Christmas Live

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live
Live album by Mannheim Steamroller
Released	October 14, 1997
Recorded	January 3 & 4, 1996
Venue	Orpheum Theatre (Champaign, Illinois), Muzafer Asqeri Omaha, Nebraska
Genre	Christmas, symphonic pop
Length	53:53
Label	American Gramaphone
Producer	Chip Davis
Mannheim Steamroller chronology
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums chronology

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Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live is Mannheim Steamroller's fourth Christmas album overall and was first released in time for the 1997 holiday season (October 14). It is a recorded live performance which includes variations on the arranged tracks featured in previous Steamroller albums.

A companion DVD of the concert was also released.^[2] The light show consisted of a semi-transparent screen positioned in front of the musicians (as opposed to being in the back like most concerts) where various images would be projected to give a three dimensional look.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Angels We Have Heard on High"	4:03
2.	"Chip's Intro"	2:03
3.	"Christmas Lullaby"	4:10
4.	"Pat-a-Pan"	5:09
5.	"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"	3:09
6.	"Los Peces en el Rio"	3:52
7.	"Joy to the World"	3:46
8.	"Gagliarda"	3:17
9.	"In Dulci Jubilo"	2:58
10.	"Wassail, Wassail"	2:35
11.	"Carol of the Birds"	2:12
12.	"I Saw Three Ships"	1:33
13.	"God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen (Traditional)"	1:55
14.	"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Rock Version)"	4:29
15.	"Stille Nacht"	5:26
16.	"Going to Another Place"	3:16
Total length:		53:53

Personnel

Source:^[3]

Chip Davis: Drums, Recorders, Percussion, Toys
Almeda Berkey: Harpsichord, Keyboards
Jackson Berkey: Piano, Harpsichord, Keyboards
Ron Cooley: Guitar, Fretted Instruments
Robert Jenkins: Oboe
Janet Wesley Kelly: Harp
Roxanne Layton: Recorders, Percussion
Laurence Lowe: French Horn
Chuck Penington: Conductor
Arnie Roth: Concertmaster, Violin
Violins: Christopher Hake, Karen Martin, Keith Plenert, Kimberly Salistean, Arnold Schatz, Scott Shoemaker
Violas: Judy Divis, Sarah Richardson
Cellos: Gregory Clinton, Holly Stout
Trumpet: Eric Hansen, George Vosburgh

References

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v t e Mannheim Steamroller
Chip Davis (percussion) Roxanne Layton (percussion, woodwinds) Former members Bobby Jenkins (oboe) Jackson Berkey (keyboards) Almeda Berkey (keyboards) Ron Cooley (guitar, bass) Arnie Roth (strings) Chuck Penington (orchestra conductor)
Fresh Aire series	Fresh Aire (1975) Fresh Aire II (1977) Fresh Aire III (1979) Fresh Aire IV (1981) Fresh Aire V (1983) Fresh Aire VI (1986) Fresh Aire 7 (1990) Fresh Aire 8 (2000)
Albums	Saving the Wildlife (1986) Classical Gas (1987) Yellowstone: The Music of Nature (1989) To Russia with Love (1994) Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse (1999) Bird Song (2000) Summer Song (2001) Autumn Song (2003) American Spirit (2003)
Compilations	Fresh Aire Interludes (1981) 25 Year Celebration of Mannheim Steamroller (1999)
Christmas albums	Christmas (1984) A Fresh Aire Christmas (1988) Christmas in the Aire (1995) Christmas Live (1997) The Christmas Angel: A Family Story (1998) Christmas Extraordinaire (2001) Christmas Song (2007) Christmasville (2008) Christmas Symphony (2011) Christmas Symphony II (2013)
Christmas compilations	Christmas Celebration (2004) Trimming the Tree (2007) Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection (2009)
Halloween albums	Halloween (2003) Halloween: Monster Mix (compilation, 2004) Halloween 2 Creatures Collection (2006) Halloween: Sweet Tooth (compilation, 2007)
Chip Davis albums	Renaissance Holiday (1998)