This 8-bell Christmas music list is designed as a guide for anyone considering booking us to play handbell duets for events during the holiday season.
Many of these titles are available to purchase from our music site, so if you’re looking for music for your own handbell choir to play, look no further! Our 8-bell Christmas music is interesting, challenging, beautiful… and there are pieces suitable for all small handbell ensembles, from beginner to expert!
Here’s what’s available:
A la Media Noche
The Angel Gabriel
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Angels We Have Heard on High
As With Gladness, Men of Old (see “For the Beauty of the Earth)
Auld Lang Syne
Away in a Manger
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Carol of the Drum
The Cherry Tree Carol
Child in the Manger (see Morning Has Broken/Bunessan)
Comfort, Comfort Ye, My People
Creator of the Stars of Night
Deck the Halls
Die Drie Koningen
Es ist für uns eine Zeit angekommen
The First Nowell
The Friendly Beasts
From Starry Skies Descending
Go, Tell it on the Mountain
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Good King Wenceslas
He Is Born (Il est Né)
Hills of the North, Rejoice
Hoet leit dir Kindeke (Cold is this Little Child)
How Great Our Joy
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (with piano accompaniment)
I Saw Three Ships
I Wonder as I Wander
In the Bleak Midwinter
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (U.S. and U.K. versions)
Jingle Bells
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine
Joy to the World
Jul, Jul, Strålande Jul
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Lo! He Comes, with Clouds Descending
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Los Peces en el Rio
Love Came Down at Christmas (with piano accompaniment)
Selections from “The Nutcracker”
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
O du Frohliche
O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright
Of the Father’s Love Begotten
On Jordan’s Bank, the Baptist’s Cry
On this Day Earth Shall Ring
Once in Royal David’s City
Pat-a-Pan
People, Look East
Santa’s Bag / De Zak van Sinterklaas
Savior of the Nations, Come
See, Amid the Winter’s Snow
The Seven Joys of Mary
Silent Night
Sing We Now of Christmas
Slumber Song of the Infant Jesus
The Snow Lay on the Ground
Still, Still, Still
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night All Christians Sing)
‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
Ukrainian Bell Carol
Up on the Housetop
The Wassail Song
We Three Kings
What Child is This?
Whence is that Goodly Fragrance Flowing?
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night
Looking for a particular Christmas carol that’s not on this list?
If you’re considering booking us for a performance, and you’re looking for a particular piece of music that you don’t see on our list, please contact us and let us know. We can sometimes perform music that’s not on the list, although it’s important to note that there are legal and copyright issues surrounding some music, particularly more modern pieces. We also have some carols that use just six bells (with piano accompaniment), so if you have a particular request, it’s worth checking that list too.
Videos of these carols are available to watch
You can see videos of all these pieces on our Vimeo and YouTube channels, and the music is available for purchase and download from Choraegus.
Any questions?
If you have any questions about our Christmas 8-bell music, please let us know!
