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On December 7 at The Paramount Theatre, we invite you to celebrate the holidays with festive music. Join Music Director Andrew Crust, guest singers, and your Vermont Symphony Orchestra for a concert that delivers a joyful mood for the season. Enjoy favorites like Sleigh Ride and selections from The Nutcracker, a new commission by Vermont composer Michael Schachter inspired by a Jewish folktale, a rousing audience holiday sing-a-long, a musical reading of selections from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and more! PROGRAM
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Christmas Overture
Trad/arr. Hayman – Carol of the Bells
A reading by M. T. Anderson of excerpts from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, with musical selections from:
Kelly-Marie Murphy – Huron Carol Interlude
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Peter Warlock – Pied-en-l’air and Pavane from “Capriol Suite”
Howard Blake – Walking in the Air
Sergei Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60: Troika
Delvyn Case – Rocket Sleigh
Arr. Sheldon – A Most Wonderful Christmas
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Excerpts from The Nutcracker Suite
Traditional/Rutter – The Twelve Days of (Vermont) Christmas
Arr. John Finnegan – Christmas Sing-a-Long
Michael Schachter – The First Snow of Chelm (World Premiere), including narration by Marty Fogel
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride
The VSO is partnering with the Black River Good Neighbor Services this season! Bring a canned good with you to the Paramount Theatre on December 7, and all donated items will be brought to the food shelf by the SouthWest Friends of VSO volunteers.
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The Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St,Rutland,VT,United States
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