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Since Jingle Bells is the best-known winter song in America, taking liberties with the tune might be welcome. The lyrics are about going out in the snow to race sleighs and pick up girls. So we get in touch with our wild side and play it fast and close to the edge.Īt Clarion's concerts, we have been featuring the talented soloists and sections from within the group, which is everybody, and some of those are represented here.

What Child Is This?, on the Greensleeves tune, has been sung for half a millennium, so doing something new with it means quoting some more Renaissance music, opening it up for jazz improvisation, and turning Andy loose with his flugelhorn. Larry has a trumpet sound as big as Santa's workshop, so letting him soar on the big ballad, Have Yourself a Larry Little Christmas, is a slam-dunk. The rich Irish Wexford Carol is worthy of Clarion's horn quartet, with just a little help from their friends. Kirk chose the song Karen Carpenter made famous, Merry Christmas, Darling, so we feature his sweet and precise, high trombone floating over us all.

Sam smith in the lonely hour drowning shadows edition vinyl