Listening again. What a gorgeous and glorious thing this is. A beautiful sound for the season, and anytime a sweet refreshment is needed.

Sweet and thoughtful !!! Fluid, expressive and soft in its expression. Persuasive and beautiful song. I love it so much!!!

This simply does not get old; a high-water mark for music of the season and so nice to hear again. Kudos Pete, wish I could repost a hundred times.

Impressing arrangement and sound. Great work!

This was an unexpected piece to round off another year after the acquisition of the wonderful VSL YMIR children's choir library. Well what can you do except compose a piece using it ;-)

Given the time of year a seasonal piece made sense and once I had a title then I was away. I also took the opportunity to practice orchestral wooshes (they are a thing). The ones in this piece comprise a cymbal roll, a timpani roll and a harp gliss.  

Many of the instruments employed here like glockenspiel and tubular bells are popular in this type of music and obviously sleigh bells make an appearance. I took the liberty of quoting 'Deck the Halls' in some places too.

I wanted a dream sequence in the middle of the piece which is mainly choir and alto flute, although the glockenspiel and percussion makes an appearance. It acts as a nice contrast to the general festive sleigh ride feel. 

Wishing you 'The Compliments of the Yuletide Season' :-)

Release Date: 2023-12-01
Label: Peter Goodrich
UPC: 735910951592
ISRC: GX4W52300001

Available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube and other sites.

Photo by Tobias Bjørkli from Pexels

Also now on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRmXjTJOrD4

Instrumentation
Ensemble Strings Mixed  - Chris Hein Strings
Ensemble Strings Violin  - Chris Hein Strings
Ensemble Strings Viola (Sus Vib)  - Chris Hein Strings
Ensemble Strings Viola (Pizz Tight) - Chris Hein Strings 
Ensemble Strings Cello - Chris Hein Strings
Ensemble Strings Bass - Chris Hein Strings 
Alto Flute - Chris Hein Winds
English Horn - Chris Hein Winds 
French Horn - Chris Hein Winds 
French Horn Ensemble - Chris Hein Brass
Trombone Ensemble - Chris Hein Brass
Euphonium - Chris Hein Brass
Tuba - Chris Hein Brass 
Vibraphone - VSL - Big Bang Orchestra 
Glockenspiel - VSL - Big Bang Orchestra 
Sleigh Bells - Big Fish Audio / Fracture Sounds 
Cymbal Rolls - Albion One 
Timpani Rolls and Strikes - VSL - Big Band Orchestra
Tubular Bells - VSL - Big Bang Orchestra 
Concert Harp and Harp Harmonics - GPO5 (Garritan)
St Peter's Choir - Halion 6
YMIR Choir - VSL - Big Band Orchestra

A Yuletide Dream (Remastered 2023)

A collection of songs, instrumentals and orchestral pieces charting my adventures in home studio recording and production.  All original compositions using voice, acoustic and electric guitar (sometimes using altered tunings), bouzouki, low and high whistles and MIDI instrumentation. 

I'm also using VST instrumentation to create classical compositions and integrating orchestral sounds into my songs and instrumentals.

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