W. Popielarz - Carols of the World

      Looking for a gift? A book of sheet music, beautifully published in CICADIS, is certainly a good choice. I would like to add that I personally treat the carols and pastorals I am happy to give you as a long-awaited gift. It will be all the more beautiful if you also like it, and you will play the melodies from various parts of the world contained in it at school, during the Nativity play and at the Christmas table. Many of the voices can easily be performed by a beginner student. Others require more initiation.           

I’m sure you will enhance the arrangements with singing and percussion instruments such as bells, janquins, tambourine or drum set. I encourage you to try your hand at instrumentation and entrust the realisation of your chosen voices to the violin, flute, cello or saxophone. Expand the sound of the classical guitar to include acoustic and bass guitar. Make use of its entire spectrum of possibilities. Let the carols sparkle with a wealth of vibrato, flageolet, tamburo, rubato, staccato, legato, glissando. Be professional: translate all abbreviations and performance suggestions. And most importantly? play with a full, wonderful, noble sound and enjoy making music together. I wish you a wonderful Christmas!   

Wojciech Popielarz