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Your Daily Dose of Christmas (from Wednesday)
John Rutter’s “Candlelight Carol”. This piece is achingly beautiful.
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas AND Tone Poem Tuesday
Two birds, one stone! Here’s a symphonic poem by British composer Arnold Bax, titled “Christmas Eve”. Apparently it was originally titled “Christmas Eve in the Mountains”, but Bax revised the work some years later and shortened the title. It’s an … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas (yesterday edition)
OK, I messed up and forgot yesterday. So here’s an entire album of medieval carols! This is very peaceful, meditative music. I love it!
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
At least once or twice I year I try to find something completely gonzo for this feature, and this certainly qualifies. It’s the Christmas Timpani!
Your Daily Dose of Christmas (yesterday edition)
Willie! (Yesterday was another busy day and I totally forgot to post. Sorry!)
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Something for Thursday (Friday edition)
How about leavening the crystalline beauty of all the Christmas music in the air with an ominous operatic overture? Here’s the overture from the first great opera of the Romantic era, Der Freischutz, composed by Carl Maria von Weber.
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas (today edition)
Back on schedule! Here are two members of the United States Navy, with a nifty rendition of Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride”.
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas (yesterday edition)
Yesterday was something of a train wreck, folks. Not awful, but a few time-consuming inconveniences happened at the end of the day that occupied my attention for what was left of my day. But we’re back in the saddle! Here’s … Continue reading
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
I seem to be leaning toward the funnier end of the pool this year, at least at the outset of this month’s Christmas offerings. Here is Allan Sherman, who I think of as one of Weird Al Yankovic’s forebears….
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas (and Tone Poem Tuesday!)
Leroy Anderson excelled at these brief pieces that set a cheerful tone, and his most famous one is one of the more enduring Christmas pieces. Here’s “Sleigh Ride”, conducted by none other than Maestro John Williams himself!
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