ASO: Home for the Holidays – Nutcracker, Messiah & More
$10-$35
Leroy Anderson — Sleigh Ride
Leroy Anderson — A Christmas Festival
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (selections)
George Frideric Handel — Messiah, HWV 56 (selections)
Leif Bjaland, guest conductor
Federal Way Chorale
Auburn Symphony Orchestra
Prokofiev – Troika
Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Anderson – Christmas Festival
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker
Handel – Messiah
We return to our popular holiday program with a family-friendly program of festive and familiar works. Troika is the most popular piece in the orchestral suite from the score Prokofiev wrote for the 1934 Soviet film Lieutenant Kije. Leroy Anderson’s 1948 Sleigh Ride, although not originally written as a holiday tune, takes you on a light-hearted journey through winter wonderlands, and his Christmas Festival features a medley of carols including Deck the Halls, Silent Night, Jingle Bells, Joy to the World and many more. Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker and Handel’s Messiah have become holiday traditions for families everywhere. Guest conductor Leif Bjaland and Federal Way Chorale join Auburn Symphony Orchestra to bring these two masterworks to life.