Like a soothing mug of hot chocolate on a chilly night, 鈥楥hristmas Classics鈥� is a heartwarming evening filled with yuletide carols, timeless orchestral pieces and festive classics as exhilarating as a midnight sleigh ride. Singer Jamie MacDougall never fails to bring a sparkle to the 麻豆社 SSO鈥檚 annual festive celebration in Aberdeen and, on the Friday night before Christmas, it鈥檚 always a sell-out! Book early and enjoy this ideal start to your season festivities.
Programme:
Leroy Anderson
A Christmas Festival
Sergey Prokofiev
Troika from 鈥楲ieutenant Kij茅鈥�
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Christmas Night from 鈥楥hristmas Eve鈥�
Adolphe Adam, arr. John Langley
O holy night
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Waltz of the Flowers from 鈥楾he Nutcracker鈥�
Harold Darke
In the bleak midwinter
Trad., arr. Andrew Cottee
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Interval (20 minutes)
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Dance of the Tumblers from 鈥楾he Snow Maiden鈥�
脡mile Waldteufel
The Skaters鈥� Waltz (Les patineurs)
Trad., arr. Philip Ledger, orch. Frank Spedding
Still, still, still
Victor Hely-Hutchinson
The First Nowell (3rd mvt from 鈥楢 Carol Symphony鈥�)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sleigh Ride (No. 3 from 鈥楾hree German Dances鈥�)
Andrew Cottee
The Night before Christmas
Mendelssohn/Wesley arr. Campbell
Hark! The herald angels sing
various, arr. Andrew Cottee
Christmas Singalong Medley
This concert ends at approximately 9.45pm, and there will be an interval of 20 minutes.
