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SUMMARY:A Virtuoso Christmas
DESCRIPTION:A Virtuoso Christmas\n\nFour voices and seven musicians bring Christmas down to chamber scale: flute\, oboe\, timpani\, piano and strings\, in beautiful arrangements written for this ensemble by Prescott Valley native Mat Lanning. \nOne of Johann Sebastian Bach’s many Christmas cantatas\, Süßer Trost\, mein Jesus kömmt\, anchors the program\, sung by four voices with flute\, oboe\, strings and piano. Around it come favorites including O Holy Night\, Carol of the Bells\, In the Bleak Midwinter\, and Silent Night\, along with George Frideric Handel’s Hallelujah and excerpts from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. \nViolinist Katherine McLin and pianist Andrew Campbell join AZ Phil’s musicians for this Christmas concert at Ruth Street Theater in Prescott. \nAdmission \n\n\n\nTier 1: $69.00\nTier 2: $54.00\nTier 3: $28.00\n21 and under: $10.00\nK–12 teacher with ID: $15.00\n\n\n\n\nFriday December 4\, free: Katherine McLin and Andrew Campbell on the stories behind the carols\, with music from this program. \n\nWorks on the program: \n\nAdolphe Adam: O Holy Night\nJohann Sebastian Bach: Süßer Trost\, mein Jesus kömmt\, BWV 151\nJohann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod: Ave Maria\nPeter Cornelius: Christbaum (Christmas Tree)\, from Weihnachtslieder\, Op. 8\nFranz Gruber: Silent Night\nGeorge Frideric Handel: Hallelujah\, from Messiah\nGustav Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter\nMykola Leontovych and Peter J. Wilhousky: Carol of the Bells\nFelix Mendelssohn: Vaterland\, in deinen Gauen\, from Festgesang (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing)\nArnold Schoenberg: Weihnachtsmusik (Lo\, How a Rose E’er Blooming)\nPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from The Nutcracker\, Op. 71\nTraditional Catalan: Fum\, Fum\, Fum\nTraditional English: The Holly and the Ivy\n\nSingers: Nina Garguilo\, soprano; Holly Meyer Sheppard\, alto; Thomas Strawser\, tenor; Thomas Long\, baritone. [[ NEEDED: bios ]] \nInstrumentalists: Jeannette Hirasawa Moore\, flute; Mary Simon\, oboe; Maria Flurry\, timpani; Andrew Campbell\, piano; Katherine McLin\, violin; Bryn Cannon\, viola; Wesley Skinner\, cello. \nPianist Andrew Campbell is a versatile collaborator whose work spans chamber music\, opera\, and orchestral performance. He has appeared internationally across Europe\, South Africa\, and Asia\, and throughout the United States. Campbell has directed summer music programs in Germany\, Luxembourg\, and North Carolina\, and serves as Faculty Artist at Rocky Ridge Music in Colorado. His recordings include Cantando with bassoonist Albie Micklich\, and recent highlights include serving as principal pianist for the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra in summer 2024. As a vocal coach\, he has worked on the music staffs of Washington National Opera and San Diego Opera\, collaborating with conductors Andre Previn and Heinz Fricke and working with composer Carlisle Floyd. Campbell studied with Martin Katz at the University of Michigan and is Professor of Music and Director of Collaborative Piano at Arizona State University.
URL:https://azphil.org/event/a-virtuoso-christmas/
LOCATION:Ruth Street Theater\, 1050 Ruth Street\, Prescott\, AZ\, 86301
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,Concert,Holiday,Ruth Street Theater Events,Season Concert
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