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Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Emil de Cou conductor

Traditional, arr. Randol Bass Joy to the World: A Fanfare for Christmas Day
Weber Overture to Abu Hassan
Pärt Vater Unser
Traditional, arr. Julian Wachner Angels We Have Heard On High
Suppé Overture to Poet and Peasant
Handel, arr./ed. Ebenezer Prout Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Traditional, arr. Leroy Robertson O Come, All Ye Faithful
Pierpont/Sousa, arr. Robert Smith Jingle Bells Forever
Pola/Wyle, arr. Paul Bateman It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Chabrier Fête Polonaise
Traditional., arr. Robert Shaw/Robert Russell Bennett Deck the Halls
J. Strauss Jr. Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Marks, arr. James Stephenson Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Berlin, arr. Randol Bass White Christmas
arr. Alexander Courage A Christmas Garland

Caleb Young, conductor
Doug LaBrecque, vocalist

Revel in the traditional music, memories, and popular culture of Christmas, with exquisite dancing, Santa and Mrs. Claus, a carol sing-along, and the “Hallelujah” Chorus.

Caleb Young, conductor
Doug LaBrecque, vocalist

Revel in the traditional music, memories, and popular culture of Christmas, with exquisite dancing, Santa and Mrs. Claus, a carol sing-along, and the “Hallelujah” Chorus.

William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Mass for Three Voices
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Der Heiland ist gekommen & Komm Jesu, komm zu deiner Kirche, from Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61

adapted from Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Matin Responsory
Paul Manz (1919-2009) E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come (1953)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Deo gracias, from Ceremony of Carols (1942)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) And the Glory of the Lord, from Messiah
Bob Chilcott (1955-) O Emmanuel, from Advent Antiphons (2004)
arr. Barry Rose (b. 1934) People, Look East
Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611) Ne timeas Maria
Britten A Hymn to the Virgin (rev. 1934)
John Tavener (1944-2013) Awed by the beauty, from The Veil of the Temple (2003)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Missa Brevis
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, from Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Missa brevis in C major “Coronation Mass”, K. 317
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Sing Ye Praises to Our King (1921)
James MacMillan (b. 1959) Sedebit Dominus Rex (2005), from The Strathclyde Motets
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

César Franck (1822-1890) Messe Solennelle à trois voix, FWV 61a
Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) Sustinuit anima mea, from De profundis (1917)
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Charles Wood (1866-1926) : Missa Portae honoris in F
Orlande de Lassus (c. 1532-1594) Gressus meos dirige
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) The Lord is my Shepherd (prima pars)
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Magnificat and Nunc dimittis from Short Service
William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Justorum animae

Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962) Missa Triueriensis (2005)
Ned Rorem (b. 1923) Rejoice We All in the Lord (1986)
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Justorum animae
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Gregorian Missa pro defunctis

Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Messe Cum jubilo (1966)
Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591) Confirma hoc Deus
Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784) O salutaris hostia
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Ravel — Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess)

Fauré — Pelléas et Mélisande, Op.80: Suite 

Duruflé — Requiem

Angela Young Smucker, mezzo-soprano
Keven Keys, baritone
Eric Budzynski, organ
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus, Benjamin Rivera, director
Ball State Chamber Choir, Andrew Crow, director

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Messe basse
Thomas Hoekstra (1941-2018) Psalm 8 (1996)
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum