Richmond Symphony Presents LET IT SNOW, 12/7 - 12/8

Richmond, Virginia Kick off the holidays with sounds of the season! On Saturday, December 7 - 8:00pm and Sunday, December 8 - 3:00pm, the Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage will be transformed into a wonderland of music and song! Join conductor Erin Freeman, the Richmond Symphony, the Richmond Symphony Chorus, members of the Saint Paul's Baptist Church Joy Choir, the Children's Honor Choir, and Richmond's own vocal virtuoso, Lisa Edwards-Burrs for holiday favorites including Silent Night, Joy to the World, and It's a Wonderful Life. You, too, will get a chance to sing along during this much loved annual concert! Make Let it Snow part of your RVA holiday tradition.

Tickets start at $10 online at richmondsymphony.com or 1.800.514 ETIX. $7 college student tickets available at the Richmond CenterStage box office with valid student ID.

The Pops Series is sponsored by Genworth. This concert is sponsored by Hunton & Williams and Martin's. The media sponsor is the Richmond Times Dispatch.

About the Richmond Symphony

Founded in 1957, the Richmond Symphony is the largest performing arts organization in Central Virginia. The organization includes an orchestra of more than 70 professional musicians, the 150-voice Richmond Symphony Chorus and more than 200 students in the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra programs. Each season, more than 250,000 members of the community enjoy concerts, radio broadcasts, and educational outreach programs. The Richmond Symphony is partially funded by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Program Notes

Erin R. Freeman, conductor

Richmond Symphony Chorus Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano Children's Honor Choir

LEROY ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival
ALICE PARKER: O Come Emanuel from Seven Carols (Richmond Symphony Chorus)

ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT: Many Moods of Christmas: Suite No.1; Good Christian Men, Rejoice; Silent Night; Patapan; O Come, All Ye Faithful (Richmond Symphony Chorus)

TRADITIONAL / arr. Shaw: Coventry Carol (Lully Lully) (Richmond Symphony Chorus)

HECTOR BERLIOZ: L'Adieau des Bergers: The Shepherds Farewell (Richmond Symphony Chorus)

ARR. HAIRSTON: Sweet Little Jesus Boy (Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano)

ADOLPHE ADAM / Arthur Harris: O HOLY NIGHT (Richmond Symphony Chorus & Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano)

RADITIONAL / arr. Robert Sadin: Rise Up, Shepherd (Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano & Children's Honor Choir)

JOHN RUTTER: I Wish You Christmas (Children's Honor Choir & Richmond Symphony Chorus)

STEVEN AMUNDSON: Joy to the World (Children's Honor Choir &Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano & Richmond Symphony Chorus)

INTERMISSION

LEROY ANDERSON: Sleighride

ROBERT WENDEL: Caribbean Sleigh Ride

WENDELL WHALUM: Betelehemu (Richmond Symphony Chorus)

JOHN WILLIAMS: "Somewhere in My Memory" from Home Alone 1. Somewhere in My Memory (Children's Honor Choir)

DIMITRI TIOMKIN: It's a Wonderful Life (Richmond Symphony Chorus & Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano)

JERRY HERMAN: We Need a Little Christmas (Richmond Symphony Chorus)

GENE AUTRY / Ployhar: Here Comes Santa Claus (Children's Honor Choir)

TRADITIONAL: Christmas Pops Sing-a-Long I (Children's Honor Choir & Richmond Symphony Chorus)

GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL: Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus (Richmond Symphony Chorus)