ITL #13: The Christmas Special
Chris and Sridhar say goodbye to 2020 with an epic Christmas Special. They discuss classic and Classical Christmas music, what makes music sound Christmassy, their favorite things to listen to around this time of year, and yes... The Nutcracker.
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Useful Links:
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You
Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War is Over)
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
E.T.A. Hoffmann - The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
The Nutcracker - Coffee (Arabian Dance) played on theremin
White Christmas (weather) - wikipedia
Charles Dickens - "the man who invented Christmas"
Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Santa's Midsummer Night's Dream
A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack
Brian Setzer jazzy Nutcracker arrangement
Ding Dong Merrily on High - Philharmonia Brass Quintet
German Brass - "Now you are well avenged" from Bach's Christmas Oratorio
German Brass - "Let honor be sung to You, O God" from Bach's Christmas Oratorio
Matthias Höfs - A Spanish Christmas
Béla Fleck & the Flecktones - Jingle All the Way
Jingle All the Way starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
Handel's Messiah - Christopher Hogwood/Academy of Ancient Music
Tom Lehrer - A Christmas Carol
Tom Lehrer - concert in Copenhagen
Eric Idle - Monty Python comedian/musician
Eric Idle - Boozy Philosopher's Song
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite
Boston Pops Sleigh Ride - conducted by John Williams
Boston Pops Sleigh Ride - conducted by Shaq
John Sergeant - Home Alone/Nutcracker medley
Verily, He is Worthy - Russian Orthodox chant
Irving Berlin/Bing Crosby - White Christmas
Some of our favorite Nutcrackers:
San Francisco Ballet (audio only)
New York City Ballet (movie w/Home Alone kid)