Flanders, Christmas 1914
for SATB & Piano
by John Bayley
This setting of “A Flanders Carol” by Frederick Niven was written to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It was written for and first performed by the Solihull Chandos Choir on December 17, 2014.
SKU: JBY-001
Categories: Choral Music, Mixed Voices
Instrumentation: Choral
| Voicing: | SATB |
| Instrumentation: | Piano |
| Language: | English |
| Sacred or Secular: | Secular |
| Duration: | 1-5 Minutes |
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