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“Until then we’ll have to muddle through somehow….”

So yesterday was my “grab bag Little Drummer Boy” post, and then today YouTube helpfully offers this suggestion, so here you go. Meanwhile, in Christmas music that involves neither little boys nor drumming, we have a classic by Bing! Off … Continue reading →

Here are some variations on “The Little Drummer Boy,” culminating with my favorite. (Although, as someone pointed out on Facebook earlier, if “the ox and lamb kept time,” what’s the drummer doing?!)

Neil! When this song came out I thought it was a colossal misfire, but in the seasons since, it’s worn me down and now I can’t help loving this incredibly goofy tune. Have a cherry cherry Christmas, everyone!

Yo Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott play Bach and Gounod.

Check out this lineup: Sarah McLachlan, Loreena McKennitt, Andrea Corr, Hayley Westenra, Jana Mashonee, and Amy Petty. Wow.

You know what the lesson this year is? I need to get back to my previous years’ practice of pre-selecting music and scheduling posts. Wow, I am not good at this in 2018. That said, here is Ralph Vaughan Williams’s … Continue reading →

I always share this one, because it seems to me a perfect illustration of the kind of wistful emotions that are inevitably a part of this season.

Dean Martin!

John Rutter’s “Candlelight Carol”. This piece is achingly beautiful.