This week, we start out playing along with David Bruce’s fantastic “12 Days of Christmas but each verse is more ATONAL”Then we move on to our three topics:

THE HOLY TRINITY OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC

UNFINISHED
Scholarly article on Beethoven’s metronome
Dan Brown’s Wild Symphony at the Houston SO
Stagehands Union Locked Out at the Met
Stephen Schipps trial date set

CLASSICAL CRINGERS WITH RICHARD BRATBY
Jonas Kaufmann’s “It’s Christmas” (Spotify)
Richard Bratby’s review in The Spectator
Kaufmann sings “All I want for Christmas is You"
Last Christmas in Vienna
The Three Tenors “Sleigh Ride” 

Classical Top 5 Podcast

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist

Richard
Hely-Hutchinson, Carol symphony

Will
Elizabeth Poston, “Jesus Christ the Apple Tree”

Tiffany
Vince Guaraldi, “Greensleeves”

Kensho
Pierpont arr. Tovey, “Jingle Bells Overture”

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