Christmas Peace 2 is a collection of holiday solos for the Intermediate pianist. Tastefully done in a contemporary classical style, these pieces will enhance your Christmas season at church, Recital, gigs, and any holiday setting where beautiful music is desired. Contains: Carol of the Bells; It Came Upon the Midnight Clear; Angels We Have Heard on High; How Great Our Joy; Child in the Manger; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; Joy to the World; Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence; The Birthday of a King; God So Loved the World; O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Coventry Carol; I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. Connect with Pam Turner at www.pamturnerpiano.com and sign up to be notified of new releases. You might also enjoy the original Christmas Peace songbook (item number 462013).

Christmas Peace is a collection of holiday solos for the Intermediate pianist. Tastefully done in a contemporary classical style, these pieces will enhance your Christmas season at church, Recital, gigs, and any holiday setting where beautiful music is desired. Contains: Ave Maria, The First Noel, What Child Is This, O Come All Ye Faithful, In the Bleak Midwinter, Gesu Bambino, Still Still Still, Ode to Joy, Canon in D (Pachelbel's Canon in D Major), Silent Night, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, O Holy Night, Of the Father's Love Begotten, Peace (original composition). Connect with Pam Turner at www.pamturnerpiano.com and sign up to be notified of new releases.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xHc87rqUiM&feature=youtu.be

Sounds like: Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Vince Guaraldi, Liz Story's "The Gift", George Winston's "December", early Windham Hill solo piano artists, and "A Winter's Solstice" compilations.


Transcribed by: David Shenton ( https://www.shentonmusic.com/ ) verbatim to the sound recording

Contents:
1. Bring A Torch (Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella)
2. Children Go Where I Send Thee / The Holly & The Ivy
3. Star Of Wonder (We Three Kings of Orient Are)
4. Silent (Silent Night, Holy Night)
5. Midnight (It Came Upon the Midnight Clear)
6. What Child Is This?
7. Greensleeves (homage to Liz Story)
8. Three Ships (I Saw Three Ships, Come Sailing In)
9. The Coventry Carol (Lully, Lulla, Lullay)
10. Sing We Now Of Christmas (No�l Nouvelet)
11. Carol Of The Bells

Album & Songbook review by: Kathy Parsons (MainlyPiano.com):

I have discovered a real wealth of great solo piano Christmas CDs this year! Isadar?s In Search For the Meaning of Christmas definitely falls into this category! Thoughtful, introspective, and a bit moody, Isadar?s arrangements are true to the carols (with some small melody changes in ?Bring a Torch? and ?Carol of the Bells? that bother me just a little) and still seem very personal. ?Bring a Torch?, ?The Holly and the Ivy?, and ?I Saw Three Ships? are given a lighthearted, joyful treatment. ?Star of Wonder (We Three Kings)?, ?What Child Is This??, ?The Coventry Carol?, and ?Sing We Now of Christmas? are all minor, somber, reverent pieces, and all four are given loving arrangements that keep the dark, mysterious nature of the songs and reflect Isadar?s own sensibilities. ?Carol of the Bells? and Isadar's take on Liz Story?s arrangement of ?Greensleeves? are energetic without losing all abandon. ?Silent Night? and ?It Came Upon a Midnight Clear? present us with a very cold, deep solitude - both feel like late night with moonlight reflecting off the snow. Both are moody, but very beautifully so. George Winston?s ?December? is one of my all-time favorite holiday albums, and I feel In Search For the Meaning of Christmas holds up exceptionally well next to it. This is an excellent collection of Christmas music, and I highly recommend it!

In Search For the Meaning of Christmas is the companion songbook to Isadar?s 1999 solo piano release by the same name. Meticulously transcribed note-for-note by David Shenton of New York Music Publishing, the music is faithful to the recording in every way (except for the pianist - YOU!). The scores are clear, concise, and easy to read, and also include chord indications for improvisation or the use of instruments other than or in addition to the piano. Isadar?s arrangements cover a whole range of emotions, from very dark and somber to joyful and buoyant. All of the pieces from the CD are here, including Isadar?s homage to Liz Story and her beautiful version of ?Greensleeves.? My personal favorites of the eleven songs in this book are the bright and cheerful ?Bring A Torch,? ?What Child Is This??, ?Greensleeves,? the darkly gorgeous ?The Coventry Carol,? and ?Sing We Now of Christmas.? Other titles that I really like are ?Children Go Where I Send Thee/The Holly and the Ivy,? ?Star of Wonder (We Three Kings)," ?Carol of the Bells,? and the effervescent ?Three Ships.? ?Silent? (Silent Night) and ?Midnight? (It Came Upon a Midnight Clear) are a bit too dark for my own holiday tastes, but are interesting and very personal arrangements. This book will make a great addition to your holiday sheet music collection and is available from isadar.com and amazon.com.

Isadar is an artist on both Enlightened Piano Radio & Whisperings Solo Piano Radio, the latter featuring some of today's biggest names in solo piano music, including Ludovico Einaudi, David Nevue, Brian Crain, Kevin Kern, Robin Spielberg, Michele McLaughlin, Philip Wesley and over 300 more...

