2021 Holiday Pops
Event Details
December 22, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
INTRO
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Bring your family and friends to enjoy the annual holiday tradition, which has become a spectacular celebration. Holiday Pops will include choirs, dancers, guest vocalists, pipers, and special appearances by Frosty the Snowman, Saint Nick, and more.
The festive performance will feature beloved orchestral selections from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker to two movements of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra’s jazzy Nutcracker Suite. Joyous carols such as “The First Noel” and “Gloria” will showcase the choirs and vocalists, while traditional tunes “Sleigh Ride,” “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” and music celebrating the Festival of Lights will uplift the audience with holiday spirit.
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PROGRAM
Traditional, arr. Randol Alan Bass
Fanfare: Joy to the World
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
“Pax de Deux” from Nutcracker
Hector Berlioz
“Shepherds’ Farewell” from The Childhood of Christ
Mary Lowry and Buddy Greene, arr. Bruce Greer
Mary, Did You Know?
Traditional, arr. Victor A. Vancore
Joy To The World
John Rutter
Star Carol
Traditional, arr. Jeff Tyzik
Mis Zeh Hidlik (Behold the Lights)
Michael Smith, arr. Ron Huff and David Hamilton
Gloria
INTERMISSION
J.S. Bach, arr. Tim Berens
Joy
Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, arr. Mark Hayes
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Johnny Marks
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr Edward Kennedy Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and Jeff Tyzik
The Nutcracker Suite, for Orchestra
Traditional, arr. John Rutter
12 Days of Christmas
Leroy Anderson
Sleigh Ride
Traditional, arr. Dan Forrest
Festival First Nowell
ARTISTS
- Eric Wilkinson, Director
Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus
- Dr. Robert Taylor, Director
Yuriy Bekker, Conductor