One More Song!

Jeevika Siddharth Yadav playing 'Carol of the Bells' (Music: M ykola Leontovych  | Lyrics: Peter J. Wilhousky ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 15 - December 15, 2025 “Carol of the Bells” is based on the Ukrainian folk chant “ Shchedryk ” , arranged by composer Mykola Leontovych   sometime before 1916. “Shchedryk” was not originally a Christmas song at all — it was a New Year’s carol  sung to bring prosperity and good harvests.

Lael Viegas playing ' Ave Maria ' (Music: Franz Schubert ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 8 - December 8, 2025 : Schubert’s “ Ave Maria ” wasn’t originally a setting of the Catholic prayer. It was composed in 1825 as “ Ellens dritter Gesang” (Ellen’s Third Song) , part of a seven-song cycle based on Sir Walter Scott’s 1810 poem The Lady of the Lake . The original German lyrics were a translation by Adam Storck , and the song

Ethan Avner Almeida playing 'Waltz of the Flowers', 'Arabian Dance', 'Trepak' from The Nutcracker Sweets (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | arr. Dan Fox) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 4 - December 4, 2025 : “ Nutcracker Sweets ” refers to the Nutcracker Suite , a selection of eight pieces from Tchaikovsky’s full-length ballet The Nutcracker  (1892). These pieces were arranged into a concert suite that became wildly popular — often ev