Volume II: A Volkert Christmas

Volume II: A Volkert Christmas
Piano 𝄀 The Volkert



1. Memories
Sing 𝄀 Joe Raposo (1971)

2. Family Piece

Sympathy 𝄀 F. W. Friedrich (1906)

3. Rainbows

Happy Times 𝄀 Sylvia Fine (1949)
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows 𝄀 Harry Carroll & Joseph McCarthy (1917)

The Rainbow Connection 𝄀 Paul Williams & Kenneth L. Ascher (1979)

Look to the Rainbow 𝄀 Burton Lane & E. Y. Harburg (1947)

Over the Rainbow 𝄀 Harold Arlen & E. Y. Harburg (1939)

4. Baroque: Four Carols Arranged by Carol Klose

Good King Wenceslas 𝄀 Canon in D, Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
O Little Town of Bethlehem 𝄀 Prelude in C BWV 846, J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Silent Night 𝄀 Minuet in G BWV Anh 114 & 116, J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

I Saw Three Ships 𝄀 Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

5. Moon & Stars

I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon 𝄀 Jeff Moss (1978)

Moon River 𝄀 Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer (1961)

When You Wish Upon a Star 𝄀 Leigh Harline & Ned Washington (1940)

Goodnight, My Someone 𝄀 Meredith Willson (1957)

6. Classical: Four Carols Arranged by Carol Klose

Hark! the Herald Angels Sing 𝄀 String Quartet Op. 3 No. 5/2, Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Gesu Bambino 𝄀 Für Elise, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen¹ 𝄀 Moonlight Sonata, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

O Holy Night 𝄀 Ave Maria, Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

7. Dreams

Any Dream Will Do 𝄀 Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice (1968)

All I Do Is Dream of You 𝄀 Nacio Herb Brown & Arthur Freed (1934)

Dream a Little Dream of Me 𝄀 Wilber Schwandt, Fabian Andre, & Gus Kahn (1931)

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes 𝄀 Mack David, Al Hoffman, & Jerry Livingston (1950)

Out of My Dreams 𝄀 Rogers & Hammerstein (1943)

8. Romantic & Impressionist: Four Carols Arranged by Carol Klose

O Christmas Tree 𝄀 Mazurka in C Op. 67 No. 3, Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Pat-a-Pan² 𝄀 Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

What Child is This 𝄀 Rêverie, Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Sussex Carol 𝄀 Gymnopédie No. 1, Erik Satie (1866-1925)

9. Love

La Vie En Rose 𝄀 Édith Piaf (1945)

All the Things You Are 𝄀 Kern & Hammerstein (1939)

So In Love 𝄀 Cole Porter (1948)

Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man 𝄀 Kern & Hammerstein (1927)

Till There Was You 𝄀 Meredith Willson (1957)

10. Family Piece

Walk With Me 𝄀 Lan Kratzke (2001)

11. Christmas

I’ll Be Home for Christmas 𝄀 Kim Gannon & Walter Kent (1943)

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 𝄀 Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane (1944)

White Christmas 𝄀 Irving Berlin (1942)

May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You 𝄀 Meredith Willson (1950)

12. Bonus Track

Happy Times 𝄀 Sylvia Fine (1949)
Loo! Loo! Loo! I'll Take You Dreaming 𝄀 Sylvia Fine (1955)

Drakeson's First Recital
Over the Rainbow

Lan Kratzke Piano

All Tracks

Lan Kratzke Alto

Sing

The Rainbow Connection

I Don't Want to Live on the Moon

Any Dream Will Do

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Bonus Track

Malinda Healy Soprano

Sing

Rainbows

Moon & Stars

Dreams

Love

Christmas

Karl Fagerstrom Drums

Rainbows

Moon & Stars

Dreams

Love

Christmas

Liên Kratzke Ukulele

Look to the Rainbow

Moon River

All I Do Is Dream of You

All the Things You Are

White Christmas

Bonus Track

Liên Kratzke Alto

Rainbow Connection

Any Dream Will Do

Bonus Track

1. Transposed to the correct key of C# minor

2. Includes a few extra notes
Program Notes