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CSO: Merry, Merry Chicago!

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There’s nothing like hearing holiday music played by a world-renowned orchestra and chorus. Head to Orchestra Hall — decked in boughs of holly — for a program of popular carols, holiday favorites and festive surprises. Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Chorus perform lavish, stirring arrangements that are sure to inspire holiday cheer in all.

Program

Coleridge-Taylor (arr. Baynes)

Christmas Overture

Traditional (arr. Bradford)

Angels We Have Heard on High

Pinkham

Gloria from Christmas Cantata

Bizet

Carillon from L’arlésienne, Suite No. 1

Leontovych/Wilhousky (arr. Bradford)

Carol of the Bells

Anderson

Sleigh Ride

Bonds

Alleluia from The Ballad of the Brown King

Jessel (arr. Gould)

The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

(arr. Braz)

Suite of Carols

Johann Strauss, Jr.

Overture to Die Fledermaus

Mendelssohn (arr. Mounsey)

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Fry

Christmas in Chicago

Waldteufel

The Skaters Waltz

Traditional (arr. Shaw/Bennett)

The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 4

Earlier Event: December 21
CSO: Merry, Merry Chicago!
Later Event: December 23
CSO: Merry, Merry Chicago!