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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Anita Rachvelishvili mezzo-soprano (Santuzza)
Piero Pretti tenor (Turiddu)
Luca Salsi baritone (Alfio)
Ronnita Miller mezzo-soprano (Lucia)
Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano (Lola)
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Anita Rachvelishvili mezzo-soprano (Santuzza)
Piero Pretti tenor (Turiddu)
Luca Salsi baritone (Alfio)
Ronnita Miller mezzo-soprano (Lucia)
Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano (Lola)
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Anita Rachvelishvili mezzo-soprano (Santuzza)
Piero Pretti tenor (Turiddu)
Luca Salsi baritone (Alfio)
Ronnita Miller mezzo-soprano (Lucia)
Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano (Lola)
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director

Herbert Howells (1892-1983) St. Paul’s Service (1951)
Gary James (b. 1957) See What Love (1991)

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Nunc dimittis from Short Service
Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) Missa Dixit Maria
William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Ecce advenit Dominator Dominus
Jacques Arcadelt (c. 1507-1568) Hodie Beata Virgo Maria
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Adrian Batten (c. 1590-1637) Short Communion Service
Thomas Attwood (1765-1838) O God, who by the leading of a star
Healey Willan (1880-1968) O Sacred Feast (1924)
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901) Messe in Es for double choir “Cantus Missae”
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Surge illuminare Jerusalem à8
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Guy Ropartz (1864-1955) Messe brève en l'honneur de Sainte Anne (1921)
Andreas de Silva (c. 1478-c. 1530) Intonuit de celo Dominus
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591) Omnes de Saba venient à5
William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Reges Tharsis à5
Byrd Vidimus stellam
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611) Missa O magnum mysterium
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) O magnum mysterium (1952)
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c. 1554-1609) Missa Ne timeas Maria
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) Angelus ad pastores ait à5
John Tavener (1944-2013) The Lamb (1982)
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Missa brevis in C major “Orgelsolo”, K. 259
William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Laetentur coeli à5
James MacMillan (b. 1959) In splendoribus sanctorum (2005) from The Strathclyde Motets
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Emil de Cou conductor

Traditional, arr. Randol Bass Joy to the World: A Fanfare for Christmas Day
Weber Overture to Abu Hassan
Pärt Vater Unser
Traditional, arr. Julian Wachner Angels We Have Heard On High
Suppé Overture to Poet and Peasant
Handel, arr./ed. Ebenezer Prout Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Traditional, arr. Leroy Robertson O Come, All Ye Faithful
Pierpont/Sousa, arr. Robert Smith Jingle Bells Forever
Pola/Wyle, arr. Paul Bateman It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Chabrier Fête Polonaise
Traditional., arr. Robert Shaw/Robert Russell Bennett Deck the Halls
J. Strauss Jr. Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Marks, arr. James Stephenson Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Berlin, arr. Randol Bass White Christmas
arr. Alexander Courage A Christmas Garland

Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Emil de Cou conductor

Traditional, arr. Randol Bass Joy to the World: A Fanfare for Christmas Day
Weber Overture to Abu Hassan
Pärt Vater Unser
Traditional, arr. Julian Wachner Angels We Have Heard On High
Suppé Overture to Poet and Peasant
Handel, arr./ed. Ebenezer Prout Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Traditional, arr. Leroy Robertson O Come, All Ye Faithful
Pierpont/Sousa, arr. Robert Smith Jingle Bells Forever
Pola/Wyle, arr. Paul Bateman It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Chabrier Fête Polonaise
Traditional., arr. Robert Shaw/Robert Russell Bennett Deck the Halls
J. Strauss Jr. Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Marks, arr. James Stephenson Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Berlin, arr. Randol Bass White Christmas
arr. Alexander Courage A Christmas Garland

Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Mass in the Dorian Mode
Howells A spotless rose
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Caleb Young, conductor
Doug LaBrecque, vocalist

Revel in the traditional music, memories, and popular culture of Christmas, with exquisite dancing, Santa and Mrs. Claus, a carol sing-along, and the “Hallelujah” Chorus.

Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Emil de Cou conductor

Traditional, arr. Randol Bass Joy to the World: A Fanfare for Christmas Day
Weber Overture to Abu Hassan
Pärt Vater Unser
Traditional, arr. Julian Wachner Angels We Have Heard On High
Suppé Overture to Poet and Peasant
Handel, arr./ed. Ebenezer Prout Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Traditional, arr. Leroy Robertson O Come, All Ye Faithful
Pierpont/Sousa, arr. Robert Smith Jingle Bells Forever
Pola/Wyle, arr. Paul Bateman It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Chabrier Fête Polonaise
Traditional., arr. Robert Shaw/Robert Russell Bennett Deck the Halls
J. Strauss Jr. Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Marks, arr. James Stephenson Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Berlin, arr. Randol Bass White Christmas
arr. Alexander Courage A Christmas Garland

Caleb Young, conductor
Doug LaBrecque, vocalist

Revel in the traditional music, memories, and popular culture of Christmas, with exquisite dancing, Santa and Mrs. Claus, a carol sing-along, and the “Hallelujah” Chorus.

Handel — Messiah, HWV 56

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus

Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Emil de Cou conductor

Traditional, arr. Randol Bass Joy to the World: A Fanfare for Christmas Day
Weber Overture to Abu Hassan
Pärt Vater Unser
Traditional, arr. Julian Wachner Angels We Have Heard On High
Suppé Overture to Poet and Peasant
Handel, arr./ed. Ebenezer Prout Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Traditional, arr. Leroy Robertson O Come, All Ye Faithful
Pierpont/Sousa, arr. Robert Smith Jingle Bells Forever
Pola/Wyle, arr. Paul Bateman It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Chabrier Fête Polonaise
Traditional., arr. Robert Shaw/Robert Russell Bennett Deck the Halls
J. Strauss Jr. Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Marks, arr. James Stephenson Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Berlin, arr. Randol Bass White Christmas
arr. Alexander Courage A Christmas Garland