Andrews University Symphony Orchestra
A Christmas Celebration
December 6, 2008

Vivaldi: Concerto in C Major for Two Trumpets, RV 537 | Chadwick: Noel (from Symphonic Sketches) | Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, op. 71 | Adam: O Holy Night | Veray: Villancico Yaucano | Berlin: White Christmas | Bennett: Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 1

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in C Major for Two Trumpets, RV 537

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Jean-Pierre Dautel. LP Turnabout, U.S.A. n.d.

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Decca Record Company Ltd. London, 1969.

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George Chadwick (1854-1931)
Noel (from Symphonic Sketches)

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LP. Mercury Golden Imports, n.d.

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Pyotr Il'ylich Tchaikovsky (1859-1935)
Nutcracker Suite, op. 71

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von Karajan. Hamburg, Deutsche Grammophon, 1983.

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New Jersey: T.F.H. Publicatios, Inc, 1986.

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W.W. Norton & Company, 1992.

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2004.< http://www.grovemusic.com>.

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Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)
O Holy Night

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Amaury Veray (1922-1995)
Villancico Yaucano

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Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
White Christmas

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Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)
Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 1

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Cond. Robert Shaw. Cleveland: Terlac, 1983.

Dobbins, Frank. “Noel.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey. December 6, 2008.

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Church Hymnal Corporation, 1990.

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of Carols. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1992.

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Bennett.

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2008.< http://www.grovemusic.com>.

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