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Happy Holidays To All!
December 9, 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
$5 – $50Presents, love, joy… and music! What’s not to love about the holiday season? Join us as the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra gives us the greatest gift of all: Handel’s Overture/Pifa/Hallelujah Chorus from “Messiah.” The night will include popular Christmas and Hannukah tunes and the exiting “A Jazz Nutcracker Suite” by Duke Ellington. In addition, The WSO will showcase the Young Artist Competition winner, so make sure to join us for some fun!
For a season subscription, please call WSO office at 570-322-0227. Single tickets go on sale on September 20, 2022 through CACLIVE.COM or CAC Box office 570-326-2424.
Works
- Selections from “The Messiah”…………………..………………………George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Overture/ For unto us a child is born/ Glory to God/ Hallelujah
Festival First Nowell……………………………………………..……………………………….arr. Dan Forrest (b. 1978)
Williamsport Area High School Choirs – Sam Robinson, Director
Christmas Overture………………………………..………………………..Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Piano Concerto Op. 16 in A minor…………………………………..………………….Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
- Allegro molto moderato
2022 WSO Young Artists Competition Winner:
Anh Nguyen – Piano
Festive Sounds of Hannukah……………….………….………………………………………Bill Holcombe (1924-2010)
A Christmas Festival………………………………………………………………………………. Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
Sleigh Ride………………………………………………….…………………………..…………….Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
A Jazz Nutcracker Suite………………………..…………….………. Tchaikovsky/Ellington/arr. Jeff Tyzik (b. 1951)
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