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Holiday Pops is going back to its roots, and home for the holidays. The Phil and Chorus are joined by special guests in a program of the traditional holiday favorites you know and love. The "Hallelujah" Chorus, a Christmas carol sing-a-long, and visitors from the North Pole sparkle in the majestic Embassy Theatre, decorated in holiday splendor especially for the occasion. Get into the holiday spirit and deliver fun for your entire family.

Fort Wayne Philharmonic; Chia-Hsuan Lin, Conductor

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus; Benjamin Rivera, Chorus Director

Handel Messiah

Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Labadie, Conductor
Lydia Teuscher, soprano
Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano
Jeremy Ovenden, tenor
Philippe Sly, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, Chorus Director

Handel Messiah

Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Labadie, Conductor
Lydia Teuscher, soprano
Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano
Jeremy Ovenden, tenor
Philippe Sly, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, Chorus Director

Celebrate the holiday season a cappella style, as our singers perform a new collection of familiar and new music, from traditional carols and Renaissance works, to Chanukah melodies, popular holiday favorites and Christmas spirituals.

Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 (Classical)
Scriabin Prometheus
Beethoven Coriolan Overture
Beethoven Symphony No. 8

Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, Conductor
Kirill Gerstein, Piano
Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, Chorus Director

Celebrate the holiday season a cappella style, as our singers perform a new collection of familiar and new music, from traditional carols and Renaissance works, to Chanukah melodies, popular holiday favorites and Christmas spirituals.

Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 (Classical)
Scriabin Prometheus
Beethoven Coriolan Overture
Beethoven Symphony No. 8

Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, Conductor
Kirill Gerstein, Piano
Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, Chorus Director

Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 (Classical)
Scriabin Prometheus
Beethoven Coriolan Overture
Beethoven Symphony No. 8

Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, Conductor
Kirill Gerstein, Piano
Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, Chorus Director

Celebrate the holiday season a cappella style, as our singers perform a new collection of familiar and new music, from traditional carols and Renaissance works, to Chanukah melodies, popular holiday favorites and Christmas spirituals.

Rossini, Gioacchino
Overture to Il Signor Bruschino

Britten, Benjamin
Matinees musicales, Op. 24

Respighi, Ottorino
Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

Haydn, Franz Joseph
Mass in D minor, Hob.XXII:11, Lord Nelson Mass

Fort Wayne Philharmonic; Andrew Constantine, Conductor

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus; Benjamin Rivera, Chorus Director

Elgar: The Kingdom

Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Grant Park Chorus; Donald Nally, Guest Chorus Director

Erin Wall, Soprano
Jill Grove, Mezzo-Soprano
Garrett Sorenson, Tenor
Alfred Walker, Bass-Baritone