Raymond Briggs's charming Christmas story about the adventures of a boy and the snowman that comes to life is a modern children's classic. The tales popularity has been further enhanced by frequent television broadcasts of the award-winning cartoon film The Snowman.

In this suite for Clarinet or Tenor Saxophone and Piano, composer Howard Blake recreated the story in words and music based on the scenes from the film. The music includes the hit song 'Walking In The Air'.