Holiday Pops – Rutland
We’re celebrating the season with music that is both reflective and radiant—sending audiences home with a melody in their hearts and a sense of holiday warmth. Our upcoming Holiday Pops concerts feature the full orchestra alongside VSO’s 80-voice chorus, leading spirited sing-alongs and performing festive favorites by Leroy Anderson, George Frideric Handel, Duke Ellington, and Georges Bizet. This year’s program also introduces two works new to VSO audiences: Margaret Bonds’ The Ballad of the Brown King, a powerful cantata honoring Balthazar with text by Langston Hughes, and Bob Krogstad’s Christmas at the Movies, a nostalgic medley featuring themes from The Grinch, The Polar Express, Miracle on 34th Street, and more. Beloved traditional carols round out this joyful, family-friendly holiday tradition.
Andrew Crust, conductor
with the VSO Chorus
Leroy Anderson – Christmas Festival Overture
George Frideric Handel – Selections from Messiah
Margaret Bonds – The Ballad of the Brown King
Georges Bizet – “Farandole” from L’Arlésienne Suite
Bob Krogstad – Christmas at the Movies
Duke Ellington/Tchaikovsky – Selections from The Nutcracker Suite
arr. Bradford – “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
arr. Goeller – Christmas Carol Sing-a-Long
Leroy Anderson – “Sleigh Ride”
OUR SPONSORS
Holiday Pops is supported by Brown’s Auto Salvage, Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty, AARP, Hilton Garden Inn Burlington, the Young Cultural Endowment for Rutland, and generous individuals in our community.
