Sinfonietta “A Christmas Carol”
for Narrator and Orchestra
Join Mr Scrooge on a musical adventure as he navigates his past, present, and future with four ghosts on Christmas Eve.
Composed in 2021, Sinfonietta “A Christmas Carol” for Narrator and Orchestra is based on the story of Scrooge and Tiny Tim from the Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol.
PROGRAMME NOTE
Join Mr Scrooge on a musical adventure as he navigates his past, present, and future with four ghosts on Christmas Eve.
The music, together with the narration, conjures up images of a busy scene in Victorian London. The narration, adapted from the original by Margaret Killian, is blended into an orchestral soundscape that takes us on Mr Scrooge’s journey of enlightenment and transformation.
The structure of the music and narration follows the descriptive headlines added to the 1868 edition of Dickens's work as follows:
🎶 London, England, December 1868
Out upon Merry Christmas!
God Bless you, Merry Gentlemen!
Scrooge's Fireside
The Ghost (Marley)
The Ghost's Departure
Another Unearthly Visitor
Christmas Shops
At Bob Cratchit's
Tiny Tim and Mr Scrooge
Over Land and Sea
Games and Forfeits
Ignorance and Want
A Death has Occurred
Ghouls
Poor Tiny Tim
The Name of the Dead Man
A Delightful Boy
Scrooge Reclaimed by Christmas
Lawrence Killian, Suffolk, 2021FUTURE CONCERT PERFORMANCES (2025)
Saturday, 06 December 2025, 16:00 to 18:00
Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra
Rhinebeck High School, Rhinebeck, New York, USA
Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by William Stevens
Narrated by Jason Dempsey
Sunday, 14 December 2025, 15:00 to 17:00
”N.S.O. Christmas Cracker”
Spinney Theatre, Northampton, NN3 6DG
Northampton Symphony Orchestra
Book tickets here: https://ti.to/nso/nsoxmas2025
PAST CONCERT PERFORMANCES/ Reviews
11 December 2022
Huddersfield Parish Church, Huddersfield, UK
Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Katherine Stonham
10 December 2022 - Festive Music and Carols and More *World Premier
St Mary’s Church, Banbury, UK.
The Banbury Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Paul Willett