Orchestra Listings, December 20 - 23

And Chicago is the last orchestra left standing! The deluge of holiday music is at its peak. Indy has been playing the same pops program all month long. It must be one helluva crowd pleaser.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (12/20-21)

A Very Merry Holiday Pops with Eileen Ivers
Eileen Ivers, violin

(12/22)
A Very Merry Holiday Pops with the Von Trapp Family Singers
Michael Krajewski, conductor
Von Trapp Family Singers, special guest

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (12/20-23)

Holiday Spectacular
Jack Everly, conductor
Mike Eldred, host
Holiday Spectacular Chorus & Dancers

Boston Symphon Orchestra (12/20-23)
(As Boston Pops)

Holiday Pops
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Joshua Taylor, baritone
Randy Price, narrator

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (12/20-22)

DVORAK - Slavonic Dances
MOZART - Oboe Concerto
BIZET - Suite No. 2 from L’arlésienne
STRAUSS -Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Eugene Izotov, oboe

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

- Not Playing -

Cleveland Orchestra

- Not Playing -

Dallas Symphony Orchestra (12/20-22)

Joy, A Christmas Celebration

Detroit Symphony Orchestra (12/22)

The Night Before Christmas
Thomas Wilkins, conductor

(12/23)
Barbie At the Symphony
Arnie Roth, conductor

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (12/20-23)

Yuletide Celebration
Jack Everly, Conductor
Sandi Patty, Host
African Children’s Choir, Special Guests
Hilbert Circle Theatre

Los Angeles Philharmonic

- Not Playing -

Minnesota Orchestra (12/20)

Clay Aiken: Christmas in the Heartland
Jesse Vargas, conductor
Clay Aiken, vocalist

(12/21)
Kathy Mattea: Songs and the Season
Mischa Santora, conductor
Kathy Mattea, vocalist

(12/23)
HANDEL - Messiah (Sing-Along)

Kathy Saltzman Romey, conductor and host
Members of the Minnesota Chorale

National Symphony Orchestra (12/20-23)

HANDEL - Messiah

Paul Goodwin, conductor
Jennifer Casey Cabot, soprano
Claudia Huckle, mezzo-soprano
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
George Mosley, baritone
The University of Maryland Concert Choir

New York Philharmonic (12/20-22)

HANDEL - Messiah

Nicholas McGegan, conductor
New York Choral Artists
Celena Shafer, soprano
Margaret Lattimore, mezzo-soprano
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
Nathan Berg, bass-baritone

The Philadelphia Orchestra (12/20-22)

MENDELSSOHN - "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing"
HOLST - "Christmas Day"
RESPIGHI - Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Suite No. 3
BENNETT, ROBERT RUSSELL & SHAW, ROBERT - The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite II
BORODIN - Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Excerpts from Suite from Christmas Eve
WADE - "O Come, All Ye Faithful"

Rossen Milanov, conductor
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (12/20-23)

Holidays Around the World
Robert Bernhardt, conductor
The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Members of Attack Theatre
The Children's Festival Chorus

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (12/22-23)

Classical Christmas

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (12/20-22)

ARLEN - The Wizard of Oz (with film)
Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor