Concerts & Events
Holiday Glories
December 20 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The wonderful Wisconsin-born soprano Emily Birsan — now one of Chicago’s indispensable classical artists — returns following her exquisite “St. Caecila Mass” for another glorious French confection: Francis Poulenc’s fabulous setting of the GLORIA, written in 1960 for the Boston Symphony….and once again, our LSO Assistant Conductor James Wilson will assemble a magnificent symphonic chorus for the occasion! A garland of classic American Holiday favorites graces the evening’s first half, culminating in another brilliant return: La Crosse’s own piano prodigy Andre Previn Peck, in Prokofiev’s glittering First Concerto. John Finnegan’s Christmas Sing-Along caps off what will be the perfect Holiday celebration.
Nigel Hess: Christmas Overture
Irving Berlin, arr. Robert Russell Bennett: White Christmas
Bryan Kelly: Improvisations on Christmas Carols
Mel Torme, arr. Calvin Custer: The Christmas Song (“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”)
Irving Berlin, arr. Robert Russell Bennett: White Christmas
Bryan Kelly: Improvisations on Christmas Carols
Mel Torme, arr. Calvin Custer: The Christmas Song (“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”)
Chip Davis: Stille Nacht
Lucas Richman: Hanukkah Festival Overture
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1, in One Movement (André Previn Peck, piano)
Lucas Richman: Hanukkah Festival Overture
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1, in One Movement (André Previn Peck, piano)
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Francis Poulenc: Gloria, for soprano, choir and orchestra
Francis Poulenc: Gloria, for soprano, choir and orchestra
Featuring: Emily Birsan, soprano
with the return of a special festival chorus, under the direction of James Wilson
John Finnegan: A Christmas Sing- Along
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