Christmas Celebration

Location

Sunday, December 21, 2014 3:00PM: Grace Milliman Pollock Center for the Performing Arts, Camp Hill

340 North 21st Street, Camp Hill, PA 17011

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Tickets

$20 general admission/ $17 seniors/$5 students
Tickets available from any HCS member or at the door.

Purchase Tickets Online! General Admission / Seniors / Student

Featured Performers

Gwendolyn Bowers, mezzo-soprano
Brian Boeshore, tenor
Jonathan Hays, baritone

The Orchestra of the HCS

Program

E'en So Lord Jesus Quickly Come Paul Manz
O Come, All Ye Faithful Fanfare and Sing-along arr. David Willcocks

Christmas Oratorio Pt. 1

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage" HCS; Orchestra
Recit.: "Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit" Brian Boeshore, tenor; Orchestra
Recit.: "Nun wird mein liebster Brautigam" Gwendolyn Bowers, alto; Orchestra
Aria: "Bereite dich, Zion, mit zartlichen Trieben" Gwendolyn Bowers, alto; Orchestra
Chorus: "Wie soll ich dich empfangen" HCS; Orchestra
Recit.: "Und sie gebar ihren ersten Sohn" Brian Boeshore, tenor; Orchestra
Chorus and Recit.: "Er ist auf Erden kommen arm/Wer will die Liebe recht erhohn" HCS; Jonathan Hays, bass; Orchestra
Aria: "Grosser Herr, und starker Konig" Jonathan Hays, bass; Orchestra
Chorus: "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein!" HCS; Orchestra
Shepherds' Farewell from L'enfance du Christ Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
En Natus Est Emmanuel Michael Praetorius (c.1571-1621)
Unto Us is Born a Son Piae Cantiones (1582)
arr. David Willcocks
Many Moods of Christmas
  • O Sanctissima
  • Joy to the World
  • Away in a Manger
  • Fum Fum Fum/March of the Kings
arr. Robert Shaw
Sleigh Ride
featuring the Orchestra of the HCS
Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
Still, Still, Still arr. Norman Luboff
Betelehemu Nigerian Carol
arr. Barrington Brooks
Brian Boeshore, tenor
Audience Sing-Along
  • The First Noel
  • God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
  • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
arr. David Willcocks