A Joyful Celebration

Jazz up your holidays with Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s dazzling adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.  Join us on a pilgrimage to discover the open-hearted mysticism of St. Francis of Assisi as found in his poem ‘Canticle Brother Sun’ through the radiant and awe-inspiring music of Eli Tamar.  Experience Taylor’s playful Christmas Overture, the sublime Ave Maria by Mascagni, and Anderson’s exuberant Sleigh Ride. The grand finale of the Holiday concert will put you in the spirit of the season as we perform our traditional Sing Along.  Soloists: Tom Roberts, Charlene Canty, Molly May

Strayhorn/Ellington            The Nutcracker Suite
Eli Tamar                           Canticum Fratis Solis (World Premiere Orch. version)
Coleridge Taylor                 Christmas Overture
Pietro Mascagni                  Ave Maria
Mark Fromm                      What Child is This, Lully
Dan Goeller                       Christmas Carols Sing-Along
Leroy Anderson                  Sleigh Ride