Toronto Symphony Orchestra 2011-2012 Season

Concerts & Tickets

2009.2010 Season

A Christmas Carol

  • Sun. Dec. 6, 2009 at 3:00 PM
    Roy Thomson Hall
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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol

Bring your family and join the TSO for a festive holiday afternoon! First you'll experience a delightful selection of Christmas and Hanukah favourites, featuring a children's choir plus colourful costuming and staging. Then you'll enjoy a pocket version of the immortal Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, complete with a narrator and actors. During the intermission, participate in some special art activities led by the Avenue Road Arts School.

  • John Morris Russell, conductor
  • Canadian Children's Opera Company
  • Scott Coopwood, narrator
  • Alan Anderson
  • Vivienne Elborne, stage director
Arthur Harris (arr. Arthur Harris): We Three Kings
Sir David Willcocks (arr. Sir David Willcocks): Ding Dong! Merrily On High
Bach (arr. Gounod): Ave Maria
Traditional (Davis/Onorati/Simeone): Little Drummer Boy
Leroy Anderson (arr. Julie Spangler): Sleigh Ride
Bill Holcombe (arr. Bill Holcombe): "A Candle Is A Small Thing" from Festive Sounds of Hanukkah
Howard (c) Cable (arr. H. Cable): The Huron Carol
R. Alex Anderson (arr. Pena/J Morris Russell): Mele Kalikimaka
Tchaikovsky: "Trépak" from The Nutcracker
Herbert: March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland
Prokofiev: "Troika" from Suite from Lieutenant Kijé Listen
Michael Runyan: A Christmas Carol
Henry Gillespie (arr. Julie Spangler): Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Various (arr. Finnegan): Christmas Singalong
Hans Gruber: Silent Night (arr. Luck)
English Traditional: We Wish You a Merry Christmas

These performances are part of the following series