A Madison Symphony Christmas will be performed in mid-December.
Conductor John DeMain will lead the Madison Symphony in its traditional music extravaganza. Beverly Taylor will conduct the Madison Symphony Chorus; Michael Ross, the Artistic Director will present the Madison Youth Choirs and Tamera; and Leotha Stanley will direct the Mount Zion Gospel Choir. Special guests will be tenor Mackenzie Whitney, soprano Michelle Johnson, and MSO’s harpist Johanna Wienholtz.
According to the recent program brochure printing, the first half of the program will be classical season favorites - Christmas chants by John Rutter, Magnificat by Johann Sebastian Bach, a harp concerto by George Friderick Handel, Franz Schubert’s Wiegenlied; a second piece by John Rutter and Charles Gounod’s Ave Maria. Next will be Felix Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang and Adolphe Adam’s Cantique de Noel. This part of the program will end with the ‘Hallelujah’ chorus.
The last half of the program will open with a 2008 work, Dan Goeller’s Christmas Fantasy. Next will be a vocal of Stephen Hatfield’s Apple-Tree Wassail, Christmas Ornaments by Dallas native Randol Alan Bass, and the Madison Symphony Chorus singing a medley of holiday favorites.
The program will end with Mounty Zion Gospel Choir singing their director Leotha Stanley arrangements of traditional favorites and newly composed works. Everyone is invited to the end of the event singalong.
A Madison Symphony Christmas will be December 13th at 7:30 pm, December 14th at 8:00 pm, and December 15th at 2:30 pm at Overture Hall, 201 State Street.
Location
113 South St
Waunakee, WI 53597
Get Directions →
Phone
Hours
Mon: 8:00 - 5:00
Tue: 8:00 - 5:00
Wed: 8:00 - 5:00
Thu: 8:00 - 5:00
Fri: 8:00 - 5:00
Sat: Closed
Sun: Closed