The Boston Pops 2008-12-13
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Set 1
radio intro
Joy to the World [Isaac Watts; 1719 - arranged by Randall Bass]
Hallelujah Chorus [G. F. Handel, from "Messiah"; 1741]
Gerald Steichen's greeting
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear [Edmund H. Sears; 1849]
Go Tell It on the Mountain [John W. Work; 1865]
Waltz of the Flowers [Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky, from "The Nutcracker"; 1891-92]
intro to The Polar Express
The Polar Express [Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard; 2004 - Newly arranged by David Chase for Narrator, Chorus and Orchestra]
Narrator: Will LeBow
Text by Chris van Allsburg
(world broadcast premiere of the new arrangement)
radio outro
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intermission
--
radio intro
Suite from "Home Alone" [John Williams; 1990]
- Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
- Holiday Flight
- Somewhere in My Memory
Gerald Steichen intro
Sleigh Ride [Leroy Anderson; 1948]
Gerald Steichen intro
Kije Takes a Ride [Serge Prokofiev, from the Troika (4th movement) of the "Lt. Kije Suite"; 1933]
Gerald Steichen intro
The Twelve Days of Christmas - Medley [Traditional; arranged by David Chase]
Santa Claus Medley
- Hello, Mr. Kringle [Kay Kyser(?); 1939]
- Santa Baby [Joan Javits, Philip Springer and Tony Springer; 1953]
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town [J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie; 1934]
Santa Claus appears on the stage
Audience sing-along
Medley:
- Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer [Robert May and Johnny Marks; 1949(?)]
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [Hugh Martin; 1944(?)]
- Let It Snow [Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn; 1944]
- The Christmas Song [Mel Torme and Bob Wells; 1944]
- Winter Wonderland [Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith; 1934]
- Jingle Bells [James Lord Pierpont; 1857]
encore break
Let There Be Peace On Earth [Jill Jackson Miller and Sy Miller; 1955]
radio outro
Joy to the World [Isaac Watts; 1719 - arranged by Randall Bass]
Hallelujah Chorus [G. F. Handel, from "Messiah"; 1741]
Gerald Steichen's greeting
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear [Edmund H. Sears; 1849]
Go Tell It on the Mountain [John W. Work; 1865]
Waltz of the Flowers [Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky, from "The Nutcracker"; 1891-92]
intro to The Polar Express
The Polar Express [Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard; 2004 - Newly arranged by David Chase for Narrator, Chorus and Orchestra]
Narrator: Will LeBow
Text by Chris van Allsburg
(world broadcast premiere of the new arrangement)
radio outro
--
intermission
--
radio intro
Suite from "Home Alone" [John Williams; 1990]
- Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
- Holiday Flight
- Somewhere in My Memory
Gerald Steichen intro
Sleigh Ride [Leroy Anderson; 1948]
Gerald Steichen intro
Kije Takes a Ride [Serge Prokofiev, from the Troika (4th movement) of the "Lt. Kije Suite"; 1933]
Gerald Steichen intro
The Twelve Days of Christmas - Medley [Traditional; arranged by David Chase]
Santa Claus Medley
- Hello, Mr. Kringle [Kay Kyser(?); 1939]
- Santa Baby [Joan Javits, Philip Springer and Tony Springer; 1953]
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town [J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie; 1934]
Santa Claus appears on the stage
Audience sing-along
Medley:
- Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer [Robert May and Johnny Marks; 1949(?)]
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [Hugh Martin; 1944(?)]
- Let It Snow [Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn; 1944]
- The Christmas Song [Mel Torme and Bob Wells; 1944]
- Winter Wonderland [Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith; 1934]
- Jingle Bells [James Lord Pierpont; 1857]
encore break
Let There Be Peace On Earth [Jill Jackson Miller and Sy Miller; 1955]
radio outro
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra with The Tanglewood Festival Chorus Gerald Steichen conducting.
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