Holiday Pops at Symphony Hall!

 

Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops light up Symphony Hall with seasonal favorites and special guests, including Melinda Doolittle and a certain fellow in a red suit!

On the program:

J.S. Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Trad., arr. Bass - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Handel, arr. Mozart - Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah

Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker

Trad., arr. Sebesky - Songs Mama Taught Me

Torme/Wells, arr. Morley - The Christmas Song

Bizet - Farandole, from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols
with baritone James Demler

Trad., arr. Sebesky - Joy!

Anderson - Sleigh Ride

Marks, arr. Chase - Holly Jolly Jingle

Trad., arr. Floyd - Three Christmas Spirituals: My Lord, What a Morning; Rise Up, Shepherd; Glory Hallelujah
with vocalist Melinda Doolittle

Trad., arr. Mathes - Children, Go Where I Send Thee

Trad., arr. Reisman - A Visit from St. Nicholas ('Twas the Night Before Christmas)
with narrator Ron Della Chiesa

arr. Chase/Elliott - Zat You Santa?

arr. Chase/Sebesky - The 12 Days of Christmas

Trad. arr. Reisman - A Merry Little Sing-Along

Trad. - Let There Be Peace On Earth

Anderson - Sleigh Ride (encore)

Niles/Work, arr. Hollenbeck - Songs from the Hill Folk (conclusion)

(photo of Santa Claus with Keith Lockhart by Stu Rosner, courtesy of the Boston Pops)