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Christmas with the Symphony: 'Tis the Season
December 13, 2025 - 7:30pm & December 14, 2025 - 2:30pm
Program

Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 7:30pm
Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 2:30pm
Mary W. Sommervold Hall, Washington Pavilion

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Sharma, Conductor
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Dr. Timothy J. Campbell, Chorus Director
Ben Gulley, Tenor


Giovanni Gabrieli
(arr. Reiny Rolock)
 Canzon per sonar septimi toni á 8

 

Michael Praetorius

 

 

Es ist ein Rose entsprungen

Traditional
(arr. Troy Armstrong)
 

Adeste Fideles


Franz Joseph Haydn

 


Toy Symphony

Georges Bizet
L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2
IV. Farandole

Traditional
(arr. Mack Wilberg)
 


Joy to the World


Charles Gounod
(arr.  Chris Hazell)
 
Ave Maria

Felix Mendelssohn

 
There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob
Traditional
(arr. Mack Wilberg)
 Ding Dong! Merrily on High

Adolphe Adam &
John Sullivan Dwight
(arr. Gary Fry)


O Holy Night


INTERMISSION


Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
 
The Nutcracker Suite
Overture
Waltz of the Flowers

Ottorino Respighi

 


The Adoration of the Magi


Leroy Anderson
 


Sleigh Ride


Irving Berlin

(arr. Roy Ringwald)
 
White Christmas

Nat King Cole

(arr. Bob Lowden)
 
The Christmas Song

John Williams


Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas (from Home Alone)

Alan Silvestri
& Glen Ballard


God Bless Us Everyone

Multiple Authors
(arr. Dan Goeller)


Christmas Carol Sing-Along

 


Saturday's concert generously sponsored by
Nordby Family Foundation

Sunday's concert generously sponsored by
Reliabank

Guest Artist
Ben Gulley
Tenor
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Chorus