Tag Archives: Daily Dose of Christmas

Here’s something different, at least as far as Christmas music goes: a string quartet by Arcangelo Corelli, which was apparently composed “for the night of Christmas”. Corelli lived from 1653 to 1713, putting him slightly earlier than JS Bach (they … Continue reading →

What’s a month-long music feature without some film music? Here’s a suite from Alan Silvestri’s score to The Polar Express.

Here’s a song that doesn’t seem to show up on too many Carolers’ lists these days, for some reason: “Good King Wenceslas”, performed by the Irish Rovers.

I always feature the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky at some point during the month. I don’t often form mental associations with music and specific places or times in my life, but this is one of the exceptions: the Nutcracker Suite … Continue reading →

The fact that someone went to the trouble of putting this together is either a sign of an awesome mind at work or a horrible mind at work. Maybe both! (It’s the “Shut up, Wesley!” that makes it one of … Continue reading →

I honestly can’t usually stand “Carol of the Bells”, but leave it to the Muppets to make it palatable!

I use this one every year, because it’s such a perfect, perfect song — the lyrics capture the emotions so brilliantly, and the song’s place in the Christmas pantheon is well-earned, even if it is a sad one that is … Continue reading →

Sinatra. Martin. “A Marshmallow World”.

Christmas isn’t complete without choral music, and quite a lot of it. This is “Salvation is Created”, by Pavel Chesnokov. This showed up on several of our Christmas programs during my years at Wartburg College.

OK, this is different. I did a YouTube search for “Japan Christmas” and found this.