Jane Campell Hosay was proud of her Irish roots throughout her life. Her son, the composer James L. Hosay (born in Nashville, Tennessee), fulfilled his mother’s long-cherished wish with the symphonic work CHRISTMAS IN IRELAND. The composition focuses on four Irish Christmas carols that the Hosay family often enjoyed and loved to sing. CHRISTMAS IN IRELAND begins with a pompous fanfare based on motif fragments from the first carol “Once in Royal David’s City”. It is introduced by the low clarinet...