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Clayton Holiday Concert: An Olde English Christmas
Dec. 15-17, 2023
Program

37th Annual Clayton Holiday Concert: An Olde English Christmas

Dec. 15-17, 2022
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
 
Sponsored by
 
 
 
   
 
 
Aram Demirjian, conductor
GO! Contemporary Dance Works
Knoxville Choral Society
Knoxville Symphony Youth Choir
Santa Claus
 
LEROY ANDERSON 
A Christmas Festival
 
TRAD. (arr. HAYMAN)
Here We Come A-Caroling/I Saw Three Ships
 
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on Greensleeves
 
TRAD. (arr. ADAMS)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
 
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
A New Year Carol
 
JOHN RUTTER
Angels' Carol
 
TRAD. (arr. ITKIN)
Twelve Days of Christmas
 
ANONYMOUS
Come Bring With a Noise
 
TRAD. (arr. WILLIAMS)
Gloucestershire Wassail
 
TRAD. (arr. CLARK)
Tis the Time of Yuletide Glee
 
GARY FRY
My Dancing Day
 
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
 
- INTERMISSION -
 
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (arr. RICKETTS)
Hark the Herald Angels Sing 
 
GUSTAV HOLST
In the Bleak Midwinter
 
TRAD. (arr. GOULD)
Good King Wenceslas
 
ARTHUR SULLIVAN (arr. BASS)
Christmas Bells at Sea
 
TRAD. 
Christmas is Coming
 
TRAD.
Oranges and Lemons
 
TRAD. (arr. MARSCH)
Pentonville (While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks)
 
HENRY VIII (arr. SWINGLE)
Pastime With Good Company
 
TRAD. (arr. RICHMAN)
Boar's Head Carol
 
ARTHUR SULLIVAN (arr. BASS)
The Marquis-de-Mince-Pie/Care is All Fiddle-Dee-Dee
 
PERCY GRAINGER
Shepherd's Hey (Morris Dance)
 
PHILIP GORDON
A Tribute of Carols
 
ALAN SILVESTRI
"God Bless Us Everyone" from A Christmas Carol
 
ARTHUR HARRIS
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
 

Latecomers will be seated during the first convenient pause in the performance.
The use of recording devices and/or flash photography is strictly forbidden. Please remember to silence all electronic devices and refrain from text messaging during the concert. Mobile devices may be used to read program notes during the concert.
Programs and artists subject to change.

Lyrics: A Tribute of Carols

O come, all ye faithful,

joyful and triumphant,

O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.

Come and behold Him,

born the King of angels.

O come let us adore Him,

O come let us adore Him,

O come let us adore Him,

Christ, the Lord.

 

O little town of Bethlehem,

how still we see thee lie.

Above thy deep and dream-less sleep the silent stars go by.

Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light;

The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.

 

Deck the halls with boughs of holly,

Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

'Tis the season to be jolly,

Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Don we now our gay apparel,

Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Troll the ancient Yuletide carol,

Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

 

Silent night, Holy night,

All is calm, All is bright,

Round your Virgin, Mother and Child,

Holy Infant so tender and mild,

Sleep in Heavenly peace,

Sleep in Heavenly peace. 

 

Joy to the world, the Lord is come; 

Let Earth receive her King.

Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room,

And heav'n and nature sing,

And heav'n and nature sing,

And heav'n and heav'n and nature sing.

 

Production Credits

Lighting Designer - John Horner

Video and Sound - Stellar Visions & Sound

Production Manager - Cory Wilhite

Stage Manager - Stacy Taylor

Scenic Artist - Rebecca Parr

Production Crew - IATSE Local Stagehand Union 197