Christmas Songs, Suites, & Dreams
Free
Bohuslav Martinů — Vánoce ("Christmas"), H. 167
Josef Suk — "O štědrém dni" ("Christmas Day") from 4 Episodes for piano
Vítězslav Novák — Songs of a Winter's Night Op. 30: "Christmas Night Song"
Jan Meyerowitz — Noel Far From Home
Heinz Tiessen — Entartetes Weihnachtslied
Arthur Benjamin — Before Dawn
William Bergsma — Lullee Lullay
Gordon Binkerd — What Sweeter Musick
Eric Thiman — I Saw Three Ships
Edgar Bainton — Ring Out, Wild Bells
Join multi-instrumentalist Peter Nelson-King at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church in Bellevue for a rich program of rarely-heard Christmas music!
At its center is British composer Alec Rowley's 20-minute suite of A Christmas Carol, likely heard for the first time in the Northwest in its original form. Also included are songs by British and American composers, including Seattle's own William Bergsma, and piano works by Czech masters and composers displaced or targeted by Nazi Germany.
One night only – and admission is free to all!
About Peter Nelson-King
Peter Nelson-King is an active performer and teacher on trumpet and piano, and plays regularly with multiple orchestras and large ensembles in the Seattle area. A King County native, they earned degrees from University of Puget Sound and Boston University, returning to the Seattle area after freelancing in the Northeast. They are a longtime member of Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra and Brass Band Northwest, and a frequent recurring member of the experimental jazz group Scrambler. As a solo and chamber performer, they specialize in promoting works by composers who have unjustly fallen into neglect, and have revived major works by dozens of these composers for Seattle audiences.
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