The Christmas song Sussex Carol is also known by its first lyric line “On this night all Christians sing”. It’s a joyous melody, and we have a wonderful time playing our arrangement of this Christmas carol for six handbells and piano!
On Christmas night all Christians sing to hear the news the angels bring;
on Christmas night all Christians sing to hear the news the angels bring:
news of great joy, news of great mirth, news of our merciful King’s birth.
Our piano-accompanied six-handbell arrangement of Sussex Carol/On This Night All Christians Sing provides an opportunity to play as a two-bells-each trio. Another possibility is to play as a duet where one ringer plays four bells and the other (perhaps a younger/newer player!) plays two bells.
The six bells in the score are accompanied by piano; if you don’t happen to have an accompanist available, we also have an accompaniment MP3 available for purchase.
