The Christmas Song

One of the best-loved Christmas songs of all time. Michael's flowing arrangement with flexible scoring features a distinctive and creative harmonic approach that gives this wonderful tune a contemporary and rich sound.

Hal Leonard's innovative FlexBand series aims to make exciting music possible even for ensembles with incomplete instrumentation. These arrangements for only five voices (plus drums) can be played by almost ANY combination of brass instruments, woodwinds and strings.

Instrumentation:

• Part 1: Flute / Oboe / Bb Clarinet / Bb Trumpet / Violin
• Part 2: Bb Clarinet / Bb Trumpet / Eb Alto Saxophone / Violin
• Part 3: Bb Clarinet / Bb Tenor Saxophone / Eb Alto Sax / Alto Clarinet / F-Horn / Violin / Viola
• Part 4: Bb Tenor Sax / Baritone T.C. / F Horn / Trombone / Baritone B.C./ Bassoon / Cello
• Part 5: Bb Bass Clarinet / Trombone / Baritone B.C. / Bassoon / Baritone T.C. / Cello / Eb Baritone Saxophone / Tuba / String/Electric Bass
• Percussion 1
• Percussion 2
• Mallet Percussion
• Timpani