![]() ![]() ![]() Ingrid’s first song was the infectious “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”, then a The Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby cover of “Mele Kalikimaka”. She gave us eight songs from Songs For the Season, and added six of her canon songs, so we could definitely walk away confident we attended an Ingrid Michaelson concert, not simply a Holiday Pops show. ![]() Ingrid entered with two additional artists, Allie Moss (guitar and vocals) and Hannah Winkler (keyboard and vocals), and began performing a series of songs from her re-released Songs For the Season (Deluxe Edition) album (originally released in 2018, now with six more songs) and from ‘her canon’ (as she called her other non-holiday music). They would go on to perform five songs overall without Ingrid present. The NSO grandly made an entrance and started the show with “Holiday Overture” and “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” conducted by Steven Reineke. The stage was adorned with festive wreaths and Christmas trees, and an explosion of poinsettias, book ending the NSO’s empty seats, music sheet stands and the podium. I usually don’t seek it out either.īut imagine my own joy in listening to someone sing, who love, love, loves Christmas and everything about the holiday season, so unabashedly and with an obvious twinkle in her eye, as Ingrid did.Īs the matinee crowd sauntered in, searching for their seats, some with ugly sweaters, others with a happy glow, you could take in the rather glorious setting of the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall. Yet I often get to the point where I tune out the music, as it has been ubiquitous for so long during the month of December. Holiday and Christmas-themed music seems to exist to give one a general sense of happiness and call up comforting memories of previous holiday seasons with loved ones. Ingrid Michaelson came to town with gifts in the form of three Holiday Pops shows at the Kennedy Center, performing with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), where I was able to witness the second (matinee at 2pm) show on Saturday, December 11th. Ingrid Michaelson (Photo from FB to the world. ![]()
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