CHRISTMAS PIANO MEDLEY (15th century to present day)
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Thanks for your help in suggesting these classic Christmas songs for the medley! It was hard to limit it to only 45, but otherwise I'd be playing them well into January!
And, an extra special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Yu Kyung Chung, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇
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3:57 The Nutcracker was composed in 1892, not 1816!
Opps, that’s a typo! Well spotted 😅
Yeah, I saw that and I instanly went to lok it up xd
@@DavidBennettPiano You must have been thinking of the year that E.T.A. Hoffman first published Nussknacker und Mausekönig (The Nutcracker and the Mouse King). 🙂
@@TheMister123 I wish I thought of such things.
@@DavidBennettPiano I hoped you would include War Is Over!
By the way, did you notice that the quick ostinato in Carol Of The Bells has the exact shape of the "Dies Irae" motif? (Think Into the Unknown, the intro to Surface Pressure... even multiple times in the guitar solo from Stairway to Heaven! The pattern is down half a step, back up, and then down and back up with a minor 3rd)
It’s very weird to think that many of the Christmas songs we still hear being played on radio today are centuries old.
I used to love Christmas so much, especially the music. It used to give me chills, lift me up on the darkest days. Last year, around Christmastime, my dad was dying, and he passed away in January. I have been trying so hard to get that feeling of Christmas magic back this year, but it all felt so flat and sad. Until today. The way you played and arranged these songs brought back all the magic and joy, and gave me those chills again. Thank you.
P.s. 'Chestnuts roasting on an open fire' was his favourite, I was so glad you included that :)
Yes, the first Christmas after a parent’s passing is hard. Peace be with you. Glad music brought the spirit back!!
In case anyone is interested, 'Carol of the Bells' wasn't originally a Christmas song! It was actually a Ukrainian New Year's folk song called 'Shchedryk' about a swallow flying into a house on New Year's (originally in April) and proclaiming they would have a bountiful year to come. In 1922, the first records of the song were being made and by 1936 an American composer copyrighted and published this Christmas version which we all know today.
Anyway, Merry Christmas everyone, I wish you a bountiful year to come!
Thanks! I always liked Carol of the Bells because it was the least Christmas carolly sounding of them all. Now I know why!
Thanks. I wondered about that. In 1922 my deceased mother-in-law's family was making their way across Ukraine and Poland to come to the US. Interesting to know New Year was in April.
@@mikem668 It was a good one to include - I didn't know it. My father was born in Lutsk, as it happens.
Merry Christmas to all. Embrace 2023 with open hearts.
I get the sense David has spent more than a few Christmases doing party gigs and jamming as many of these as he can.
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas has always been my all time favourite Christmas song. Others have come and gone and stood the test of time but that one I dunno just always hits the spot for me. I think it is because it has a wistfulness to it. Both hope and melancholy at the same time.
The original lyrics bring “melancholy” to a whole new level!
Hugh Martin was a friend of mine!
I agree with this completely - love how different each interpretation of it can be. And for someone like me that loves the melancholy feeling of another year ending, it is just 😚👌
@@Zveebo totally. But like hopeful as well.
It’s one of those songs that can make either smile or cry, depending how it catches you.
I liked this video before I even finished watching it. Because I knew it was gonna be that good.
Is it that time of year already!? 🎄
The inclusion of Chris de Burgh's "A Spaceman Came Traveling" as one of the 45 greatest Christmas songs made me genuinely smile. Anyone not familiar with it should listen to the original!
I see, or rather hear, what you mean.
"Driving home for Christmas" by Chris Rea has always been in my top 6.
Just got a David Bennet ad, watching a David Bennet video!
My wife and I broke up a few days ago and your numerous videos are one of the things that I enjoy watching to change my mind
Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones
Prenup?
@@pulsarlights2825 nope
happy Christmas to you.
@@surfup merry Christmas!
14:40 Looks like he had fun playing this certain song.😄
He definitely got a kick out of nailing that, and who could blame him!
