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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]
The Lost Christmas Eve is the final installment in TSO's Christmas trilogy. "The record continues the tradition of its two predecessors by telling a musical tale of loss and redemption, this one encompassing a rundown hotel, an old toy store, a blues bar, a gothic cathedral and their respective inhabitants, whose destinies are intertwined by a single enchanted evening in New York City.
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The flight was part of "Operation: Sleigh Ride", a USAF airlift program to bring U.S. servicemen fighting in the Korean War home for Christmas. At around 18:30 PST, the C-124 lifted off from Larson Air Force Base near Moses Lake, Washington en route to Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Just seconds after taking off, the left wing struck ...
Huskies ready to ride at the husky farm in Kuusamo, Finland. After World War II, skijor and pulka style dog sled racing gained rapidly in popularity in Norway and neighboring Scandinavian countries. [8] These styles of racing required small, fast teams of 1–4 dogs who competed over short, hilly distances of 15–30 km (9.3–18.6 mi).
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A winter sunrise in Finland. Sibelius mentioned a sunrise he saw during a sleigh ride as a source of inspiration.. Nightride and Sunrise (in Finnish: Öinen ratsastus ja auringonnousu; in German: Nächtlicher Ritt und Sonnenaufgang), [1] Op. 55, is a single-movement tone poem for orchestra written in 1908 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
The dances are scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani, violins I and II, violoncellos, and double basses.The middle section and coda, titled Die Schlittenfahrt (The sleigh ride), of the third dance adds two posthorns and five sleigh bells tuned to C, E, F, G, and A (in ascending order).