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"Sleigh Ride" is a light orchestra standard composed by Leroy Anderson. He formed the idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946, and finished it in February 1948. Its first performance was by the Boston Pops Orchestra, with Arthur Fiedler conducting, on May 4, 1948. [1] Anderson also made arrangements for wind band and piano. [2] [3]
English: Sleigh Ride: Freely licensed piano song. This song has been written as a Christmas present. This song has been written as a Christmas present. See also: File:Sleighride-tobefree.ogg and File:Sleighride-tobefree-generated.mid .
Cadmium (stylized "cadmium…") is the sixth album by the progressive-classical rock band Sky, released in November 1983.The album contents were a mixture of Sky traditions and new elements – it contained a classical-rock arrangement of Prokofiev's "Sleigh Ride" (from the "Lieutenant Kijé Suite"), alongside seven original compositions and the first examples of commissioned compositions from ...
Sleigh Ride (1948) Song of the Bells (1953) Summer Skies (1953) The Syncopated Clock (1945) Ticonderoga March (1939) (Anderson's only work written for concert band) A Trumpeter's Lullaby (1949) The Typewriter (1950) Waltz Around the Scale (1970) The Waltzing Cat (1950) Orchestral arrangements. Birthday Party (1970) Chicken Reel (1946)
The album contained a classical-rock arrangement of Prokofiev's "Sleigh Ride" (from the "Lieutenant Kijé Suite"), alongside seven original compositions. It also featured the first examples of commissioned compositions from contemporary writers from outside the band: Alan Tarney (Kevin Peek's old friend and fellow Cliff Richard collaborator ...
Ric Flauding has produced compositions and arrangements for groups including the London Symphony and the London Boychoir,; [14] the Fort Worth Symphony,; [15] the Plano Symphony Orchestra: (December 18, 2016), in which his arrangement of the song "Sleigh Ride" was the featured Finale of the "Home for the Holidays" concerts; and the Juarez ...
Unlike previous Christmas albums, Chicago Christmas features primarily original material, written by members of the band. [5] The only non-original songs on the album are "What the World Needs Now Is Love", "Sleigh Ride (2019)", and "Here We Come a Caroling". [5] Chicago Christmas reached number one on the Billboard Holiday Albums Sales Chart. [4]
The band's rendition of "Sleigh Ride" was nominated for Best Country Instrumental Performance. It was performed on the December 22, 2008 edition of Late Night with Conan O'Brien. This is also the last studio album to feature saxophonist Jeff Coffin before his departure in 2009 to join the Dave Matthews Band.