 Horn III Eb - 1 Horn III F - 2 Trombone I C - 1 Trombone I Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone I Bb (BC) - 2 Trombone II C - 1 Trombone II Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone II Bb (BC) - 2 Trombone III C - 1 Trombone III Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone III Bb (BC) - 2 Baritone C - 2 Baritone Bb (BC) - 2 Baritone Bb (TC) - 2 Euphonium C - 2 Euphonium Bb (BC) - 2 Euphonium Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Bb (BC) - 2 Bas Eb (TC) - 2 Bas Eb (BC) - 2 Tuba I + II C - 2 Percussion I - 2 Percussion II - 1 Percussion III - 1 Timpani

By means of this quite original fantasy Jef Penders invites both musicians and listeners to discover the typical Christmas atmosphere in eight different countries. We hear successively Christmas music as performed in Portugal, Bohemia, America, Spain, Italy, England and France. Despite the rather simple instrumentation, Jef Penders, as usual, succeeded to realize a colourful and extremely well orchestrated piece. This nice composition, written in 1983, must be rediscovered as it certainly deserves to be put on tour Christmas repertoire.