For you choristers and choir directors out there, the Shaw-Parker Christmas Carol arrangements are something you might want to plunk thru between now and September. These are artful, challenging arrangements with some solo parts, but are very accessible to a choir that is willing to put the time in to learn then or has ringers to help carry the load.
A book of them is available at this link.
Some of my favorites:
Carol of the Birds
Good King Wenceslas
In the Bleak Midwinter (on the Holst tune)
Carol of the Birds? Is that really the title, or is it Carol of the Bells?
Yes, it's Carol of the Birds. It's a wonderful Basque carol. Great soprano solo. Shaw has a recording you can purchase on Amazon.
The Wilhousky Carol of the Bells arrangement is the classic, I'm not aware of a Shaw-Parker arrangement of that.
I didn't parse this post right the first time: "Ringers? How much would it help to have bellringers playing the tune along with the choir? I don't get it."
:-)