December Delights (with Orchestral Holiday Treats and special guest Santa Claus!)

Welcome Santa to town when he personally assists conductor Max Culpepper and CRVO, Claremont’s symphony orchestra, in a festive concert of holiday musical treats for the entire family. Experience the joy and spirit of the season with Santa’s own favorites from a world of holiday classics. In a program of both sacred and popular pieces representing an array of cultures and traditions, CRVO—with help from Santa—performs such works asSilent Night, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ arrangement of the old English ballad Greensleeves, J.S. Bach’s sweetJesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Chanukah Festival songs, Holiday for Strings by four-time Emmy winner David Rose, and Leroy Anderson’s ever-popular Boston Pops medley Christmas Festival. The cheer and musical treasures of this concert will gladden hearts throughout the holiday season! 

Lobby Music

Brass Quintet
Melissa Willis, trumpet     Christine Mortensen, horn
Glenn Griffin, trumpet     John Mead, trombone
Harry Critchley, tuba

Program

(Click on the title of any piece below to see the video)

Carol of the Bells                  Mykola Leontovich (1877-1921)
Festive Sounds of Hannukah   Bill Holcombe (b. 1929)
Fantasia on Greensleeves  Ralph Vaughn-Williams 1872-1958
March of the Toys          Victor Herbert (1859-1924)
Winter Wonderland  arr. Calvin Custer
In the Bleak Midwinter          Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Sleigh Ride                   Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)

Intermission Music

Woodwid Quintet
Maryly Culpepper, flute     Michael Geilich, clarinet
Zeke Hecker, oboe       Nancy Thornton, horn
Tiffany Coolidge, bassoon

A Christmas Festival            Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
'Twas the Night Before Christmas    Bill Holcombe (b. 1929)
Christmas Carols        arr. Tom Kennedy