The Carols and Christmas Music of Howard Cable

 

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The Carols and Christmas Music of Howard Cable

Howard Cable (b. 1920) was a Canadian composer, arranger, conductor, and musical director whose career took him into the realms of television and radio. His most famous association was with the super brass band Canadian Brass.

The Wikipedia entry on Cable contains his biography so we won’t recycle it here. One can also see a good deal of information on the Howard Cable blog. 

Nevertheless, we’ll get into some of the Christmas music we have found on YouTube. As already hinted in the above-mentioned of Canadian Brass, a lot of Cable's work is for brass ensembles, but anyone who has a Canadian Brass Christmas album will find choral additions to brass arraignments. 

"The Holly and the Ivy"

"Ding Dong Merrily on High" with the Kelowna Spectrum Singers:

"Ding Dong Merrily on High" with brass

"A Canadian Brass Christmas" seems to be a potpourri of Cable arraignment, this one where for high school ensembles:

Here's another version:

"The 12 Days of Christmas" also Sylvain Lapointe & Enrico Dastous:

"The First Noel" performed by Canadian Brass:

"Jingle Bells" performed by Canadian Brass:

"O Came All Ye Faithful" and "Joy to the World" performed by Canadian Brass:

"La Cloche de Noel" performed by Canadian Brass and Elmer Iseler Singers:

"Noël Nouvelet" by the Toronto Children's Chorus with cello:

"Noël Nouvelet" by the Cantabile Choirs of Kingston with violin:

"O Christmas Tree" performed by the Indianapolis Children's Choir:

"Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" and "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" performed by Canadian Brass:

"D'ou viens-tu, bergère" performed by Canadian Brass:

Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen performed by Canadian Brass and Elmer Iseler Singers:

"Noel canadien Medley" (Arr. for Brass quintet by Howard Cable & Enrico Dastous):

"Children's Winter" arranged by Dermott O'Reilly arr. Howard Cable:

"Pat-a-pan / Fum-fum-fum"

Others I could not find were:

 "Six Carols A-Singing" for brass quintet

Gloria: Et in terra pax for brass ensemble

"Up on the Rooftop" for brass and choir

"Up on the Rooftop" for choir (SATB)

"Silent Night" for brass quintet

"Twelve Days of Christmas" for brass quintet

We sadly lost Howard Cable in 2016.

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