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Merry Christmas, dear fellow composers! This is my second (and „official“) submission to the YCF 2025 Christmas Event. It is a Christmas Pastorale played by a small Baroque orchestra with the typical instruments of shepherds, such as flutes, violines, a lute and a „surprise instrument“. Although the instrumentation is somewhat more colorful or mixed, I think the inspiration from the famous “Sinfonia” from Bach's Christmas Oratorio is easily recognizable. The piece is based on my Prelude in E major I composed four years ago, already having that Christmas Pastorale style in mind. I’m glad that I now could realize the orchestration and be able to share it in this way.

I totally forgot I created this on Christmas Eve of 2024 for my YouTube channel. I demonstrate 2 melodies in 1. It's only 9 seconds, but might as well demonstrate Music Jotter with a little Christmas fun.

I forgot about this, but may as well link the Christmas miniature I posted this morning.

Here's my submission!

This is my second (and „official“) submission to the YCF 2025 Christmas Event. Disclaimer: I must admit that my first submission „The empty church“ is based on the same material like this one, to be more precisely, it is literally the Basso Continuo part of this pastorale. Taking into account how many discussions arose concerning the usage of AI, I would be willing to withdraw „The empty church“ from the event on demand if anyone claims that he/she does not want to review the same material twice. However, I spent a lot of time in realizing the Basso Continuo part and now enjoy it so much that I have decided to give it its own score and video, making it a piece in its own right.

A piece with its own appeal. It reminds me of Satie in those broken open chords. I think the central part strays from his style. In any case, everyone can write as they please.