Hymns for Woodwind Ensembles

The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns
Tune: Consolation/Morning Song
Arranged by Dale Elmshaeuser

From the Hymns for Woodwind Ensembles series, the first setting begins with layered entries, with the hymn tune in the alto voice. The cantus firmus moves to the tenor in the second setting, and remains there in the next setting, while the soprano instruments play a lovely descant of slurred sixteenth-note segments. After the Hymnal Version from Lutheran Book of Worship and Lutheran Worship, the arrangement concludes with a tenor cantus firmus between alto and bass harmonic lines, topped with a soaring soprano descant.

This arrangement can be played by as few as four instruments. Parts are included for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, I-III Clarinets, Bass Clarinet, I & II Alto Saxes, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, and F Horn, so that quartets can be formed in different ways, or various doublings may be made for larger ensembles. The arrangement can accompany a congregation, or can be played as an instrumental suite of variations on the hymn. The difficulty level is 3.

Full set includes a Conductor/Keyboard Score, transposed parts for individual instruments, background notes, and suggestions for performance with or without the congregation and choir.