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Title	When Icicles Hang, in 6 movements (complete)
Article no.	4096090
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Wind music and choir
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band); Chor (adlib)
Instrumentation/info	Concert Band, Optional Chorus
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Text language	English {en}
Country of publication	USA (us)
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Year of publication	2017
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Composer	Rutter, John
Arranger	Noble, Paul
Difficulty level	3+
Duration	20:00
Additional info/contents	John Rutter received an early commission for a piece of music that was "seasonal" for winter, though not necessarily linked to the Christian traditions of Christmas, in the early '70s. The request came from his friend Russell Burgess, a well-known conductor in the English musical scene and head of the Wandsworth School Boys' Choir through the '60s and '70s. Rutter responded with a six-movement work for orchestra, boys' choir, and mixed chorus, called When Icicles Hang. He chose his texts, characteristically, from Elizabethan and other early English poetry, each text dealing with images from the wintery season, be they the cold, ice-bound landscape and its winds; an older man's weariness in the face of the season; or the contrapuntal pleasures of ale and "honey love" for those safely inside on winter nights. With sparkling orchestration which has been faithfully set for Concert/Wind Band, the work may be performed with chorus as originally written, or may be performed effectively by band alone. (Score = 152 pages)

No.	Track title	Lyricist	Duration	Sound sample
1	When Icicles Hang 1. Icicles	Shakespeare, William	4:00
1	When Icicles Hang 1. Icicles with choir	Shakespeare, William	4:00
2	When Icicles Hang 2. Winter Nights	Campion, Thomas	2:16
2	When Icicles Hang 2. Winter Nights with choir	Campion, Thomas	2:16
3	When Icicles Hang 3. Good ale	15th Century	2:32
3	When Icicles Hang 3. Good ale with choir	15th Century	2:32
4	When Icicles Hang 4. Blow, blow, thou winter wind	Shakespeare, William	3:45
4	When Icicles Hang 4. Blow, blow, thou winter wind with choir	Shakespeare, William	3:45
5	When Icicles Hang 5. Winter wakeneth all my care	14th Century	5:10
5	When Icicles Hang 5. Winter wakeneth all my care with choir	14th Century	5:10
6	When Icicles Hang 6. Hay, ay	15th Century	2:15
6	When Icicles Hang 6. Hay, ay with choir	15th Century	2:15

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