Matthew Kraemer, conductor

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VIVALDI: Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major

WILLIAMS: The First Nowell

INTERMISSION

HANDEL: Excerpts from Messiah

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DURATION: Approximately 90 minutes, including intermission.

This special holiday program begins with Italian composer Gian Carlo Menotti’s music from an opera inspired by the story of the Three Kings. The performance continues with Romantic-era composer Felix Mendelssohn’s reverent Christmas cantata and concludes with traditional excerpts of Handel’s glorious work Messiah.

Doors: 6:00pm /// Concert: 7:30pm
A pre-concert talk will take place from 6:30pm to 7:00pm.