Nepean Concert Band
Winter Delights (Christmas 2023)
Conductors Terry Duncan & Jill Pensa At City View United Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December 10, 2023
Release date: December 2023
Play album
1
Fanfare Prelude: Adeste Fidelis
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2:44
2
A Holiday Rhapsody [2023 performance]
Familiar holiday melodies permeate this composition written for the United States Air Force Band.
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6:24
3
Jesu Joy of Mans’s Desiring
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4:34
4
The Polar Express
This medley from the blockbuster film The Polar Express contains: Believe; The Polar Express; When Christmas Comes to Town and Spirit of the Season.
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7:10
5
A European Christmas II
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2:55
6
Chanukah Festival Overture
A medley of famous Hanukkah songs including “Dreidel, Dreidel and “Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah.
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3:48
7
Ding Dong! Merrily On High
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3:19
8
Veni, Veni (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)
This simple, plaintive carol is a memorable moment from the Mannheim Steamroller album A Fresh Aire Christmas. This adaptation for band provides a beautiful and tender setting.
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4:57
9
Fantasia on a 13th Centrury Carol
Fantasia on a 13th Centrury Carol (March of the Three Kings)
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6:12
10
Christmas Toons [2023 performance]
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8:29
11
Fantasia on Silent Night
Franz Gruber's famous Christmas melody is the subject of this colorful and romantic adaptation. Interweaving fanciful jazz harmony with a touch of passionate dissonance.
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3:34
12
A Family Christmas
Rich, lush and beautiful, what more could you want in a Christmas piece? It's all here in this arrangement of Home For The Holidays and I'll Be Home For Christmas.
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4:18
13
Christmas Pipes [2023 Performance Encore]
Most notably performed by Celtic Woman, this marvelous song features a lilting Celtic style and a distinctive melody. This effective setting for band includes the striking use of O Holy Night, as heard in the original.
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2:58