Christmas with the ASO

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Experience the magic of the holiday season with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus during this concert tradition that features beloved carols, hymns, and festive cheer. Sing along to your favorite Christmas songs and create cherished memories year after year at this program that features the voices of the Morehouse College Glee Club, the Atlanta Young Singers and the ASO Chorus. This timeless tradition begun by Robert Shaw is sure to inspire holiday cheer.

 

Program

PART ONE – PROPHECY AND ADVENT
“O Come, Emanuel” (arr. Alice Parker)
"And The Glory of the Lord" from Messiah (Georgia Frideric Handel)
"Praeludium" Sostenuto ma no troppo from Missa solemnis (Ludwig van Beethoven)
“Heavenly Light” (Alexander Kopylov)
“The First Nowell” (arr. David Wilcocks)

PART TWO – THE STABLE
"Hodie Christus natus est" from A Ceremony of Carols (Benjamin Britten)
          Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp
"Wolcum Yole" from A Ceremony of Carols (Britten)
          Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp
"Virga Jesse” (Anton Bruckner)
Allegro non molto from "Winter" of The Four Seasons (Antonio Vivaldi)
          David Coucheron, violin
"Lo, How A Rose E're Blooming" (Michael Praetorius)
"There Is a Rose in Flower" (Johannes Brahms/Erich Leinsdorf)
"Tomorrow Will Be My Dancing Day" (arr. John Rutter)
“All Round the Glory Manger” (arr. dePaur)
"Away in a Manger" (arr. Parker)
"March of the Kings" (arr. Robert Shaw/Parker)
"Farandole" from L'Arlesienne (Georges Bizet)
"Bogorotitse Devo" (Virgin Mother of God) from Vespers (Sergei Rachmaninov)
“Betelehemu” (Via Olatunji/arr. Whalum)
“Hallelujah!” from Messiah (Handel)

PART THREE – AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE
Nutcracker Excerpts (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
     "March"
     "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"
     "Russian Dance"
          David Coucheron, violin
“Snow Song” (arr. Thomas)
"The Boar's Head" (arr. Shaw/Parker)
“Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella” and “Angels We Have Heard on High” from Many Moods, Suite 3 (arr. Bennett)

PART FOUR – ADORATION
"El Cant des Ocells" ("The Song of the Birds") (arr. Pablo Casals)
          Daniel Laufer, cello
“Coventry Carol” (arr. Shaw)
“The Shepherds’ Farewell to the Holy Family”  from L’Enfance du Christ (Hector Berlioz)
“Adeste, fideles” (arr. Parker)