Subscription Concert [3] "Holiday Concert & Messiah Sing-a-Long!"
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 7:30 PM
Invite your friends and family to make this bright and joyous concert part of your holiday tradition!
Featured will be selections from George F. Handel’s beloved Messiah with Bemidji State University students Amber Joel, soprano, and Lauren Skarloken, alto as soloists. Also performing is Dr. Bradley Logan, tenor. Dr. Logan is a Professor of Music and the Director of Choral Activities at Bemidji State University.
New this year is an invitation to audience members to join the orchestra on stage for the Messiah sing-a-long choruses! Audience members planning to sing along are encouraged to bring their Messiah music scores to the concert, although a number of scores will be available at the door for those who need them.
Along with the Messiah, the concert includes many holiday favorites. On the program:
INTERMISSION
No. 2 Comfort Ye
No. 3 Every Valley
Dr. Bradley Logan, tenor
No. 4 And the Glory
No. 12 For Unto us a Child is Born
No. 17 Glory to God
No. 18 Rejoice Greatly
Amber Joel, soprano
No. 20 He Shall Feed His Flock
Lauren Skarloken, alto and Amber Joel, soprano
No 44 Hallelujah Chorus
Invite your friends and family to make this bright and joyous concert part of your holiday tradition!
Featured will be selections from George F. Handel’s beloved Messiah with Bemidji State University students Amber Joel, soprano, and Lauren Skarloken, alto as soloists. Also performing is Dr. Bradley Logan, tenor. Dr. Logan is a Professor of Music and the Director of Choral Activities at Bemidji State University.
New this year is an invitation to audience members to join the orchestra on stage for the Messiah sing-a-long choruses! Audience members planning to sing along are encouraged to bring their Messiah music scores to the concert, although a number of scores will be available at the door for those who need them.
Along with the Messiah, the concert includes many holiday favorites. On the program:
- Christmas Festival by Leroy Anderson
- White Christmas by Irving Berlin arr. Robert Russell Bennett
- Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! by Sammy Cahn and Julie Styne, arr. Charles Sayre
- Carol of the Drum by Katherine K. David arr. Ray Wright
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots, arr. Merle J. Isaac
- Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson
- Frosty the Snowman by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas arr. Jerry Brubaker
- A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson arr. David Pugh
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane arr. John Whitney
INTERMISSION
- Chorale Prelude-Wachet Auf by J. S. Bach arr. Eugene Ormandy
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by J.S. Bach arr. Charles Roberts
- Messiah by George Frideric Handel
No. 2 Comfort Ye
No. 3 Every Valley
Dr. Bradley Logan, tenor
No. 4 And the Glory
No. 12 For Unto us a Child is Born
No. 17 Glory to God
No. 18 Rejoice Greatly
Amber Joel, soprano
No. 20 He Shall Feed His Flock
Lauren Skarloken, alto and Amber Joel, soprano
No 44 Hallelujah Chorus
All concerts are held at the Bemidji High School Auditorium. Join us after each concert for a brief post-concert conversation with conductor Beverly Everett and BSO's guest artists and composers. All Tickets are for general admission seating. All concerts are at the Bemidji High School Auditorium, 2900 Division Street West, Bemidji, MN. Directions
