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Holiday Candlelight Concert
December 19, 2023
About the Show

Modesto Symphony Orchestra Association

Holiday Candlelight Concert

Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 8 pm
Our Lady of Fatima Church

Daniel R. Afonso Jr., conductor

MSO Chorus
Daniel R. Afonso Jr., chorus director

Opus Handbell Ensemble
Richard Colla, Opus Handbell Ensemble director

Program

Camille Saint-Saëns

Prelude (from Oratorio De Noel)

John Rutter

What Sweeter Music

Ludwig Van Beethoven
arr. Andrew Duncan

Fanfare on Ode to Joy

featuring: Opus Handbell Ensemble

arr. Cathy Moklebust

The First Noel

arr. Tom Kennedy

Joy to the World

- Audience Sing-Along -

arr. Steven Pilkington

Coventry Carol

Gustav Holst

Christmas Day

Johann Sebastian Bach
arr. Daniel R. Afonso Jr. 

Contrapunctus (from Art of the Fugue)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor

II. Rondeau

VII. Badinerie

arr. Tom Kennedy

O Little Town of Bethlehem

- Audience Sing-Along -

D. Kantor
arr. J. Ferguson

Night of Silence

arr. Joel Raney, Arnold Sherman

An Angelic Celebration

featuring: Opus Handbell Ensemble

 Cathy Moklebust

Vivacio

arr. Tom Kennedy

Silent Night

- Audience Sing-Along -

 George Fredrick Handel

Messiah

For Unto Us A Child Is Born

Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs

Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Gates

Hallelujah


The Doubletree by Hilton Modesto is the official hotel of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra.

Photography, sound, or video recording of this performance is strictly prohibited. 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.

Program and artists subject to change. E&OE.

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The DoubleTree by Hilton™ Modesto is the official hotel of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra.


Photography, sound, or video recording of this performance is strictly prohibited. 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.

Program and artists subject to change. E&OE.