Holiday Songs
1. Good Christian Men Rejoice
2. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
3. I Saw Three Ships
4. O Come All Ye Faithful
5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
6. Silent Night
7. The First Noel
8. O Christmas Tree
9. O Holy Night
10. Good King Wenceslas
11. Hark The Herald Angels Sing
12. Jingle Bells
13. We Three Kings
14. Deck The Halls
15. Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
16. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
17. Carol of The Bells
18. Ding Dong Merrily On High
19. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
20. Winter Wonderland
21. Troika
22. White Christmas
23. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
24. The Christmas Song
25. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
26. Sleigh Ride
27. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
28. Frosty The Snowman
29. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
30. Mary's Boy Child
31. Jingle Bell Rock
32. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
33. It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
34. Christmas Time Is Here
35. Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
36. River
37. Merry Christmas Everybody
38. A Spaceman Came Traveling
39. Wonderful Christmastime
40. Walking In The Air
41. Last Christmas
42. Fairytale Of New York
43. All I Want For Christmas Is You
44. Christmas Time, Don't Let The Bells End
45. Christmas Lights
Find it remarkable that O Holy Night was written before We Three Kings. What a festive treat!
14:50 the look on your face after this bit is great. Happy holidays everyone!
The fact that one of those tunes had been played variously since the 1200s is just wild. That was so long ago, before the renaissance! But really over half way between the ‘first Christmas’ and now. Time is weird.
I’ve been learning Carol of the Bells for the past four weeks in my piano lessons and it doesn’t sound nearly as awesome as the way you play it. Super impressive how you flawlessly play and memorize these.
Excellent David - there are so many to choose from! I would have added Feliz Navidad written and first recorded in 1970 by José Feliciano.
Christmas music always makes me nostalgic and sentimental. Nice medley.
This medley is soooo well put together! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
One of my favourites is "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" from the 16th century. The most widely known version was arranged by Praetorius in 1609. I love its simple yet haunting and solemn melody.
Thank you for the great video and Merry Christmas!
My favorite too, so simple yet so effective.
@@arjenbij It is so touching!
I also discovered a modern classical re-arrangement by J. Sandström - you can find it on youtube.
I was surprised not to see it.
I have to admit that I'm German and knew the title "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" and that it's a Christmas song for quite some time but I have no idea how it actually sounds like or what the text is. Even crazier is that I've sightsung it just last thursday and don't remember anything
@@gubblfisch350 It's a sad one - it's from the era of the "Thirty Years' War" when half the population of Germany died because of ravaging armies. Still, I love it.
Absolutely brilliant - and thanks for all the great videos. Have a great Christmas!
Merry Christmas, David! Thank you so much for your super insightful videos. Always a pleasure learning such a lot from you!
You never disappoint. Some great surprises. Merry Christmas!
Absolutely brilliant. Thank you also for including The Darkness!! Thank you for so many great videos, have a lovely Christmas David
A wonderful selection. Thank you.
I love this new series! It’s super cool to see how old some of these tunes are, and yet we still recognize them. Thanks so much for putting your time into this and have a Merry Christmas! 💜🎄
AbsoIuteIy briIIiant, even though "What chiId is this?" "Joy to the worId" "angeIs we have heard on high" "SiIver beIIs" 49 ☺☺
Have a very Merry Christmas David, Merry Christmas everyone ✨⭐🎄
Joy to the world
All the boys and girls
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me
It's officially Xmas. I could listen to these all day. Wonderful. :) :) :)
Another fantastic video - bravo. A very happy Christmas to you David.
David, well done as usual, in both arrangement and performance! Interesting to hear these in chronological order. Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2023
This was so lovely. I don’t do much of a Christmas celebration but the music always feels magical, especially on a piano
One of my pet peeves: it's not "Deck the Halls," it's "Deck the Hall." The song isn't about wasting time & energy making corridors look festive, but rather about sprucing up the large gathering place at the village square (the "town hall").
Happy Christmas from Texas!
Thank you for another wonderful year of videos David and all the best to you and yours in 2023. 😃
Wish you an amazing Christmas David... thank you so much for another year of great content... i love your channel and the TH-cam community is lucky to have someone like you as a contributor of awesome content...
Man, Troika is such a jam!
Boney M's "Mary's Boy Child" is a total jam.
Definitely!!
Banger. Certified.
Loved this. Such great variety and impeccably played. GOD BLESS US, EVERY ONE!
Absolutely beautiful
Thank you!
Another masterful job. I particularly liked your treatments. Quite sure some of the later examples on the timeline benefited the most, but all captured the spirit of the compositions very well.
