Here are some of my favorite Christmas choral pieces. I will add more as we get closer to the 25th.

Peter Warlock - Bethlehem Down
Siglo de Oro, Dir. Patrick Allies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKtTFIkP9ck

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Beethoven and Freedom - Tablet Magazine
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/beethoven-freedom-250

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Here's a fun Beethoven game from several years ago:
https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-ludwig-van-beethovens-245th-year

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I have performed this piece a number of times, but never in a parking garage. Now, I really want to. It might as well be an outdoor concrete cathedral.

Ēriks Ešenvalds - Stars
Cantus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFqZA9ckgu0

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Here is a popular choral warhorse, in a stunning new performance. Oh, those sopranos! (The rest of the choir are no slouches, either.)

Anton Bruckner - Os justi
Tenebrae, Nigel Short
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXYbEyvVXUk

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Sergei Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky - "The Battle of the Ice"

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKZPgGbUuX0

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Frédérick Chopin - Etude Op.25 No.11 'Winter Wind'
Maurizio Pollini, piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJMIIxm1bGo

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Beethoven: 33 Piano Variations In C, Op.120 On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli
Maurizio Pollino, piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia83hXkWwqk

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This may not be the most popular of Mozart's symphonies, but it's always been one of my favorites. This performance really nails the energy just right, in my opinion.

Mozart - Symphony No. 35 K. 385 "Haffner"

Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER0ML30biZ8

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Here's some badass legitimately scary and violent music. I always play this for my students when I want to freak them out. It's a good thing they don't speak German though, otherwise I'd never get away with it...

Alfred Schnittke - Seid nuchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata); VII. Es geschah (It came to pass)

Malmö Symphony Chorus
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Inger Blom
Conducted by James DePreist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR78SQeRiC4

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György Ligeti - Études No. 13: L'Escalier du Diable" (The Devil's Staircase)

Idil Biret, piano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6LmG9myHxA

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Leonard Bernstein Introduces the Moog Synthesizer to the World in 1969, Playing an Electrified Version of Bach's “Little Fugue in G” | Open Culture
https://www.openculture.com/2018/01/leonard-bernstein-introduces-the-moog-synthesizer-to-the-world-in-1969.html

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I hear that a bunch of musicians have joined us recently! Welcome!

Established members, please excuse my boosting a whole bunch of past #cosoclassical / #cosochoral posts. I'm chumming the waters to see if there are any more classical music fans or musicians out there.

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Eliza Gilkyson, arr. Craig Hella Johnson - Requiem
Conspirare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHGLX-0zkjI

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Gustav Mahler - Symphony No.2 in C minor "Resurrection"

Sheila Armstrong - Soprano
Janet Baker - Mezzo-soprano
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZK3yZvvFBk

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Gustav Mahler - Symphony No.2 in C minor "Resurrection"

Sheila Armstrong - Soprano
Janet Baker - Mezzo-soprano
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZK3yZvvFBk

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