Seattle Symphonys first holiday album embraces works composed\nspecifically for Christmas as well as other pieces that convey a\nuniversal message of peace, love and hopethe essence of humanitys\nhighest aspirations. Music Director Gerard Schwarz asked two\ncomposers, the Symphonys Composer in Residence Samuel Jones and\nSeattle Symphony Principal Oboe Ben Hausmann, to make the music\ntheir own by scoring several of the pieces to retain the unaffected\nsimplicity of these well-known Christmas and concert works. Schwarz\njoined them in this task, arranging or editing several of the\npieces, with the resulting works celebrating the remarkable\nartistry of the musicians of the Orchestra. In these new settings,\nrecorded entirely in Benaroya Hall, the music emerges with honest,\nuntarnished beauty.

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