Tucson  Arizona  Boys  Chorus  and  Sons  of  Orpheus  are  supported  in  part  by  grants  from  Arizona  Commission  on  the  Arts  and  Tucson  Pima  Arts  Council  with  funding  from  the  State  of  Arizona  and  the  Nation  Endowment  for  the  Arts.      

 

Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus—Dr. Julian Ackerley, Director Sons of Orpheus – The Male Choir of Tucson

Grayson Hirst, Founder/ Director December 10, 11, 12, 2013, 6:00 & 8:00 p.m.

Organ Prelude Processional: Personent Hodie, 1582, Arr. Lara Hoggard

O Come All Ye Faithful, J. Reading Pat-a-pan, Burgundian Carol (Boys Chorus)

Recitative, Trio and Chorus from Christus, Op. 97, Felix Mendelssohn (Orpheus) Lindsey McHugh, soprano, Brandon Dale, tenor, Bryce Rodriguez, tenor, Thomas Wentzel, bass

Before the Paling of the Stars, Arr. J. Edmund Hughes (Boys Chorus) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Felix Mendelssohn, Arr. Mack Wilberg

Da Ispravitsya Molytva Moya (Let My Prayer Arise), Op. 24, No. 6, Pavel Chesnokov, arr. James Filipek (Orpheus); Nicholas Scheier, alto

Angels We Have Heard on High, Old French Carol The First Noël/ Pachelbel’s Canon, Trad. English Carol and Canon in D

by Johann Pachelbel, Arr. Michael Clawsen (Orpheus); Nicole Skaggs, violin

Carol of the Bells, M. Leontovich (Boys Chorus) Ave Maria, Johann Sebastian Bach/Charles Gounod

Christy McClarty or Lindsey McHugh, soprano / Nicole Skaggs, violin Go Tell It On the Mountain, Arr. John Davis (Boys Chorus)

Joy to the World, George Frederick Handel O Holy Night, Adolphe Adam Christy McClarty or Lindsey McHugh, soprano / Brandon Dale or Bryce Rodriguez, tenor

Recessional: Peace, Peace/Silent Night, Rick and Sylvia Powell/ Franz Grüber, arr. Fred Bock

Nicole Skaggs, violin Organ Postlude

Soloists: Janet Tolman, organist Nicole Skaggs, violin Christy McClarty, soprano Brandon Dale, tenor Lindsey McHugh, soprano Bryce Rodriguez, tenor Sonoran Brass Thomas Wentzel, bass

Allen Organ provided by Janet Tolman, installed by Ken Yukl (520) 906-8990