Also available as sheet music in physical songbooks, digital downloads, as well as software for Yamaha Disklavier player-pianos.

For more information, visit his website at: http://www.isadar.com

German.

Erleben Sie die wahre Magie von Weihnachten mit unserem Notenheft "45 Weihnachtslied-Klassiker f�r Klavier"! Tauchen Sie ein in die festliche Atmosph�re von Pl�tzchenduft, Kerzenschein und dem Klang von Weihnachtsliedern, die uns seit unserer Kindheit begleiten. Dieses Notenheft bietet Ihnen eine preiswerte M�glichkeit, 45 beliebte Weihnachtslieder schnell und einfach am Klavier oder Keyboard zu spielen. Hier steht nicht die Perfektion im Vordergrund, sondern der Spa� am Musizieren und die Freude, Ihr Repertoire zu erweitern. Schlie�lich m�chte niemand das ganze Jahr �ber Weihnachtslieder �ben! Die Arrangements sind leicht gesetzt und �bersichtlich gestaltet, sodass Sie die Noten m�helos erfassen k�nnen. Selbst wenn Sie erst 1?2 Jahre Klavier- oder Keyboardunterricht hatten, werden Sie viele Lieder problemlos spielen k�nnen. Zur schnellen Orientierung sind Harmoniesymbole und Fingers�tze enthalten. Damit k�nnen Sie die Arrangements auch auf Keyboards mit Begleitautomatik spielen und sich sogar mit Gitarre oder Ukulele begleiten lassen. Und das Beste daran? Sie k�nnen die Musik aus diesem Notenheft auch jederzeit anh�ren! Suchen Sie einfach nach dem Album oder der Playlist "45 Weihnachtslied-Klassiker f�r Klavier" auf Ihren Lieblings-Streaming-Plattformen wie Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon oder Deezer. So k�nnen Sie die Melodien vorab genie�en und sich inspirieren lassen. Stellen Sie sich vor, wie Sie an Weihnachten die Herzen Ihrer Lieben mit wundervoller Musik erf�llen. Bestellen Sie noch heute Ihr Exemplar des Notenhefts "45 Weihnachtslied-Klassiker f�r Klavier" und lassen Sie die Weihnachtszeit mit Ihrer musikalischen Begleitung noch magischer werden! Weihnachten und Musik geh�ren zusammen ? machen Sie Ihr Fest unvergesslich!

Dieses Spielbuch bietet Ihnen die wunderbare M�glichkeit, 45 beliebte Weihnachtslieder schnell und einfach am Klavier oder Keyboard zu spielen. Die Arrangements sind leicht gesetzt und �bersichtlich gestaltet, sodass Sie die Noten m�helos erfassen k�nnen.

Sounds like: Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Vince Guaraldi's "A Charlie Brown Christmas," Liz Story's "The Gift", George Winston's "December", early Windham Hill solo piano artists, and "A Winter's Solstice" compilations.

Transcribed by: David Shenton ( https://www.shentonmusic.com/ ) verbatim to the sound recording

Contents:
1. Good Christian Men (Good Christian Men, Rejoice / In Dulci Jubilo)
2. Teddy Bear's Picnic / March Of The Toys
3. O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)
4. Still (Still, Still, Still)
5. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, Veni, Emmanuel)
6. Song Of The Wise Men
7. O Come Little Children (Ihr Kinderlein Kommet)
8. Greensleeves 2012
9. Masters In This Hall
10. Merry Christmas... And A Happy New Year (We Wish You A Merry Christmas)

Here are three refreshing new modernarrangements of three popular traditional carols ?like you ain?t never heardthem before?. Intended for the intermediate flute player (or players) and areasonably competent pianist, they are sure to brighten up your Christmasevents whether at home, school, church or recital hall. You can of course use the music with any number of flute players. The pieces could be usedduring a Christmas service or as stand-alone pieces at an end-of-termpresentation. The audio sample includes recordings of all three pieces.

The King Rides Out(based on ?Good King Wenceslas?) starts conventionally enough but turns into acountry-style song and then there?s a three-part Bach-like contrapuntal section,concluding with a wistful coda before the music returns to the joyful countrystyle. Waltz with Holly ? or Possibly Ivy (based of course on ?The Hollyand the Ivy?) turns into a dreamy waltz with long extended phrases and a goodvehicle to show the flute player?s tone quality. The Merry Gentleman goLatin is a lively rumba version of ?God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen?.

ColinKirkpatrick studied composition, cello and piano at London?s prestigious RoyalCollege of Music and after graduation followed a career in music education. Hewas a High School Music Director in London for about fifteen years and laterbecame a Music Education Adviser for local government, with the addedresponsibility for training teachers and directing the instrumental teaching service.

Hehas been published by Boosey & Hawkes, Novello, Paxton, Schott, OxfordUniversity Press, Chester, Belwin Mills and Intrada (Netherlands). He holds MAand PhD degrees in education and his other interests include reading,photography, travel, cooking and wine tasting - though not necessarily all atthe same time.