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Holiday Pops – Rutland
Celebrate December with festive music and join Music Director Andrew Crust, guest singers, and your Vermont Symphony Orchestra for a concert that delivers a joyful mood for the season. Enjoy favorites like Sleigh Ride and selections from The Nutcracker, a new commission by Vermont composer Michael Schachter inspired by a Jewish folktale, a rousing audience holiday sing-a-long, a musical reading of selections from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and more!
Andrew Crust, VSO Music Director
M. T. Anderson and Marty Fogel, narrators
Opera Company of Middlebury Children’s Chorus: Uliana Alekhin, Matilda (Till) Boyce, Piper Donlon, Harley Everitt, Adelynn Leonard. Rachel Weinfeld, Director
PROGRAM
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Christmas Overture
Trad/arr. Hayman – Carol of the Bells
A reading by M. T. Anderson of excerpts from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, with musical selections from:
- Kelly-Marie Murphy – Huron Carol Interlude
- Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
- Peter Warlock – Pied-en-l’air and Pavane from “Capriol Suite”
- Howard Blake – Walking in the Air
- Sergei Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60: Troika
Delvyn Case – Rocket Sleigh
Arr. Sheldon – A Most Wonderful Christmas
Intermission
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Excerpts from The Nutcracker Suite
Traditional/Rutter – The Twelve Days of (Vermont) Christmas
Arr. John Finnegan – Christmas Sing-a-Long
Michael Schachter – The First Snow of Chelm (World Premiere), including narration by Marty Fogel
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride
The VSO is partnering with the Black River Good Neighbor Services this season! Bring a canned good with you to the Paramount Theatre on December 7, and all donated items will be brought to the food shelf by the SouthWest Friends of VSO volunteers.
We are thankful for the Natalie Lisman Fund (held at Maple Capital Management) for supporting guest soloists in this concert, who have ties to Vermont, and to sponsorship from AARP and Mascoma Bank.
A special thank you to our event sponsor:
