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Presented by charismatic Australian mezzo-soprano Jacqui Dark and conducted by the acclaimed Benjamin Northey, the NZSO perform works from renowned classical composers Vaughan Williams, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky – including a selection from his beloved The Nutcracker – alongside the much-loved songs 'Climb Ev’ry Mountain' from The Sound of Music, 'We’re Walking in the Air' from The Snowman and 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' from the MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis. Whether it’s the Concert Suite from the animated film The Polar Express or 'Jingle Bells', 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing', 'Silent Night' and 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer', Christmas Pops is a great way to celebrate the festive season.
Vocalist Jacqui Dark with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey.
Music Details:
Part One
ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival
RODGERS/HAMMERSTEIN/CASEY: Climb Ev’ry Mountain
MARTIN & BLANE: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
TRAD arr Willcocks: Oh, Come all ye Faithful
TCHAIKOVSKY: Sugar Plum, Trepak & Waltz of the Flowers, from Nutcracker Suite No 1
BERLIN/MOSS: White Christmas
TRAD arr Willcocks: Hark the Herald Angels Sing
SILVESTRI/BRUBAKER: Concert Suite from The Polar Express
Part Two
ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride
PROKOFIEV: Troika, from Lieutenant Kije
HERMANN: We Need a Little Christmas
TRAD arr Anthony Ritchie: Deck the Halls
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves
MARKS/HAYMAN: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
ANDERSON-LOPEZ/LOPEZ/KELLY: Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
TRAD arr Anthony Ritchie: The Twelve Days of Christmas
TIOMKIN: Christmas Eve Finale, from It’s a Wonderful Life
GRUBER arr Gould: Silent Night
Recorded 15 December 2018, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert.
Producer: David McCaw
Engineer: Darryl Stack
