Episode 506, Classic Christmas

Wind & Rhythm this week celebrates the season with classic Christmas music. It’s the carols you love: old, new, and reimagined. We’ll listen to a wonderful arrangement of the Wexford carol, a medley of traditional carols rearranged to be in a minor key, a mash up of carols with Mozart, and more.

Trepak    
  Tchaikovsky
  Chicago Brass Quintet    
Christmas with Mozart
  arr. Julie Giroux
  University of Texas at El Paso Wind Symphony,
​  Ron Hufstader
Wexford Carol
  traditional
  Mainstreet Brass    
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
  arr. Rich Hirsch
  SaXmas

Bach's Bells
  arr. Christopher Coletti
  Canadian Brass​
Minor Alterations
  David Lovrien
  Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin
Do They Know It's Christmas?
  Bob Geldof and Midge Ure
  Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Major Peter Parkes
Sing We Now of Christmas (Noel Nouvelet)
  traditional
  Galliard Brass Ensemble    
The Little Drummer Boy's Bolero
  Katherine Davis / Maurice Ravel; arr. Julie Giroux
  University of Texas at El Paso Wind Symphony,
  Ron Hufstader
Away in a Manger / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear /
​O, Little Town of Bethlehem
  traditional
  Empire Brass    
What Child is That Playing Carol of the Bells?
  arr. Julie Giroux
  University of Texas at El Paso Wind Symphony, Ron Hufstader
O Come, O Come Emanuel
  traditional
  Empire Brass    
Bugler's Holiday
  Leroy Anderson
  Royal Swedish Army Conscript Band, Mats Janhagen
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
  Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane
  Imani Winds    
Hallelujah from The Messiah
  George Frederick Handel; arr. William Gordon
  Salvation Army Staff Bands, William Gordon