Randall Wolfe presented his second annual Christmas Piano Recital Tour, of a 45-minute program of miniature gems from an eclectic repertoire, in 2022. The program is designed in five short sections and includes an audience sing-along of three carols that are introduced by piano renditions.
Performances
Saturday, December 3: Private Recital, Mason, Ohio
Monday, December 5: University of Dayton, Ohio, Sears Recital Hall, Humanities Building, 3:35 PM
Saturday, December 10: Springboro Performing Arts Center, Ohio, 115 Wright Station Way, Springboro, Ohio 45066, 7:00 PM,
tickets at 937-546-3466, $10.
Sunday, December 11: Sharonville United Methodist Church, Ohio, 3751 Creek Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45241, 3:00 PM, free.
Program
Dream of Christmas (Silent Night) - Max Reger
The Sussex Mummer’s Christmas Carol - Percy Grainger
The Christmas Tree - Franz Liszt
The Shepherds at the Manger (In Dulci Jubilo)
March of the Three Holy Kings (Adeste Fideles)
Audience Sing: O Come, All Ye Faithful (two verses)
Children’s Christmas – Niels W. Gade
Christmas Chimes
Christmas Psalm (Child Jesus)
The Christmas Tree
1. Entrance March
2. The Boys’ Round Dance
3. The Little Girls’ Dance
Good Night
Rumanian Christmas Carols - Bela Bartok
First Series, No. 10 - Three Kings Follow the Star
Second Series, No. 10 - Let Us Go to Bethlehem
The Christmas Gift – Vladimir Rebikov
Children Playing Around the Christmas Tree
A Music Box Gift
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - from The Nutcracker - Peter Tschaikovsky
Five Carol Fantasies for Piano - John Ness Beck
1. What Child Is This?
2. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
5. Joy to the World
Audience Sing: Joy to the World (two verses)
Christmas Time Is Here - from A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi
Reindeer Ragtime Two-Step - Joseph Lamb
Audience Sing: Silent Night (one verse)
