Fri/Sat, Dec 12-13, 2025 | 8pm
MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL, WOOLNER STAGE
MARTIN MARIETTA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, RALEIGH

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North Carolina Symphony
David Glover, conductor
Mamie Parris, vocalist

Traditional / Arr. Jeff Tyzik 
A Christmas Overture: Variations on “Deck the Halls” 

Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych / Arr. Richard Hayman
“Carol of the Bells: Ukrainian Christmas Carol” 

John Henry Hopkins Jr. / Arr. Jeff Tyzik
“We Three Kings” 
Mamie Parris, vocalist

Traditional / Arr. Jeff Tyzik
“God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” 
Mamie Parris, vocalist

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Arr. Jeff Tyzik
“Nutcracker Mini Jazz Suite” 
     1. “Dance of the Sugar Plums”
     2. “Danse Arabian” 
     3. “Swing Dance á la Russe” 

Johann Sebastian Bach / Arr. Tim Berens
“Joy” 

Johnny Marks / Arr. Richard Hayman
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” 

Traditional / Arr. Jeff Tyzik 
“O Come, All Ye Faithful” 

INTERMISSION

Various composers / Arr. Robert Wendel
“Christmas a la Valse”

Paul O’Neil and Robert Kinkel / Arr. Bob Phillips
“Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24”

Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane / Arr. Robert Farnon
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
Mamie Parris, vocalist

Irving Berlin / Arr. John Moss
“White Christmas”
Mamie Parris, vocalist

Ralph Vaughan Williams / Arr. Ralph Greeves
Fantasia on “Greensleeves”

Traditional/Jeff Tyzik
Wexford Carol/Christmas Reel

Leroy Anderson
“Sleigh Ride”

Adolphe Adams/Placide Cappeau/John Sullivan Dwight / Arr. William Grimes
“O Holy Night”
Mamie Parris, vocalist

Various composers / Arr. William Grimes
Sing Along
Mamie Parris, vocalist