Name: The Shepherds' Farewell (L'Adieu des Bergers) from L'Enfance du Christ arranged for Wind Quintet (arr. Hugh Levey) by Hector Berlioz Woodwind Ensemble Digital Sheet Music
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Title The Shepherds' Farewell (L'Adieu des Bergers) from L'Enfance du Christ arranged for Wind Quintet (arr. Hugh Levey)

Artist Hector Berlioz

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Hector Berlioz

Arranger Hugh Levey

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 18

Arrangement Woodwind Ensemble

Publisher woodwindly.com

Level 2

Product ID 1656813

Genre Christmas Religious Holiday 19th Century Chamber

Instruments Bassoon Clarinet Flute French Horn Oboe

Performance Group Woodwind Quintet

Product Description

The Shepherds' Farewell (LAdieu des Bergers) is a well-known chorus from Hector Berliozs oratorio, LEnfance du Christ, Opus 25. The full oratorio was first performed in Paris in 1854, but the Shepherds' Farewell was written four years earlier; originally as an organ work. This is an ideal piece for Christmas concerts and services.

Berlioz is best known for his large scale works like Grande Messes des Morts, Les Troyens, and his Symphonie Fantastique, but the Shepherds Farewell shows that he was equally adept at gentler and more subdued composition. Despite its gentleness, The Shepherds' Farewell has a strong emotional power. It is often sung as a Christmas Carol.

In this transcription for Wind Quintet, the parts mirror the SATB chorus exactly, with flute and oboe sharing the melody. The brief introduction and the subsequent interludes between the verses were originally scored for two oboes and two clarinets, so it is really effective with a Wind Quintet. This arrangement can be used to accompany a choir, singing the original chorus parts. However, it is a semitone higher than the original, so the sopranos may not thank you for having to sing a top A!

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