Merci beaucoup et joyeux Noël, David.
Well played. Bravo.
Danke David für die vielen wertvollen Inspirationen in der Musiktheorie. Frohe Weihnachten David🌲
Merry Christmas David and thank you so much for all I’ve learned from you this year. Dude, I could watch you play these songs for hours. You play so beautifully and effortlessly. I’ve been learning o tannenbaum this year but this list has reminded me of s few faves to add to my list, the snowman for one. I do have to say there was one huuuuuge omission, the greatest Christmas song ever recorded - When The Thames Froze. As my good friend Steve always says, it’s not Christmas until you’ve had a good blub to that song. Cheers and here’s to next year
Great video. Very interesting to see when these were written. The Christmas Song will always be my favourite.
My favorite time of the year. Thanks for this warm and nice video!
Beautiful play and really nice transitions. Thanks, David..
Great jazz vibes. You should have included Driving home for Christmas. Thanks and
Merry Christmas from Sweden. ❤️🍀🇸🇪❤️🍀🇸🇪
Christmas music has a lot of magic to it, and thanks to you I finally know the name of some Christmas songs!
Wow, you are so gifted. Hope you are simply having a wonderful Christmas time
"River" is just so stunning. Also glad you included Happy Christmas(War is Over). 💕🎶☮
Meh. All the entries after 1965 are debatable; in 20 more years few of them will be remembered. "River" is a great song no doubt! but the personal agony it conveys (Joni Mitchell losing a baby) makes it a different genre.
@@jcarty123 I'd argue the quality declined the year after I was born 🙃 I was amazed both by how many were very old and how many were composed during WWII and within a few years after.
I take your point about River, but there's another way to see it. It's both nostalgic for those of us who loved it back in the day, but also highlights the sense of isolation many feel around the Christmas season. The songs also track the fragmentation of society. I recently learned that 1950 in the US was the high point of church membership. Meaning Christian churches. I once heard a joke about Irving Berlin, a Russian Jew who turned Easter into a fashion show and Christmas into a winter holiday. Listening to the list, I felt that the very old songs were timeless - even those which were repurposed - while the newer ones were transitory fluff. Empty in a way. Obviously, that could be my age, and my age is definitely a factor. But I don't believe it's the only factor. River seems timeless, it's about escape. About being sad when everyone is supposed to be happy. About being a stranger, far away from home, like Joseph, Mary and Jesus.
"Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on"
I have no idea why you think it's about the loss of an actual baby. It's about a break-up, probably with Graham Nash.
Off course Beatles nod is compulsory...better than Paul's..no offense but no contest
@@jcarty123 I do agree that it's a stretch to call "River" a Christmas song. The Jingle Bells reference at the beginning is for irony and setting the scene. However, River isn't about losing a baby (it's a break up song)... although Mitchell covered that in a way with "Little Green."
@@mikem668 The reason I think it's about the loss of an actual baby, is because Joni Mitchell at one point said it was about the loss of an actual baby, which she wanted to sing out - except disguise it as the loss of a boyfriend. k? Let's agree she disguised it well. Now, her agony is legit. I get it about people feeling Holiday Pain if their lives are dominated by abuse or losses. But still, that makes it a different genre. Joseph, Mary and Jesus were happy - and that is kind of the point of their story. God coming into the world; the baby living; hope for redemption & Eternal Life. Just a different thing.
Excellent as always, my friend! Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday's and all that jazz!
Merry Christmas, and thank you for all your wonderful videos!
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Thank you very much David. Superb piano playing. We love these Christmas songs. A very enjoyable video made by you. ❤Alan
Splendid David! Merry Christmas!
Some of these are simply terrific songs
Merry Christmas! And thanks!!!
Beautiful! HAPPY CHRISTMAS! Merry Christmas, here in the USA.
This has become annual viewing at Christmas time.
The man did this all in one take?! Crazy! Merry Christmas dude and all the best in the New Year!
I was showing someone this video, and switching to one by The Spine, and I only just noticed what beautiful pianists hands you have! may the season bring you tidings of comfort and joy!
Amazing selection and astonishing how you can just whip through all these tunes. Really enjoyed it. And so to you: A very Merry Christmas. And a happy New Year. Let's hope its a good one. Without any fear.
