With Christmas fast approaching we’ve been dusting off some of our festive favourites during rehearsals. One we sourced last year is the popular Carol of the Bells based on a traditional Ukrainian New Year’s song “Schedryk”.
The carol was composed by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914 as a commission for the conductor of the Ukrainian Republic Capella, Oleksander Koshyts. In subsequent years it quickly established itself as a firm favourite around the world.
The arrangement we play was arranged for guitar quartet by Lou Warde and generously made available at the Guitar Ensemble Music – The Guitar Classroom. Click on the following link for our recording of the piece. Repertoire – Diss Guitar Ensemble