Program for December 15, 2018 First Baptist Church
Videorecording of this concert
Selection of Holiday Music various
Madison Brass: Ken Henry, trumpet; Mike Shepherd, trumpet; Ken Wurtle, Horn, Evan Smith, trombone; Dustin Tennill, tuba
The Bells of Christmas arr. Bob Krogstad, adapted for band Ted Ricketts
Ding Dong! Merrily on High!, The Bell Carol, Silver Bells, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, Jingle Bells
For centuries, bells have been used to alert people that something is approaching worth noticing, and often something worth celebrating. The previous selection was “The Bells of Christmas,” which presented five familiar songs that we relate to the holidays.
All Through the Night arr. Julie Giroux
It was in 1784 that the melody of a Welsh folk song, then about a century old, was first written down. We sing words to it that were written in 1884, and that begin, “Sleep my child and peace attend thee, All through the night.”
Mele Kalikimaka R. Alex Anderson, arr. Jason Scott
Made popular by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, our next selection, written in 1949, and with reference to the land where palm trees sway, Mele Kelikimaka, “is the thing to say on a bright Hawaiian Christmas day.”
Bring a Torch, arr. David Shipps
Arranger David Shipps has cast a Renaissance atmosphere with his arrangement of the French carol that we know as “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella,” a song that imagines a scene in Bethlehem on the night of the Christ Child’s birth.
Cowboy Christmas arr. Jeff Simmons
Angels We Have Heard on High; Go Tell It On the Mountain; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Containing musical quotes from Aaron Copland’s ballet, “Rodeo;” Ferde Grofe’s “On the Trail” from his Grand Canyon Suite”; and other music that we associate with the Great American West, I know you will enjoy “Cowboy Christmas.”
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Tommie Connor
Mommy seems to have an unexplained but genuine affection for the red-suited visitor.
The Skaters’ Waltz Emile Waldteufel, arr. Robert Longfield
Emile Waldteufel (1837–1915) was known as the Parisian Waltz King, the French counterpart to Vienna’s Johann Strauss. His “Skater’s Waltz” was inspired by a skater’s rink at the Bois de Boulogne, a public park in Paris. It’s graceful melodies suggest skaters on a frozen rink.
Christmas is Coming arr. Rob Romeyn
To close our concert, we presented a rousing rendition of “Christmas is Coming,” complete with geese getting fat, hay-pennies, and all that business, but with some swinging “Up on the Housetop” plugged into the middle just for fun.
Madison Brass: Ken Henry, trumpet; Mike Shepherd, trumpet; Ken Wurtle, Horn, Evan Smith, trombone; Dustin Tennill, tuba
The Bells of Christmas arr. Bob Krogstad, adapted for band Ted Ricketts
Ding Dong! Merrily on High!, The Bell Carol, Silver Bells, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, Jingle Bells
For centuries, bells have been used to alert people that something is approaching worth noticing, and often something worth celebrating. The previous selection was “The Bells of Christmas,” which presented five familiar songs that we relate to the holidays.
All Through the Night arr. Julie Giroux
It was in 1784 that the melody of a Welsh folk song, then about a century old, was first written down. We sing words to it that were written in 1884, and that begin, “Sleep my child and peace attend thee, All through the night.”
Mele Kalikimaka R. Alex Anderson, arr. Jason Scott
Made popular by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, our next selection, written in 1949, and with reference to the land where palm trees sway, Mele Kelikimaka, “is the thing to say on a bright Hawaiian Christmas day.”
Bring a Torch, arr. David Shipps
Arranger David Shipps has cast a Renaissance atmosphere with his arrangement of the French carol that we know as “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella,” a song that imagines a scene in Bethlehem on the night of the Christ Child’s birth.
Cowboy Christmas arr. Jeff Simmons
Angels We Have Heard on High; Go Tell It On the Mountain; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Containing musical quotes from Aaron Copland’s ballet, “Rodeo;” Ferde Grofe’s “On the Trail” from his Grand Canyon Suite”; and other music that we associate with the Great American West, I know you will enjoy “Cowboy Christmas.”
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Tommie Connor
Mommy seems to have an unexplained but genuine affection for the red-suited visitor.
The Skaters’ Waltz Emile Waldteufel, arr. Robert Longfield
Emile Waldteufel (1837–1915) was known as the Parisian Waltz King, the French counterpart to Vienna’s Johann Strauss. His “Skater’s Waltz” was inspired by a skater’s rink at the Bois de Boulogne, a public park in Paris. It’s graceful melodies suggest skaters on a frozen rink.
Christmas is Coming arr. Rob Romeyn
To close our concert, we presented a rousing rendition of “Christmas is Coming,” complete with geese getting fat, hay-pennies, and all that business, but with some swinging “Up on the Housetop” plugged into the middle just for fun.
