Performance details

22nd, December 2023, 7:00PM
SOLD OUT
Taryn Fiebig Concert Hall, Churchlands SHS

(This concert was presented as part of NSA concert series along side The Winthrop Singers)

ABOUT

a2. orchestra in partnership with National Seniors Association and the Winthrop Singers present Christmas Spectacular! Prepare to be serenaded by luscious Christmas tunes that will put you in the Christmas spirit! From cherished classics to joyful singalongs, this concert features some much loved traditional works such as Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite and Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro Overture, as well as carols such as In the Bleak Midwinter and Good King Wenceslas. Please join us for a blissful night of Christmas music and cheer!

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Marriage of Figaro Overture

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Randol Alan Bass - Gloria

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Elaine Hagenburg - illuminare

          II.  Allegro moderato

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Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride

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Harold Darke - In the Bleak Midwinter

                                    arr. Josh Spirek

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George Frideric Handel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

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Felix Mendelssohn - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 

                                               arr. Josh Spirek

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite

         I. Miniature Overture ​

         II. Characteristic Dances 

                 IIa. March

                 IIb. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

                 IIc. Russian Dance (Trepak)

                 IId. Arabian Dance

                 IIe. Chinese Dance

                 IIf. Dance of the Reed Flutes (Mirlitons)

         III. Waltz of the Flowers​

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Reginald Jaques - Good King Wenceslas

                                          arr. Josh Spirek

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Ēriks Ešenvalds - O Salutaris Hostia

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Sally Beamish - In The Stillness

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Jean Sibelius - Be Still, My Soul

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Traditional (sing along) - Joy To The World

                                                          arr. Josh Spirek

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Traditional (sing along) - Silent Night

                                                      arr. Josh Spirek

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Traditional (sing along) - We Wish you a Merry Christmas

                                                          arr. Josh Spirek

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George Frideric Handel - Messiah, Part II, no. 44.  "Hallelujah"