Händel: Joy To The World

"Joy To The World" is one of my favourite Christmas carols. It's just so, well, joyful! 

Playing duets with friends or family members is a lovely way to celebrate the holidays. 

Maybe joyful and hopeful music is particularly important in a year in which many people around the world have faced great challenges. 

Let's hope the new year will bring better times for all!

Joy To The World is one of 20 carols in my Violin and Cello Christmas Duet Book.

The Christmas Duet Book is also available for violin and viola, viola duet, 

viola and cello, and cello duet.

Wishing everyone a joyful holiday, and a happy new year with lots of music!

Carol Of the Bells - Christmas carol for violin and cello duet

There is so much lovely Christmas music in the world! Like this Ukranian carol by Mykola Leontovych, known to us as Carol Of the Bells:

This arrangement for violin and cello can be found in The Christmas Duet Book.
This is a collection of 20 Christmas carols from around the world, and is available for many different string duets: Violin and cello, violin and viola, viola and cello, two violas, and two cellos. Download it now and start playing!

What Child Is This - Christmas carol for viola and cello

Time to start practicing that Christmas repertoire!

What Child Is This is a beautiful 16th century tune, also known as Greensleeves. This duet arrangement is from The Christmas Duet Book, a collection of 20 carols arranged for string duet. This version is for viola and cello, but the book is also available for violin and viola, violin and cello, two cellos or two violas.

Enjoy - and Merry Christmas to all!

Christmas Carol: To Drive The Cold Winter Away

Time to start practicing for those end of the year concerts? Why not try this lovely old carol: «To Drive The Cold Winter Away», also known as «All Hail To The Days» or «In Praise Of Christmas». This Elizabethan carol is a praise of all the comfort there is to be had in the darkest time of the year:

«This time of the year is spent in good cheer,
And neighbours together do meet,
To sit by the fire, with friendly desire,
Each other in love do greet;
Old grudges forgot, are put in the pot,
All sorrows aside they lay,
The old and the young doth carol his song,
To drive the cold winter away.»

This pleasant theme of midwinter comforts makes this piece a good choice for winter events such as school parties and New Year festivities as well as for Christmas concerts.

In this arrangement for string orchestra with piano, all the parts have significant and interesting roles to play (although it's possible to do without the piano, if you skip the intro). The difficulty level is fairly easy, but the players must of course be able to play in the D minor/F major key.

Separate parts available at Sheet Music Plus.