Dirty Snow: Vern Nelson’s Holiday Concert, Sat. Dec. 3 in Anaheim!

By
Vern Nelson
– November 1, 2022Posted in: Fresh Juice
  • WHEN: Saturday December 3, 5-7pm
  • WHERE: Anaheim United Methodist Church, 1000 S. State College
  • SPECIAL GUESTS: Fred Sigala Jr on vocals, Steve Hommel on sax and flute
  • $10 suggested donation, or more, or less, or nothing if you’re broke!
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  • More info Vern Nelson 714-235-VERN, or vernpnelson@gmail.com

PROGRAM

JS Bach: ITALIAN CONCERTO! (cuz it sounds festive)

Mozart: Romance from D minor concerto (cuz it’s beautiful and the middle is exciting)

Vern Nelson: DIRTY SNOW, a dark holiday song sung by Fred with Steve on sax (see below)

Chopin: Ballade #3 in A-flat Major (cuz it’s beautiful and exciting)

O Little Town of Bethlehem (Vern arr. / singalong, with Steve on flute)

That’s Amore Vern arr. singaglong with Tchaikovsky intro and Bluesette middle section, Steve on sax)

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody #2 (cuz it’s fun, and everybody remembers it from Warner Bros. cartoons)

INTERMISSION

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin (because it smells like cinammon)

Leonard Cohen / Handel: Hallelujah Vern mashup

We Three Kings (Vern jazzy arr. / singalong, sung by Fred, Steve on sax)

Vern Nelson: MARINE AND DOG (from “Songs of the OC Homeless”)

Tchaikovsky: NUTCRACKER SUITE, all 8 movements – cuz it’s a Xmas classic

O HOLY NIGHT – singaglong, because our female singer had a conflict

CAROL OF THE BELLS – Vern’s fancy 1982 piano arrangement.

(ENCORES?)

Sponsored by Bill Taormina, Clean City Inc.

In Memory of Dr. David Keulen, 1951-2022

About Vern Nelson

Greatest pianist/composer in Orange County, and official political troubadour of Anaheim and most other OC towns. Regularly makes solo performances, sometimes with his savage-jazz band The Vern Nelson Problem. Reach at vernpnelson@gmail.com, or 714-235-VERN.