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Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Keith Lockhart conducting
with
James Demler: baritone and narrator
Laura Carlo: narrator
live at Symphony Hall
Boston, Massachussetts USA
December, 2009
recorded for broadcast
December 19, 2009
on WCRB-FM/National Public Radio
Program:
Holiday Pops 2009
About the Music
"'Twas the night before Christmas and all thru the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."
This years Holiday Pops Concerts feature "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" written by Clement C. Moore with illustrations by Jan Brett, narrated by Special Guests.
-bso.org
Info and images:
http://janbrett.com/newsnotes/night_before_christmas_newsnotes1.htm
http://www.janbrett.com/
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Standard disclaimer: This was recorded from an analog FM broadcast. There may be audible FM hiss and other flaws.
* NOTE: I picked up a little interference and crackle during the encores.
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Setlist
Disc 1 43:41
101 radio intro A 1:12
102 radio intro B 0:23
103 Christmas Canticles [Sean O’Laughlin arrangement] 6:22
-O Christmas Tree [traditional]
-Hark The Herald Angels Sing [Charles Wesley 1739]
-Adeste Fideles/O Come All Ye Faithful [John Francis Wade c.1700s]
-Silent Night [Franz Xaver Gruber c.1818, English lyrics John Freeman Young 1859]
-Joy To the World [Isaac Watts 1719]
104 radio intro 0:18
105 Hallelujah Chorus from "Messiah" [G. F. Handel 1741] 3:19
106 Keith Lockhart's intro 2:21
107 “The Gifts of Great Meadows” ['Coventry Carol’ and ‘Silent Night’, Richard Sebring arrangement, 2009] 3:20
108 Keith Lockhart's intro 1:09
109 A Story of Hanukkha [Rabbi Hugo Gryn (1930–1996)] 4:20
110 Keith Lockhart's intro 0:53
111 "The Christmas Story" [Philip Lane; narrated and sung by James Demler] 19:28
Text based on The Bible,
New Testament, Luke:2
Christmas Hymns:
-Oh Little Town of Bethlehem [Phillips Brooks 1865]
-What Child is This [William Chatterton Dix 1865]
-We Three Kings [John Henry Hopkins, Jr., pub.1863]
-The First Noel [traditional]
-Go Tell It On the Mountain [John W. Work; 1865]
-Angels We Have Heard On High [traditional]
-[incomplete list]
112 radio outro 0:20
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Disc 2 54:04
201 radio intro 0:42
202 "Sleigh Ride" [Leroy Anderson; 1948]/
radio intro 2:56
203 "Christmas Waltzes" [arranged by Angela Morley] 4:17
- Christmas Waltz
- Silver Bells [Jay Livingston and Ray Evans 1953]
- My Favorite Things [Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II]
- It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
[Eddie Pola and George Wyle 1963]
204 Keith Lockhart's intro 1:11
205 "Winter Weather Medley" [arranged by David Chase] 3:50
206 radio intro 0:25
207 “Twelve Days of Christmas” [traditional; arranged by David Chase] 9:07
208 Keith Lockhart's intro 1:44
209 "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" [by Clement C. Moore; music by Joe Reisman, read by Laura Carlo] 4:11
210 radio intro 0:25
211 Santa Claus Medley, arranged by Darmon Meader 5:02
- "The Man with the Bag" [Dudley Brooks, Hal Stanley & Irv Taylor, 1950]
- "Santa Baby" [Joan Javits, Philip Springer and Tony Springer; 1953]
- "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" [J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie; 1934]
212 Santa Claus appears on the stage and reads "letters from kids". 2:58
213 Keith Lockhart's intro 0:45
214 Audience Singalong Medley: 7:07
- Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer [Robert May and Johnny Marks; 1949(?)]
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [Hugh Martin; 1944(?)]
- Let It Snow [Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn; 1944]
- The Christmas Song [Mel Torme and Bob Wells; 1944]
- Winter Wonderland [Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith; 1934]
- Jingle Bells [James Lord Pierpont; 1857]
215 encore break 1:01
216 White Christmas [Irving Berlin, 1940(?); arranged by Alexander Courage] 3:41 [* brief radio crackle]
217 encore break 0:20
218 Frosty All the Way [Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson, 1950; James Lord Pierpont, 1857; arranged by Don Sebesky] 2:49
219 radio outro 1:23