Instrumental and Classical Holiday Selections!

Amal and the night visitorsBach Christmas Oratorio - Jauchzet frohlocketBach Christmas Oratorio - Ich Will Nur Dir zu Ehren LebenBach Christmas Oratorio - Ich Will Nur Dir zu Ehren Leben Bela<br/>Mannheim Steamroller - A Fresh Aire ChristmasMannheim Steamroller—the multi-Platinum-selling neo-classical group founded by Chip Davis—is best known for popular reworkings of classic Christmas songs.
∙ Born into a musical Ohio family, Davis composed his first piece at age six, played in the University of Michigan’s concert band, and became a junior high music teacher.∙ He cocreated the character of C.W. McCall, whose 1975 trucker-rebellion single “Convoy” topped Billboard’s Country and Pop charts and inspired Sam Peckinpah’s like-named 1978 film.∙ Mannheim Steamroller’s debut album, 1975’s Fresh Aire—featuring classical music played on electric bass and synthesizers—was a hit with audiophiles due to its high-tech sound.∙ The band’s first collection of holiday classics, 1984’s Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, rose into the Billboard 200—and by 2004 the album had sold more than six million copies.∙ The Mannheim Steamroller LP Fresh Aire 7 won a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1991.∙ In 2019, the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Tour celebrated 35 straight years, with two different touring troupes, plus a third group that performed at a popular Florida theme park.

Manheim SteamRoller - Holly and the IvyManheim SteamRoller - Carol of the BellsManheim Steamroller - GreensleevesManheim Steamroller Christmas - Deck the Halls<br/>
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories
Symphonic rock group Trans-Siberian Orchestra has blended heavy metal bombast, classical music composition, and pyro-and-lasers theatrics into their Platinum-selling LPs and explosive live shows.
∙ Thanks to the radio success of seasonal smash “Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12/24,” the band’s debut LP, 1996’s Christmas Eve and Other Stories, has been certified triple-Platinum.∙ Their double-Platinum sophomore album, 1998’s The Christmas Attic, hit the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top Holiday and Top Pop Catalog Albums charts.∙ Throughout the 2000s, the band performed for over 5 million fans at more than 700 concerts, landing them within the Top 25 on Billboard’s Top Touring Artists of the Decade list in 2009.∙ With 2009’s Night Castle and 2015’s Letters from the Labyrinth, they scored back-to-back No. 1 hits on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart.∙ “Forget About the Blame (Moon Version)”—featuring guest lead vocals from Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale—became a Top 40 rock radio hit in 2015.
Christmas/Sarajevo 12/24O Come All Ye Faithful/Oh Holy NightSt. Olaf - Glories Ring - JC - 3Spitfire BBC Symphony orchestra recording John Ferguson’s O Come All Ye FaithfulPart 1https://youtu.be/39poO0zkMCA Part 2BBC Symphony Orchestra Free John Ferguson O Come All Ye Faithful Part 2Ammundson joy to the worldMidnight Syndicate - Christmas: A Ghostly Gathering<br/>
Inspired by gothic rock and other obscure sounds, Midnight Syndicate creates darkly blended compositions that also display their pop/rock style influences. The band sustains its dramatic musical scenarios not only by way of their common musical inspirations, ranging from Black Sabbath to King Diamond, but also by a shared wish of portraying the darkest edges of existence. It was in 1