Elgin Symphony Holiday Brass Spectacular

Holiday Brass Spectacular Sunday, December 4, 2022, 3:00 PM St. Anne Catholic Community, Barrington Antoine T. Clark, conductor arr. ANTHONY DILORENZO

Joy to the World Fantasy

TCHAIKOVSKY arr. TIMOTHY HIGGINS

Nutcracker Suite March Trapek

LAURIDSEN

O magnum mysterium

arr. JAMES L. MOORE

Christmas Bells

arr. DAVID WILLCOCKS

Once in Royal David’s City Breda Barry, soprano

HOLST arr. DOUGLAS D. HAISLIP

Christmas Day

PROKOFIEV arr. TIMOTHY HIGGINS

Troika from Lieutenant Kije – Intermission –

GABRIELI

Sonata pian’ e forte

GABRIELLI

Canzon septimi toni No. 2

arr. JAMES L. MOORE

‘O Holy Night

ANTHONY DILORENZO

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Fran Houlihan, narrator

HOLST arr. CHARLES SCHUCHAT

In the Bleak Midwinter Breda Barry, soprano

GRUBER arr. CHARLES SCHUCHAT

Silent Night Breda Barry, soprano

ANDERSON

Sleigh Ride

arr. ANTHONY DILORENZO

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Horn Greg Flint Steven Replogle Karen Suarez Flint Mary Buscanics-Jones

Trombone Adam Moen Corey Sansolo Thomas Stark Robin Schultz

Trumpet Ross Beacraft Michael Brozick Christian Anderson Paul Semanic

Tuba Charles Schucat

Timpani Brian Oriente Percussion Michael Folker Rich Janicki Dan Bretz Dylan Brûlé

With special thanks to our hosts, Saint Anne Catholic Community, Barrington for allowing us to fill your beautiful sanctuary with music and joy this holiday season.

Today’s performance is made possible with a generous leadership gift from the Francis J. and Patricia A. Houlihan Foundation.

Additional support is provided by The Music Performance Trust Fund, Wickstrom Auto Group, and Marquardt of Barrington, and McGrath Auto Group.

We also want to recognize our partners at the Quintessential Barrington Magazine and Phllips Men’s Wear.

And with special thanks to our friend, Gene Dawsen.

GUEST CONDUCTOR Antoine T. Clarke Compelling interpretations, inventive performances and an energetic stage presence are the hallmarks of American conductor Antoine T. Clark. The founding Artistic and Music Director of the Worthington Chamber Orchestra in Ohio (formerly McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra), now in its tenth season, Mr. Clark was named Assistant Conductor of West Virginia’s Wheeling Symphony Orchestra in fall 2021. A passionate advocate of arts education, he served as Cincinnati Symphony’s 2022 MAC Music Innovator. 2022-2023 season highlights include a collaboration with Hixon Dance in a performance of Peter and the Wolf with the Worthington Chamber Orchestra and guest engagements in the fall with Dayton Philharmonic, Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, and Elgin Symphony Orchestra and in the spring with Spartanburg Philharmonic, Symphony Tacoma, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, and New Jersey Symphony. Guest appearances include engagements with Chicago Sinfonietta, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, Opera Columbus, the Chamber Orchestra of New York, the Colour of Music Festival Chamber Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, and at the Gateways Music Festival. Among the composers with which he has worked are Mark Lomax III, Jacob Reed, Matthew Saunders, Michael Rene Torres, Christopher Weait, and Tony Zilincik. A winner in the 2017 International Conductor's Workshop and Competition, he has participated in the Cabrillo Contemporary Festival of Music, the Monteux School and Music Festival, and as a Chicago Sinfonietta Project Inclusion Conducting Freeman Fellow.

All ‘Holiday Brass Spectacular’ attendees are eligible for 25% off tickets to ‘Beethoven & Brahms’ on January 7 and 8!

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