BasSOON It Will Be Christmas - 2BSN/WIND ENSEMBLE or 3BSN/WIND ENSEMBLE

BasSOON It Will Be Christmas
for two or three bassoons and wind ensemble
by James Stephenson - American composer and trumpeter

BasSOON It Will Be Christmas combines some of the most popular bassoon excerpts with some of the most favorite Christmas carols. For example, who knew that “The Marriage of Figaro” (Mozart) fits perfectly with “Joy to the World”?! Others include “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (We Three Kings) and “Symphonie Fantastique” (Pat-a-Pan), some Tchaikovsky (6th symphony), Beethoven (4th), and some Mozart bassoon concerto here and there for good measure.

Composer Jim Stephenson, well-known for very serious concert works (concertos for nearly every instrument) and humorous novelty numbers (such as Concerto for Cell Phone), had a lot of fun with this one!