LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER

The Music of Ray Charles and B.B. King

Sunday, December 12, 2021
4:00 pm 
Paramount Theatre

Dr. Lynne Morrow, conductor

Choral Arr. by Terrance Kelly
Orchestra Arr. by Ellen Hoffman
Let Us Break Bread Together 

Combined Choruses,
Oakland Symphony,
Terrance Kelly, vocal soloist,
Ellen Hoffman, piano

Anton Bruckner
String arr. by Robert Longfield
Locus Iste

Oakland Symphony Chorus and
Oakland Symphony Strings

Arr. by Brian Balmages
Fantasia on We Three Kings

Oakland Symphony 

B.B. King
Arr. by Claytoven Richardson 
Every Day I have the Blues 

The Best Intentions,
Jeffrey Bashir, director,
Jazz Mafia, Adam Theis, director,
and Oakland Symphony

Arr. by Matt Wong
B.B. King Medley

When Love Comes to Town
I’m Moving On
The Thrill is Gone
Stormy Monday
Bring It On Home

Jazz Mafia, Adam Theis, director and
Oakland Symphony

Mel Torme and Robert Wells
Arr. by Bob Krogstad
The Christmas Song

Oakland Symphony

Adolphe Adam
Arr. by Terrance Kelly
lyrics by John Sullivan Dwight
O Holy Night

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
Jonathan Herrera, electric bass 
and Oakland Symphony

George Frideric Handel
Arr. by Rob Reich
Pifa from the Messiah

Kugelplex and Oakland Symphony

George Frideric Handel
Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah

Oakland Symphony Chorus and
Oakland Symphony 

INTERMISSION

Leroy Anderson
Sleigh Ride

Roman St. Gerard, conductor,
and Oakland Symphony

Inspired by Traditional Hasidic Religious Songs
Dan Cantrell
Dance of Memory (Nigun)

Kugelplex and
Oakland Symphony Chorus

Traditional Hasidic Religious Song
Arr. by John Leavitt
Sim Shalom

Kugelplex,
Oakland Symphony Chorus,
and Oakland Symphony members

Arr. by Claytoven Richardson
as performed by The Temptations
Silent Night

The Best Intentions, Jeffrey Bashir, director
Jazz Mafia, Adam Theis, director

Arr. by Matt Wong
Ray Charles Medley

What I’d Say
Unchain My Heart
Hallelujah I Love Her So
I Can’t Stop Loving You
Georgia On My Mind

Jazz Mafia,
Adam Theis, director
and Oakland Symphony 

Percy Mayfield & Ray Charles
Arr. by Ellen Hoffman
Gospel Ending by Terrance Kelly
Hit the Road, Jack

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir,
Ellen Hoffman, Sharon Hymes Offord,
Jonathan Herrera, electric bass,
and Oakland Symphony

Traditional Scottish Song
Arr. by Peter Lawson
Auld Lang Syne

Combined Choruses,
Oakland Symphony, and Audience

Traditional Spiritual 
Arr. by Moses Hogan and Brian Adam McCune
Walk Together, Children

Oakland Symphony Chorus,
Jazz Mafia, Adam Theis, director,
and Oakland Symphony

The 2021–2022 Season of Oakland Symphony is generously funded in part by The East Bay Music Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation; the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and supported by the Oakland City Council and funded by the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program.