Day 9: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

Day 9: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

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Santa Medley

Day 8: The Carroll Symphony Orchestra presents a Christmas Pops concert each year, and I usually allow the audience to submit requests.  After intermission, we roll out a grand piano and I play the most requested tunes.  Here is a portion of the improvisation from last Thursday night, December 15, 2016.  I include it in this series, on Christmas Eve, because it contains Clement Moore's "Twas the Night Before Christmas".  (I very nearly remembered the poem!)

Day 8: The Carroll Symphony Orchestra presents a Christmas Pops concert each year, and I usually allow the audience to submit requests.  After intermission, we roll out a grand piano and I play the most requested tunes.  Here is a portion of the improvisation from last Thursday night, December 15, 2016.  I include it in this series, on Christmas Eve, because it contains Clement Moore's "Twas the Night Before Christmas".  (I very nearly remembered the poem!)  

Christmas Improv

Day 7: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

Day 7: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

The Christmas Song

Day 6: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

Day 6: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Day 5: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

Day 5: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

White Christmas/Silver Bells

Day 4: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

Day 4: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

O Little Town of Bethlehem/The First Nowell

Day 3: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

Day 3: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

What Child Is This

Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

O Holy Night

Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

Silent Night

Schubert's wonderful Impromptu in G-flat major is a favorite of mine and of many.  I hope you enjoy.

Schubert's wonderful Impromptu in G-flat major is a favorite of mine and of many.  I hope you enjoy.

Schubert Impromptu in G-flat major

This is my first podcast in a while.  I've been thinking a lot about the music that I would like to share in the future, and while "Piano Lab" was a lot of fun, the new show "Tone Poem" will allow me to feature more orchestral, choral and other non-piano music.  Of course, there will still be a good bit of piano music - especially music for piano and orchestra - but the new name will more accurately describe the show from now on.  The piece featured in this episode is a Tone Poem for piano, called Asleep.  I've shared it before, but I thought it would be appropriate to share it once more as the first piece under the new podcast name. I hope you enjoy this piece, written when my oldest daughter was an infant.  It was inspired by the many nights I spent rocking her to sleep.

This is my first podcast in a while.  I've been thinking a lot about the music that I would like to share in the future, and while "Piano Lab" was a lot of fun, the new show "Tone Poem" will allow me to feature more orchestral, choral and other non-piano music.  Of course, there will still be a good bit of piano music - especially music for piano and orchestra - but the new name will more accurately describe the show from now on.  The piece featured in this episode is a Tone Poem for piano, called Asleep.  I've shared it before, but I thought it would be appropriate to share it once more as the first piece under the new podcast name. I hope you enjoy this piece, written when my oldest daughter was an infant.  It was inspired by the many nights I spent rocking her to sleep.

The first podcast under the new name Tone Poem

This is a beautiful organ setting by Peter DeWitt of a very old Advent Noel, Bereden vag for Herran (Prepare the way, O Zion).  The recording is from an organ recital that I gave on December 20.  I hope you enjoy this and that you have a very Merry Christmas!

This is a beautiful organ setting by Peter DeWitt of a very old Advent Noel, Bereden vag for Herran (Prepare the way, O Zion).  The recording is from an organ recital that I gave on December 20.  I hope you enjoy this and that you have a very Merry Christmas!

Advent Noel: Prepare the way, O Zion

Debussy's beautiful suite for piano, Estampes. I hope you enjoy!

Debussy's beautiful suite for piano, Estampes. I hope you enjoy!

Piano Lab - Debussy "Estampes"

Crucifixus, one of my choral compositions for Lent

Crucifixus, one of my choral compositions for Lent

Piano Lab - Crucifixus for Choir

This week's Piano Lab features Beethoven's Fantasy, Op. 77

This week's Piano Lab features Beethoven's Fantasy, Op. 77

Piano Lab - Beethoven Fantasy

Sponsored by MusicalOverture.com, Tone Poem is a series of podcasts of new music, presented by Terry Lowry, with works from the standard repertoire added from time to time. For more, visit www.musicaloverture.com/videos/by/TerryLowry

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