SOTM SOTM Theme December 2021 - Winter

[Mark Hancock]

Absolutely a valid connection. I love that song - I nearly chose it instead of "Winter Wonderland".
A classy rendition!

Thanks Nigel - it's one of my Xmas favorites. Yet another for the Christmas playlist. I feel a seasonal avatar change coming on.

 

[Mark Hancock]

I found a nice collection of very simple SATB arrangements of carols on musescore.

View: https://youtu.be/cfty0TFKFRg

 

[Guenne]

Hello!

Here's a song from a list of arrangements I used to play with my students at advent markets. I stopped because intontation is not so easy at -5 degrees and sometimes people were shocked the songs did not sound the way they expected them to sound 🙂

But as we have Omicron instead of advent markets.....

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Cheers, Guenne

 

[nigeld]

I found a nice collection of very simple SATB arrangements of carols on musescore.

View: https://youtu.be/cfty0TFKFRg

That brought back memories of being a choirboy a very, very, very long time ago.
I didn't know the last carol in your collection, which was good to hear. Simple is sometimes best.

 

[nigeld]

Hello!

Here's a song from a list of arrangements I used to play with my students at advent markets. I stopped because intontation is not so easy at -5 degrees and sometimes people were shocked the songs did not sound the way they expected them to sound 🙂

But as we have Omicron instead of advent markets.....

www.saxmitmusik.at

Listen to music and sounds from www.saxmitmusik.at and explore tracks and mixes on hearthis.at

hearthis.at

Cheers, Guenne

In the UK, that's the melody of the Labour Party Anthem - "The Red Flag":
The People's Flag is deepest red,
It shrouded oft our martyred dead, . . .

Played impeccably as always.

 

[Guenne]

In the UK, that's the melody of the Labour Party Anthem - "The Red Flag":
The People's Flag is deepest red,
It shrouded oft our martyred dead, . . .

Sorry, I didn't know that.
In Austria, it's just a harmless song about a tree only blooming "at wintertime".

 

[Guenne]

Hello!

I hope there's no hidden message in this one 🙂

A friend of mine from the German forum made a mouthpiece, it's a kind of Slant Link.
He named it "Big Wave". It comes in only one tip opening (.108).

I admit that I ordered it first just to support him, but it's very useable for me. It's easy to play despite of the tip opening (reeds Rigotti Jazz 3). I can play it with students, in ensembles without drowning out the other instruments.

I hope you like the recording, it's not perfect, but Dolly couldn't stay quiet..

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dyNd_wg5sM


Cheers, Guenne

 

[Colin the Bear]

An instrumental has no words. It's just a tune. I learned Tanenbaum in "O" level German classes along with Valderi Valdera, The Happy Wanderer.

 

[nigeld]

Hello!

I hope there's no hidden message in this one 🙂

A friend of mine from the German forum made a mouthpiece, it's a kind of Slant Link.
He named it "Big Wave". It comes in only one tip opening (.108).

I admit that I ordered it first just to support him, but it's very useable for me. It's easy to play despite of the tip opening (reeds Rigotti Jazz 3). I can play it with students, in ensembles without drowning out the other instruments.

I hope you like the recording, it's not perfect, but Dolly couldn't stay quiet..

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dyNd_wg5sM


Cheers, Guenne

No hidden message implied in "O Tannenbaum" either. 🙂

Excellent, as always.

 

[Mark Hancock]

I found a reverb setting called "Church", so, why not?

View: https://youtu.be/0oeR_Y53tJM

 

[nigeld]

I found a reverb setting called "Church", so, why not?

View: https://youtu.be/0oeR_Y53tJM

That church has quite a pleasant reverb - it suits the carol well.

 

[Colin the Bear]

Who'd'athought? 😉

 

[Guenne]

One more for the road:

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Cheers Guenne

 

[nigeld]

One more for the road:

www.saxmitmusik.at

Listen to music and sounds from www.saxmitmusik.at and explore tracks and mixes on hearthis.at

hearthis.at

Cheers Guenne

I don't know that one.
Sounds great

 

[rhysonsax]

It's all a bit Christmassy here, so how about something bleak and wintry ?

Hoagy Carmichael wrote a very sad song called "Winter Moon" with these sad lyrics:

Winter moon, up there alone in the sky​

All I can hear is the word "Goodbye"​

​

Winter moon, do you recall a night in June?​

Where is love's magic? Where has it gone?​

Has it gone like the summertime that we used to know​

​

Winter moon, up there alone in the sky​

Are you as lonely tonight as I?​

Art Pepper recorded a great alto version in 1980 with strings arranged and conducted by Bill Holman. That recording is very slow (about 55 bpm) and I couldn't afford a string orchestra, so I made a BiaB backing with a nice vibraphone RealTrack.

Winter Moon - Rhys alto V1.mp3 - Box

Rhys

 

[nigeld]

Not very cheerful!
But very well played.

 

[rhysonsax]

I like the soprano playing of Jim Galloway, Scottish born and Canada based mainstream saxophonist. He recorded a fine version of Winter Wonderland on the Sackville label which I have transcribed and tried to learn. It is too rapid for me at the recorded tempo (about 164bpm) so I made a BiaB backing at 145bpm with one of their Real Style Gypsy Jazz groups.

Winter Wonderland - 145bpm Rhys soprano V1.mp3 - Box

Rhys

 

[nigeld]

I like the soprano playing of Jim Galloway, Scottish born and Canada based mainstream saxophonist. He recorded a fine version of Winter Wonderland on the Sackville label which I have transcribed and tried to learn. It is too rapid for me at the recorded tempo (about 164bpm) so I made a BiaB backing at 145bpm with one of their Real Style Gypsy Jazz groups.

Winter Wonderland - 145bpm Rhys soprano V1.mp3 - Box

Rhys

Very convincing - sounds great.

 

[nigeld]

We have reached the end of the month, and of 2021, so many thanks to all the contributors.
As usual, this thread will remain open, and more wintery contributions are very welcome.

 

[rhysonsax]

Thanks for hosting so well @nigeld .

I think that an open-ended topic for SOTM or BOTM can work well and this was a goodie.

Rhys