2014 Christmas Carol Mashups #9

I only had time for two yesterday, but they were both excellent suggestions. Connie Backus Yoder suggested “The Holly and the Ivy” in the style of Bach. For this one, I took something like the accompaniment figure from the cantata setting of Nun Danket and...

2014 Christmas Carol Mashups #8

I had time for a few of the more interesting and challenging requests yesterday.  I think the hardest request so far has been by Stan Kleppinger who asked for “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer” in the style of Hindemith. I thought about this one enough...

2014 Christmas Carol Mashups #7

Yesterday, I had time to do two more. The first was “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” suggested by Tinsley Silcox. It is one of the best combinations suggested to date. Debussy goes well with Irving Berlin. I lifted the voicing of the first chord...

2014 Christmas Carol Mashups #6

Today started with a nice request from Nathaniel Sullivan. “O come, O come, Emmanuel” in the style of Cole Porter. This one came out particularly nicely, I think. Next, Brett Epperson requested “O Holy Night” played as a Scott Joplin rag....

2014 Christmas Carol Mashups #5

Yesterday, I managed three more. I had a request from my sister for “Santa Baby” in the style of Haydn. I decided to play it on the organ because it was more convenient. I really like how this one turned out.Kendall Reimer suggested “Rocking around...