I think I get it... let's see: War is over if you want it, war is over now.
Really enjoyed that, thank you!
Thank you for the great job and best wishes to you!
Another epic and informative performance, David, thank you!
If Todd H says it, take it to heart!
O come,all ye faithful was my favourite Christmas song!
Awesome medley! Happy Christmas David! lml
Beautiful, thank you! You should release a Christmas album of these piano covers!
Terrific performance. Thank you. Two modern Christmas songs that are always on my Christmas playlist are Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses and Father Christmas by The Kinks. Merry Christmas!
Thanks for all the efforts you put into this remarkable YT channel David, I really do appreciate the care and attention you put into every new post.
Have a great Xmas and continued success through 2023 and beyond.
A short list of omissions:
- Please come Home for Christmas (Charles Brown 1960) covered by The Eagles 1980.
- All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth (Donald Yetter Gardener 1944).
- Little Saint Nick (Brian Wilson & Mike Love 1963) Beach Boys.
- I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (Roy Wood 1973) Wizzard.
And one last addition parochial to the Xmas of 1985 here in Australia. Don't play this around the kiddies as was the trend during the festive season of its release.
- Hey Santa Clause (Kevin "Bloody" Wilson 1985).
All the Best Mate.
Merry Christmas David!
fantastic medley! Merry Christmas to you and everyone who watch videos on this channel
Thank you for this most enjoyable and interesting video.
Loved this festive history lesson! 💜
Great video and playing David 😁 Happy Holidays!! 🥳
Every year the traditional carols of my country are being slowly more replaced by some of the mainstream Christmas songs in English. I loved finding new carols in English, some tunes were just so Christmas-y! and I understand I was kinda hard on them with no real reason. Great video ❤
Edit: I also have found out that every country has their own repertoire of foreign carols! That is so cool
Beautiful playing!
Thanks! My favorite music theory TH-cam channel!
Thank you!
This video felt like a warm and cozy Christmas hug. Thanks man
You’re welcome ☺️
Love all the old tunes. Thanks for the video and best wishes from Argentina! We are world champions! :D Aguante Argentina
Dude, awesome as usual!!
Thank you for this and a Merry Christmas to you.
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That was amazing. Well played mate
Great content as always David.
Thank you 😊
Great job not just playing, but in memorizing and playing 45 tunes in one sit. Would have liked "What Child Is This?" It's definitely an all-time great song, written in 1865 over the 15th century tune "Greensleeves." It's one of the few where both the original and the adaption are still played.
Merry Christmas to you DBP, looking forward to more music theory videos in 2023 🎉
This was a joy to listen to. I need to look up a Christmas playlist
Great stuff, it's taken me weeks just to get the hang of a VERY simplified version of Last Christmas!
Justin Hawkins is gonna be so touched you put him in this list. Bravo.
This was gorgeous!
Thank you 😊
Do you know what? I can play 100 Christmas Carols on the Piano. 50 fun songs and 50 traditional songs of faith.
Stunning
You are VERY good. I'm impressed.
*44 of the greatest Christmas songs ever written, and "Wonderful Christmastime".
Oh man! I just posted something like that before seeing yours. I've had friends say, "it's not THAT bad! What about .." and I say, "Well, none of those songs were 'written' by a former Beatle!"
Can't believe my suggestion was first up!
Great stuff, David. A bit quick through the 1970s for me. 😉 😂 Thanks for all the education and entertainment. Enjoy the Festive Season.
Beautiful selection. I would love to hear you play Coventry Carol and Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming.
The only modern favorite of mine that you missed was "Merry Christmas Darling" as recorded by the Carpenters (and perhaps other artists). But an excellent and enjoyable video, thank you!
Great compilation. Here are a few of my favorites.
• Please Come Home For Christmas - Charles Brown 1960
• The Day That Love Began - Stevie Wonder 1967
• This Christmas - Donny Hathaway 1970
• Grown Up Christmas List - Amy Grant 1992
I like these scaled back versions, so much that I am doing a week of vids for them on my channel, just a guitar and vocals with a bit of reverb... feels good to sing them, feels good to hear them
“The Christmas song” is my favourite. Besides, an unforgivable miss is “somewhere in my memory” by John Williams