Our annual Christmas Pops concert with holiday favorites features something for everyone! Enjoy holiday favorites such as excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Suite from The Nutcracker, Anderson’s Sleigh Ride, Berlin’s White Christmas … and much more. Plus, the Santa Fe Youth Symphony—under the direction of SFYS Conductor William Waag—joins us again for a special side-by-side performance. Fun for the entire family!
The Santa Fe Symphony
Guillermo Figueroa, Principal Conductor
The Santa Fe Youth Symphony
William Waag, Conductor
PROGRAM
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Selections from The Nutcracker Suite
March
The Waltz of the Flowers
Trepak
Mother Ginger and Her Children
JULE STYNE
Christmas Waltz
IRVING BERLIN
White Christmas
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Mirlitons
(Side by side with The Santa Fe Youth Symphony)
ALAN SILVESTRI
Polar Express
(Side by side with The Santa Fe Youth Symphony)
LEROY ANDERSON
Sleigh Ride
(Side by side with The Santa Fe Youth Symphony)
Intermission
FERDINAND HÉROLD
Overture “Zampa”
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on Greensleeves
FRANZ LEHAR
Gold and Silver Waltz
JOHANN STRAUSS
Radetzky March
Guillermo Figueroa, principal conductor
One of the most versatile and respected musical artists of his generation—renowned as conductor, violinist, violist, and concertmaster—Guillermo Figueroa is the Principal Conductor of The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. He also serves as the Music Director of the Music in the Mountains Festival in Colorado, Music Director of the Lynn Philharmonia in Florida, and is the founder of the highly acclaimed Figueroa Music and Arts Project in Albuquerque.
William Waag, Youth Symphony conductor
William Reece Waag is in his fifth season as Conductor of the Santa Fe Youth Symphony. A passionate music educator, he also works as a guest clinician and mentor in music classrooms across Northern New Mexico.
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