Holiday Music: Sounds of the Season

Holiday Music: Sounds of the Season
A return to community & winter holiday traditions, this annual concert is a perfect way to begin your holiday season.
This year, your KSO brings together our community to celebrate, featuring the talents of the Bach Festival Chorus and Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus. Program details are listed below!
No refunds are available for returned tickets.
ACCESSIBILITY: We strive to make all venues where the KSO offers concerts fully accessible to all. Additionally, sensory friendly accommodations such as headphones, sunglasses, earplugs, and quiet fidget objects are made available for free at all concerts for children and adults. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact the KSO office at 269-349-7759.
Featured Artists
Julian Kuerti, conductor
Alyssa Waswick, Saxophone, 2019 KSO Youth Soloist
Bach Festival Chorus
Clare Regan, Soprano
Howard Tejchma, Tenor
Sam Macy, Bass
Kalamazoo Children's Chorus
Santa also was invited ... will he stop by?
Program
Program to include the following:
BACH Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), BWV 248
1685 – 1750 Cantata I: On the First Day of the Festival of Christmas
Clare Regan, Soprano
Howard Tejchma, Tenor
Sam Macy, Bass
— Intermission —
TCHAIKOVSKY Overture from The Nutcracker
1840 – 1893
arr. Ellington/Tyzik
KOUTZ The Sleigh
1896 – 1950 Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus
arr. Riegger
MENDELSSOHN Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
1809 – 1847 Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus
BERLIN White Christmas
1888 – 1989
arr. Bennett
GLAZUNOV Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra E-flat Major op. 109
1865 – 1936 Alyssa Waswick, Saxophone
DAVIS Little Drummer Boy
1892 – 1980 Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus
orch. Adams
TRADITIONAL Coventry Carol
arr. Kuerti Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus
TRADITIONAL Twelve Days of Christmas Sing Along
arr. Finnegan
ANDERSON Christmas Festival
1908 - 1975