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!
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 Fantasia on Christmas Carols.
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 atmospheric and dense work, typical of Bax’s sound. There is no specific “Christmas” material here, but the work is redolent of Bax’s usual meditations on nature and mood. Here he is after the feel of a cold, crystal-clear morning in the mountains, and what morning is colder or clearer than Christmas Eve?
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