In the anticipated timeless tradition, Keith Lockhart conducts the Boston Pops in a program of holiday music new and old, through traditional carols, Pops classics, and a special visit from one very jolly fellow — on demand!
The Boston Pops
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Recorded at Symphony Hall on December 10, 2021, and originally broadcast on CRB Classical, 99.5, on December 18, 2021.
On the program:
Adrianus Valerius, arr. Randol Alan Bass: We Gather Together: A Holiday Fanfare
George Frederic Handel, arr. Mozart: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah
Traditional, arr. Leroy Anderson: Christmas Festival
Silvino Jaramillo, arr. Arturo Rodríguez: México, Ángel y Pastor
Silvino Jaramillo and Armando Fuentes, arr. Arturo Rodríguez: Villancico Mexicano
Traditional, arr. David Freeman Coleman, orch. Bill Elliott: The Good News Voyage
Traditional, arr. Darin Kelly: Of Nights, Lights, and Brass
Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, arr. William David Brohn: A Soldier's Carol: The Christmas Truce of 1914
Irving Berlin /Kay Thompson, arr. Nan Schwartz Mishkin: The Holiday Season (Happy Holiday!)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, orch. Jeff Tyzik: Excerpts from The Nutcracker
John Williams/Leslie Bricusse: Somewhere in My Memory, from Home Alone
Johnny Marks, arr. Richard Hayman: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Joe Reisman, text by Clement Clarke Moore: A Visit from St. Nicholas ('Twas the Night Before Christmas), Jan Brett, narrator
John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie, arr. David Chase and Bill Elliott: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Traditional, arr. David Chase: The Twelve Days of Christmas
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Jill Jackson-Miller and Sy Miller, arr. Nick Perito: Let There Be Peace on Earth
