Allentown Symphony Orchestra Series
Holiday Performances
ASO Pops Series

Saturday, December 18, 2021, 7:30 PM

Diane Wittry, Conductor
Jaciel Cordoba, Celebrity Guest Announcer (News Anchor, Channel 69 WFMZ)
Rachel Potter, Vocalist
Kate Gilchrist, Student Vocalist
Todd Rizzuto, Special Guest
Repertoire Dance Theatre Dancers: Loie Cristali, Mylah Huber, Kara Liu, Caitlin McCormick, Johanna Mushko, Fionna O’Reilly, Mairead O’Reilly, Rowan Wessner
ASO Bassoon Section: Susan Shaw, Lee Walck, Louis Nolemi
ASO Brass: Omri Barak, Steven Heitzer, Trumpets; Colin Weyman, horn; Roger Verdi, trombone; Ron Demkee, tuba
Allentown Symphony Chorus Carolers: Carole Burkhardt, Andrea Carey, Cindy Ernst, Angela Mitchell, William Marshall, Milo Morris, Joshua Myers, Ryan Neal

Start a new holiday tradition with Diane Wittry and the Allentown Symphony! Thrill to the spectacle of the season with this sparkling holiday celebration. Carols, sing-alongs and more. And yes, Virginia, there will be a Santa Claus!

"Polonaise" from Christmas Eve Suite
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Dancers from Repertoire Dance Theatre: Johanna Mushko, Fionna O’Reilly, Mairead O’Reilly

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
EDDIE POLA & GEORGE WYLE/arr. Mark Hayes
Rachel Potter

“March of the Toys” from Babes in Toyland
VICTOR HERBERT/arr. Otto Langey
Dancers from Repertoire Dance Theatre: Loie Cristali, Mylah Huber, Kara Liu, Caitlin McCormick, Rowan Wessner

“We Need a Little Christmas” from Mame
JERRY HERMAN/arr. Mark Hayes
Rachel Potter

Mary, Did You Know?
MARK LOWRY & BUDDY GREENE
Rachel Potter

“Somewhere in My Memory” from Home Alone
JOHN WILLIAMS
Kate Gilchrist

Christmas At The Movies (arr. Bob Krogstad)
Miracle On 34th Street — The Polar Express — Somewhere In My Memory — Making Christmas — Where Are You Christmas

Bassoon It Will Be Christmas
JAMES M. STEPHENSON
Susan Shaw, Lee Walck, Louis Nolemi

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
JULE STYNE & SAMMY CAHN/arr. Wally Harper & Larry Blank
Rachel Potter

Sleigh Ride
LEROY ANDERSON

— I N T E R M I S S I O N —

A Christmas Scherzo
Arr. Jay Sebesky

White Christmas
IRVING BERLIN/arr. John Moss
Rachel Potter

Oh Holy Night!
ADOLPHE ADAM/arr. Clydesale
Rachel Potter

Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
CHIP DAVIS & CALVIN CUSTER

Caroling, Caroling
ALFRED BURT
Allentown Symphony Chorus Carolers

Santa Claus is Coming to Town
J. FRED COOTS & HAVEN GILLESPIE/arr. Bill Holcombe
Rachel Potter and Allentown Symphony Chorus Carolers

Ho! Ho! Ho!
LUCAS RICHMAN

Holiday Pops Sing-A-Long (arr. Lee Norris)
Santa Clause is Coming to Town — It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas — Silver Bells — Winter Wonderland — Frosty the Snowman — Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer — White Christmas
Allentown Symphony Chorus Carolers (the audience is invited to sing-a-long)

The Saints’ Hallelujah
GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL/arr. Luther Henderson
Omri Barak, Lawrence Wright, Giles Bernard, Ronald Demkee