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Christmas On Stage & Screen / United States Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants

Herman / Us Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants
Release Date: 10/25/2011 
Label:  Altissimo   Catalog #: 53492   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Traditional,  Jerry Herman,  Ralph Blane,  Victor Herbert,   ... 
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band,  United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Works on This Recording

1.
The Spirit of Christmas by Traditional
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band,  United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
2.
Mame: We need a little Christmas by Jerry Herman
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band,  United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1966; USA 
3.
Meet Me in St. Louis: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Ralph Blane
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band,  United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
4.
Babes in Toyland: March of the Toy Soldiers by Victor Herbert
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band,  United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1903; USA 
5.
Scrooge: A Merrie Medley by Leslie Bricusse
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band,  United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
6.
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Meredith Willson
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band,  United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1951; USA 
7.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 13, Act 2 - Waltz of the Flowers by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1891-1892; Russia 
 Notes: Arranged for band by L. Odom. 
8.
Amahl and the Night Visitors: March by Gian Carlo Menotti
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1951; USA 
9.
Amahl and the Night Visitors: Shepherd's Dance by Gian Carlo Menotti
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1951; USA 
10.
A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band,  United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
Period: 20th Century 
 Notes: The piece is a medley that also includes themes themes How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Music by Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson, Albert Hague and Johnny Marks.(arranged for band by R. Thurston) 
11.
Silver Bells by Jay Livingston
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band,  United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1951; USA 
12.
Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60: Troika by Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band,  United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1934; Paris, France 
13.
Holiday Inn: White Christmas by Irving Berlin
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band,  United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942; USA 
14.
Home Alone: Somewhere in My Memory by John T. Williams
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band,  United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
Period: 20th Century 
Written: USA 
15.
Christmas Medley by Various
Conductor:  Lowell Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  United States Air Force Band,  United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
Notes: Music by Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederic Handel, Felix Mendelssohn, John Francis Wade,Josef Mohr and Anonymous. Themes include Silent Night, Joy to the World, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, O Come All Ye Faithful. (arr. K. Laurent and R. Thurston) 

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