Newly available for this Christmas is Festive Overture: The Joy of Christmas by UK composer, Gordon Thornett. Premiered by Simon Halsey and the City of Birmingham SO and Chorus in their 2010 seasonal family concerts, it's an 8-minute bustling orchestral medley of carols and songs, that also includes optional chorus parts for the chorale-like finale.  An ideal opener. View the score here.

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