Ravinia Festival's video: Ravinia TV: Holiday Songs for 2020 Society

Happy Holidays from Ravinia! With special thanks from President & CEO Jeff Haydon for your support of us in 2020, we’ve got a pair of RaviniaTV “stocking stuffers” to warm you and your home this winter. Violinist Elena Urioste and her huckleberry performance and life partner, pianist/composer Tom Poster, join us from their cozy music room in London with their original arrangement of “The Christmas Song.” They recorded this stirring version of the Mel Tormé chestnut as it was announced that Elena and Tom were honored with the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Inspiration Award for the , their 88-part performance video series “to keep their minds sharp, fingers busy, and community smiling.” We’re proud to count Elena among our Ravinia Steans Music Institute alums, and we congratulate and thank her and Tom for bringing joy to so many this year, as well as to us all here this holiday season. Mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin and multi-instrumentalist/composer Jenny Taira join us from their home in Hawaii with a song for remembering the unique gifts that have come nonetheless from this unimaginable year. At the end of their concerts, Laurie and Jenny always perform Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” because of its uplifting feeling and because it’s something everyone can join them in singing, and in this specially recorded arrangement, we hope you do! — 00:00 – Happy Holidays from Ravinia! 00:30 – “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” (Mel Tormé) Elena Urioste, violin; Tom Poster, piano/arranger 04:28 – “Hallelujah” (Leonard Cohen) Laurie Rubin, mezzo-soprano; Jenny Taira, multi-instrumentalist/arranger Thank you for keeping music education alive! Support us today: https://www.ravinia.org/donatenow/annualfund — LINKS Elena Urioste https://www.elenaurioste.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Tuq0A1kbdQISwUIIYOpdQ https://open.spotify.com/artist/1PMibp1HV8tdZaib2DXOdH Tom Poster https://www.tomposter.co.uk/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/4dL1DCP6U0O89sIQc5hUHV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLptnhTI2Bnx3oRzbbS6Q_gF7RNzrLp8-w https://www.elenaurioste.com/jukebox Laurie Rubin https://www.laurierubinmusic.com/ https://www.youtube.com/laurierubinmusic https://open.spotify.com/artist/12D9N00B0f2GsELkLnIBDA Jenny Taira https://www.ohanaarts.org/