The piccolo trumpet can sound like a clarinet, and is used as such in two different contexts. Kirk chose the song Karen Carpenter made famous, Merry Christmas, Darling, so we feature his sweet and precise, high trombone floating over us all. The rich Irish Wexford Carol is worthy of Clarion's horn quartet, with just a little help from their friends.
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Larry has a trumpet sound as big as Santa's workshop, so letting him soar on the big ballad, Have Yourself a Larry Little Christmas, is a slam-dunk. What Child Is This?, on the Greensleeves tune, has been sung for half a millennium, so doing something new with it means quoting some more Renaissance music, opening it up for jazz improvisation, and turning Andy loose with his flugelhorn. So we get in touch with our wild side and play it fast and close to the edge.Īt Clarion's concerts, we have been featuring the talented soloists and sections from within the group, which is everybody, and some of those are represented here. The lyrics are about going out in the snow to race sleighs and pick up girls. Since Jingle Bells is the best-known winter song in America, taking liberties with the tune might be welcome. Williams' film scores have certainly kept brass players busy and earned their love, so this selection is written as a tribute to his beefy writing. Reindeer Games is really Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman as they would sound if they had been orchestrated by John Williams for an action adventure movie. People should be able to ho-ho-ho at Christmas, shouldn't they?Some explanations may be in order, beginning with the title track. So we rethink all of these carols and songs in a way which renders them unique to Clarion - sometimes serious and gorgeous, sometimes.
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It is fun to find and highlight the underlying character, or at least some characteristic, in each one of these songs which resonates with brass and percussion overtones. This is an understated and promising first step from an unpredictable and distinctive talent.In The Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition buy CD music Clarion's wildly varied body of music comes with the attitude that as much as we love holiday music and its traditions, they don't have to be the same every time we hear them. If Smith didn't have such a remarkable voice, they could stay busy composing songs for artists in several genres the anthemic "Like I Can" could be easily adapted for a contemporary country singer, while a few others could be turned over to young pop artists in need of material that makes them sound more human. That puts all the more focus on Smith's voice and words, the latter of which switch between borderline maudlin ("What use is money when you need someone to hold?") and disarmingly brazen ("Just leave your lover, leave him for me"). The dominance of stripped-down backdrops - some with merely piano, acoustic guitar, and conservative strings - is somewhat surprising. Much more about mourning than movement here, Smith is bold for not attempting to capitalize on the Disclosure and Naughty Boy hits. Deep sorrow informs most of the material. Those three solo singles are here, along with seven new songs that tend to cast Smith as a heartbroken balladeer. They preceded the release of In the Lonely Hour, the singer and songwriter's debut album.
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"Money on My Mind," an upbeat statement of purpose more about the soul than the heart, and "Stay with Me," a torch song with a gospel-inspired chorus, were Smith's second and third solo singles.
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It was quickly eclipsed by a lead role on Naughty Boy's "La La La," a breakbeat-driven tearjerker that went to number one in the U.K. Early 2013 brought their debut solo single, "Lay Me Down" - an aching singer/songwriter-soul throwback that scraped the U.K. Smith grew up listening to R&B giants Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross, and Whitney Houston, but their first impression was unique, not merely for the richness of their voice, but its resoundingly expressive yet naturally delivered manner - on a level most singers can't match with maximum effort. hit in 2012, introduced Sam Smith, a London-born vocalist with a deeply emotive voice. Disclosure's loping dance-pop single "Latch," a number 11 U.K.