This piece was written and given as a Christmas gift to my amazing wife, Tara.  It was played beautifully by my very good friend, David Lloyd, who is the principal cellist with the Carroll Symphony Orchestra and plays with me in the chamber ensemble Atlanta by Six.

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Cello Sonata

Day 9: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

Santa Medley

Day 8: The Carroll Symphony Orchestra presents a Christmas Pops concert each year, and I usually allow the audience to submit requests.  After intermission, we roll out a grand piano and I play the most requested tunes.  Here is a portion of the improvisation from last Thursday night, December 15, 2016.  I include it in this series, on Christmas Eve, because it contains Clement Moore's "Twas the Night Before Christmas".  (I very nearly remembered the poem!)  

Christmas Improv

Day 7: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

The Christmas Song

Day 6: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Day 5: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

White Christmas/Silver Bells

Day 4: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

O Little Town of Bethlehem/The First Nowell

Day 3: Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

What Child Is This

Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album A Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

O Holy Night

Each day leading to Christmas I will release a recording from my Christmas album Silent Night. Merry Christmas to all!

Silent Night

Schubert's wonderful Impromptu in G-flat major is a favorite of mine and of many.  I hope you enjoy.

Schubert Impromptu in G-flat major

This is my first podcast in a while.  I've been thinking a lot about the music that I would like to share in the future, and while "Piano Lab" was a lot of fun, the new show "Tone Poem" will allow me to feature more orchestral, choral and other non-piano music.  Of course, there will still be a good bit of piano music - especially music for piano and orchestra - but the new name will more accurately describe the show from now on.  The piece featured in this episode is a Tone Poem for piano, called Asleep.  I've shared it before, but I thought it would be appropriate to share it once more as the first piece under the new podcast name. I hope you enjoy this piece, written when my oldest daughter was an infant.  It was inspired by the many nights I spent rocking her to sleep.

The first podcast under the new name Tone Poem

This is a beautiful organ setting by Peter DeWitt of a very old Advent Noel, Bereden vag for Herran (Prepare the way, O Zion).  The recording is from an organ recital that I gave on December 20.  I hope you enjoy this and that you have a very Merry Christmas!

Advent Noel: Prepare the way, O Zion

Debussy's beautiful suite for piano, Estampes. I hope you enjoy!

Piano Lab - Debussy "Estampes"

Crucifixus, one of my choral compositions for Lent

Piano Lab - Crucifixus for Choir

Sponsored by MusicalOverture.com, Tone Poem is a series of podcasts of new music, presented by Terry Lowry, with works from the standard repertoire added from time to time. For more, visit www.musicaloverture.com/videos/by/TerryLowry

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