The Salt River Brass, conducted by Patrick Sheridan, presents a holiday collection like no other with songs ranging from the popular (Irving Berlin’s 'White Christmas', James Pierpont’s 'Jingle Bells' and Stephen Bulla’s 'The Twelve Days of Christmas') to the classical (Gustav Holst’s 'In the Bleak Midwinter', Dmitri Shostakovich’s 'Folk Festival' and selections from Tchaikovsky’s 'Suite from the Nutcracker') to the downright breathtaking such as vocalist Melissa Spevacek’s virtuoso rendition of 'Vieni! T’affretta!' from Verdi’s MacBeth. This is holiday magic!
1. FOLK FESTIVAL – D. Shostakovich
SUITE FROM THE NUTCRACKER, OP. 71a – P. I. Tchaikovsky
2. March
3. Arabian Dance
4. Trepak
5. VIENI! T’AFFRETTA FROM ‘MACBETH’ – G. Verdi / Melissa Spevacek, vocals
6. O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM – M. Lauridsen
7. THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – S. Bulla
8. THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS – W. Himes
9. PIE JESU FROM ‘REQUIEM’ – A. L. Webber / Melissa Spevacek and Will Bates, vocals
A CAROL SING ALONG – Traditional / Melissa Spevacek and Will Bates, vocals
10. O Come All Ye Faithful
11. The First Noel
12. Silent Night
13. Joy to the World
14. IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER – G. Holst
15. O HOLY NIGHT – A. Adam / Melissa Spevacek, vocals
16. JINGLE BELLS – J. Pierpont
17. WHITE CHRISTMAS – I. Berlin
