BOISE PHIL PRESENTS, HOLIDAY POPS
featuring the BOISE PHIL MASTER CHORALE
Kick off your Holiday Season with our festive Pops concert, featuring the Boise Phil Master Chorale. Bring your visiting family members to join in this beloved Boise Phil tradition of symphonic merriment. Let the warmth fill your heart as you hear a joyous performance of beloved seasonal favorites, timeless classics, and new holiday music.
ANTHONY DILORENZO
Holiday Rhapsody
LEROY ANDERSON
A Christmas Festival (audience sing-along)
TRADITIONAL arr. Mack Wilberg
I Saw Three Ships
HECTOR BERLIOZ
“L’adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille” from L’enfance du Christ, op.25
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
“Polonaise” from Christmas Eve Suite
NIGERIAN CAROL arr. B. Brooks
Betelehemu
SPIRITUAL arr. Parker/Shaw
Mary Had a Baby
JOHN RUTTER
“Allegro Vivace” from Gloria
Intermission
ANTHONY DILORENZO
Christmas Cheer!
JEFF TYZIK
The Skater’s Overture (Variations on a theme by Waldteufel)
JERRY HERMAN arr. Wendel
We Need a Little Christmas
ALAN SILVESTRI arr. Jerry Brubaker
Concert Suite from The Polar Express
LEROY ANDERSON
Sleigh Ride
EDDIE POLA & WYLE arr. Rubino
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
IRVING BERLIN arr. Bennett
White Christmas
TRADITIONAL arr. Randol Alan Bass
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
WITH BOISE PHIL MASTER CHORALE
PRE-CONCERT TALK
Join Musicologist Bradley Berg and Music Director Eric Garcia (and special guests) as they guide you through the music you are about to hear, providing an enlightening look at the repertoire and composers before the performance begins. Bring your questions! Please gather inside the concert hall by the stage.
Matinee Pre-Concert Talk starts at 12:45 pm (for 2:00pm Sunday)
Evening Pre-Concert Talk starts at 6:15 pm (for 7:30pm Saturday)