Boston Pops Orchestra
with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Holiday Pops 2009
Symphony Hall
Boston, MA
December 19, 2009
Mono FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 224kbps
Cover Art Included
CD1
01 Holiday Pops Radio Intro A 1:12
02 Holiday Pops Radio Intro B 0:23
03 Christmas Canticles [Sean O’Laughlin arrangement] 6:23
- O Christmas Tree [traditional]
- Hark The Herald Angels Sing [Charles Wesley 1739]
- Adeste Fideles/O Come All Ye Faithful [John Francis Wade c.1700s]
- Silent Night [Franz Xaver Gruber c.1818, English lyrics John Freeman Young 1859]
- Joy To the World [Isaac Watts 1719]
04 Radio Intro 0:19
05 Hallelujah Chorus from “Messiah” [G. F. Handel 1741] 3:19
06 Keith Lockhart’s Intro 2:22
07 The Gifts of Great Meadows [’Coventry Carol’ and ‘Silent Night’, Richard Sebring arrangement, 2009] 3:21
08 Keith Lockhart’s Intro 1:10
09 A Story of Hanukkha [Rabbi Hugo Gryn (1930–1996)] 4:21
10 Keith Lockhart’s Intro 0:53
11 “The Christmas Story” [Philip Lane; narrated and sung by James Demler] 19:29
Text based on The Bible, New Testament, Luke: 2
Christmas Hymns:
- Oh Little Town of Bethlehem [Phillips Brooks 1865]
- What Child is This [William Chatterton Dix 1865]
- We Three Kings [John Henry Hopkins, Jr., pub.1863]
- The First Noel [traditional]
- Go Tell It On the Mountain [John W. Work; 1865]
- Angels We Have Heard On High [traditional]
12 Radio Outro 0:20
44 mins
CD2
01 Holiday Pops Radio Intro 0:43
02 Sleigh Ride [Leroy Anderson; 1948]/radio intro 2:56
03 Christmas Waltzes [arranged by Angela Morley] 4:18
- Christmas Waltz
- Silver Bells [Jay Livingston and Ray Evans 1953]
- My Favorite Things [Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II]
- It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year [Eddie Pola and George Wyle 1963]
04 Keith Lockhart’s Intro 1:12
05 Winter Weather Medley [arranged by David Chase] 3:50
06 Radio Intro 0:25
07 Twelve Days of Christmas [traditional; arranged by David Chase] 9:07
08 Keith Lockhart’s Intro 1:44
09 ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas [by Clement C Moore; music by Joe Reisman, read by Laura Carlo] 4:11
10 Radio Intro 0:25
11 Santa Claus Medley, arranged by Darmon Meader 5:03
- The Man with the Bag [Dudley Brooks, Hal Stanley & Irv Taylor, 1950]
- Santa Baby [Joan Javits, Philip Springer and Tony Springer; 1953]
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town [J Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie; 1934]
12 Santa Claus Appears On The Stage and Reads “Letters From Kids”. 2:59
13 Keith Lockhart’s Intro 0:45
14 Audience Singalong Medley: 7:07
- Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer [Robert May and Johnny Marks; 1949(?)]
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [Hugh Martin; 1944(?)]
- Let It Snow [Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn; 1944]
- The Christmas Song [Mel Torme and Bob Wells; 1944]
- Winter Wonderland [Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith; 1934]
- Jingle Bells [James Lord Pierpont; 1857]
15 Encore Break 1:02
16 White Christmas [Irving Berlin, 1940(?); arranged by Alexander Courage] 3:41
17 Encore Break 0:21
18 Frosty All the Way [Walter “Jack” Rollins & Steve Nelson, 1950; James Lord Pierpont, 1857; arranged by Don Sebesky] 2:50
19 Holiday Pops Radio Outro 1:23
54 mins
Keith Lockhart, conductor
James Demler, baritone and narrator
Laura Carlo, narrator
More Christmas Music for your shopping pleasure. The Boston Pops Holiday Pops show was started by none other than Arthur Fiedler who conducted The Pops from 1930-1979. Arthur Fielder was responsible for The Pops playing Popular Music alongside Classical Music. The Pops sold more records than any other orchestra in the world under Fiedler's direction. When the Disco craze hit, The Pops released the Disco album Saturday Night Fiedler, which was Fiedler's last album with The Pops. The Boston Pops Holiday Concerts are still a tradition in Boston.
