A Golden Christmas - for flute and harp
Elizabeth Koch and Suzanne Handel. A superb collection of popular Christmas carols and songs, arranged for the charming combination of flute and harp.
Irving Berlin composer
Jay Livingston composer
Ray Evans composer
Steve Nelson composer
Jack Rollins composer
William Garnet James composer
Alfred Burt composer
Mel Tormé composer
Robert Wells composer
Hugh Martin composer
Ralph Blane composer
Kerin Bailey arranger
Suzanne Handel arranger
Experience the ambience of Christmas with 'Deck the hall', 'White Christmas', 'Silver Bells', 'The first nowell', 'God rest ye merry gentlemen', 'Have yourself a merry little Christmas' and many more.
Elizabeth Koch and Suzanne Handel (both from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra) make this a Christmas disc that will be played again and again.
Reviews
persuasive accounts of a variety of festive music ... an ideal choice for background music on any Christmas Day.
Artists
Elizabeth Koch
Elizabeth Koch is a member of the Adelaide Wind Quintet, Principal Flute of the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra and is a member of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
Suzanne Handel
Suzanne is Principal Harp of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared in solo and chamber music performances for ABC Classic FM, tutored at National Music Camp and performed widely as a duo with flautist Elizabeth Koch.
Audio preview
Tracks
- Deck the Hall (Traditional) Arr: Kerin Bailey 1:39
- It came Upon the Midnight Clear (Traditional) Arr: Suzanne Handel 3:24
- Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson Arr: Kerin Bailey 2:12
- Coventry Carol (Traditional) Arr: Suzanne Handel 2:31
- White Christmas Irving Berlin Arr: Kerin Bailey 3:53
- Greensleeves (Traditional) Arr: Suzanne Handel 3:28
- Silver Bells Jay Livingston Ray Evans Arr: Kerin Bailey 2:45
- Frosty the Snowman Steve Nelson Jack Rollins Arr: Kerin Bailey 2:54
- Away in a Manger (Traditional) Arr: Suzanne Handel 2:25
- Christmas Day William Garnet James Arr: Kerin Bailey 1:08
- Caroling, Caroling Alfred Burt Arr: Kerin Bailey 1:14
- The First Nowell (Traditional) Arr: Suzanne Handel 2:47
- Lo How a Rose e're Blooming (Traditional) Arr: Suzanne Handel 3:14
- O Tannenbaum (Traditional) Arr: Suzanne Handel 3:02
- Silver Stars William Garnet James Arr: Kerin Bailey 1:53
- The Christmas Song Mel Tormé Robert Wells Arr: Kerin Bailey 3:57
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Traditional) Arr: Suzanne Handel 2:55
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Hugh Martin Ralph Blane Arr: Kerin Bailey 2:04
Performers
Composers
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin wrote the songs that lodge in the ear and stay there: White Christmas, Easter Parade, Blue Skies, Puttin' on the Ritz. Simple, direct, and built for the heart, they still travel wherever melody is welcome.
William Garnet James
Composer William Garnet James was the first federal director of the ABC (1931-1957) and it was during his tenure that orchestras were formed in each state.
Alfred Burt
Alfred Burt wrote fifteen Christmas carols whose clear, singable lines and warm four-part writing have made pieces such as Caroling, Caroling and Some Children See Him favourites far beyond the family cards for which they began.
Hugh Martin
Hugh Martin's score for the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis gave Judy Garland three lasting songs: The Boy Next Door, The Trolley Song and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, now a seasonal standard across the English-speaking world.
Mel Tormé
Mel Tormé wrote the music for The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire), co-authored with Bob Wells, and more than two hundred other songs that move easily between jazz and the popular ballad.
Where to listen
A Golden Christmas - for flute and harp is available for streaming through Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
A Golden Christmas - for flute and harp is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.
Product details
- Catalogue number
- MD 3169
- List price
- $15.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 47 minutes 25 seconds
- Recording Engineer
- Martin Wright
Vaughan McAlley - Venue
- Move Records Studio
- Release date
- 1997
- Musical work
copyright - © 1997 Move Records
- Sound recording
copyright - ℗ 1997 Move Records
- Categories
- Christmas, Classical
- Barcode
- EAN 9314574316926