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Join the Master Chorale for an evening of holiday songs that will warm your heart and fill you with holiday spirit. Our 2023 holiday program will feature breathtaking new arrangements of classic carols, time-honored Chanukah songs and other pieces that make traditions come alive. Included in this special evening of sacred and secular tunes are spellbinding versions of O Holy Night, O Come, All Ye Faithful and Silent Night sung by candlelight.

Musical Selections:
Adeste fideles — Plainchant

O, Come, All Ye Faithful — J.F. Wade, arr. David Willcocks
Angels we have Heard on High — Edward S. Barnes, arr. Patrick Dupre Quigley
Joy to the World — Lowell Mason, arr. Mack Wilberg
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel — Gregorian Chant, arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
Festival First Nowell — Traditional English Carol, arr. Dan Forrest
Deck the Halls — Traditional Welsh Carol, arr. Seb Skelly
Jingle Bells — James Pierpont, arr. Seb Skelly
Ave Maria — Franz Schubert
O Divine Redeemer — Charles Gounod
Gesù bambino — Pietro Yon, arr. Frederick Martens
Carol of the Bells — Mykola Leontovich, arr. Seb Skelly
A la nanita nana — Traditional Spanish Carol, arr. Alvaro Bermudez
Puer Natus Est — Alvaro Bermudez, MCSF Commission and World Premiere
Christmas Song Medley — arr. Phil Hinton
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year — Edward Pola and George Wyle, arr. Hawley Ades
S’vivon — Traditional Hebrew Song, arr. Betty Bertaux
The Chanukah Song — Stephen Schwartz, arr. Mac Huff
Sleigh Ride — Leroy Anderson
O, Holy Night — Gary Fry
Silent Night — Franz Xaver Gruber, arr. Ryan James Brandau

Instrumentalists, Soloists and Conductors
Luis Carlos Pulido, trumpet
Juan Guillermo Diaz, trumpet
Adrian Antonio Corredor Gamboa, trombone
Laura Sherman, harp
Phil Hinton, piano

Susan Dodd, organ
Edgar Javier Aragon Lacruz, horn
Amalky Rafael Corredor Gamboa, tuba
William Brown, percussion
Alvaro Bermudez, guitar

Minghao Liu, tenor
Kyra Stahr, associate conductor
Brett Karlin, artistic director and conductor

Time: 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM