PROGRAM JOHN WILLIAMS / Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse "Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas" from Three Holiday Songs from Home Alone TRADITIONAL / Arr. Alice Parker "Adeste, fideles" from Gaudete FRANZ XAVER GRUBER / Arr. Dan Walker "Silent Night" PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Nutcracker Suite No. 1, Op. 71a Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Trepak
Sunday, December 17 | 2PM
NOEL NOEL
EDWARD ELGAR "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations, Op. 36 ALAN SILVESTRI Suite from Polar Express
A Family Concert ALBERT HAGUE / Arr. Matthew Naughtin The Grinch Medley
conductor Sameer Patel bass-baritone and narrator Kevin Deas narrator Audrey Fundingsland San Diego Master Chorale SDMC Music Director John Russell
LEROY ANDERSON Sleigh Ride JAMES STEPHENSON A Holly and Jolly Sing-Along
San Diego Children's Choir SDCC Music Director Ruth Millgard See pages 25–26 for artist biographies
Performance at the Jacobs Music Center's Copley Symphony Hall Program is subject to change.
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