In the 1920s, Bates Burt started composing an annual Christmas carol for the family Christmas card. The tradition continued down the family line. 50-plus carols later, his great-granddaughter Abbie Burt Betinis created a medley out of some of the best. Tune in to hear ‘Three Generations of Burt Family Carols’ on today’s episode.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
John Rutter, arr. Luc Vertommen: What Sweeter Music
Black Dyke Band | Nicholas Childs, conductor
Album: Rutter: Anthems, Hymns and Gloria for Brass Band
Naxos 574130
Ivan Nebesnyy: Christmas Symphonies: Mvts 1, 4-12
Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Volodymyr Sheiko, conductor
EBU, Grand Concert Studio, Ukrainian Radio Recording House, Kyiv, Ukraine
John Rutter, arr. Luc Vertommen: Carol of the Magi
Black Dyke Band | Nicholas Childs, conductor
Album: John Rutter: Brass at Christmas
Naxos 574564
John Francis Wade, arr. Carlos Simon: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Carlos Simon, piano
Album: Carlos Simon Christmas
Decca
Irving Berlin, arr. Carlos Simon: White Christmas
Carlos Simon, piano
Album: Carlos Simon Christmas
Decca 28948547814
Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane, arr. Carlos Simon: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Carlos Simon, piano
Album: Carlos Simon Christmas
Decca
Hour 2
Felix Bernard, arr. Alexander L'Estrange: Winter Wonderland
The King's Singers
Album: Christmas Songbook
Signum
Walter Kent, arr. Rachel Drehmann: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Genghis Barbie
Album: Home for the Holidays
Sublyme Records
George Michael, arr. Danielle Kuhlmann, Jon Irabagon: Last Christmas
Genghis Barbie
Album: Home for the Holidays
Sublyme Records
Traditional, arr. Edgar Pettman: The Angel Gabriel
The King's Singers
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
James Burton: Balulalow
The King's Singers
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
June Collin: The quiet heart
The King's Singers
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Janoska Ensemble: The Four Seasons in Janoska Style: Winter
Janoska Ensemble
Album: The Four Seasons in Janoska Style
DG
Carolyn Jennings: Climb to the Top of the Highest Mountain
St. Olaf Massed Choir & Orchestra | Therees Tkach Hibbard, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Olaf C. Christiansen: Sing Nowell, Sing Gloria!, "Kodaya's Carol"
St. Olaf Choir | Anton Armstrong, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Traditional French, arr. Cary Ratcliff: Noel Novelet, "Sing We Now of Christmas"
Christopher Mortika, Hammered Dulcimer | Manitou Singers & St. Olaf Orchestra | Therees Tkach Hibbard, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Abbie Betinis: Three Generations of Burt Family Carols
AJ Veninga, Djembe | St. Olaf Massed Choir and Orchestra | Therees Tkach Hibbard, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
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