Sunday, December 21, 2025
7:00 PM
On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Pops, Keith Lockhart leads a celebration of the season, featuring classics by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, bubbly takes on “The Twelve Days of Christmas” and “Sleigh Ride,” a touching interpretation of Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol,” and a special appearance by a particular very jolly fellow!
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Boston Pops
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Betsy Burleigh, guest conductor
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BEETHOVEN “Hallelujah,” from Christ on the Mount of Olives
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Polonaise from Christmas Eve
JARAMILLO / AGUIRRE, arr. RODRIGUEZ Villancico Mexicano
TCHAIKOVSKY “Trepak,” from The Nutcracker
SEBESKY A Christmas Carol
MARKS, arr. CHASE Holly Jolly Jingle
DEBNEY, arr. & orch. GRASSI / HAYDEN Theme from Elf
DiLORENZO Dancing Dreidel
TRADITIONAL, arr. CHASE The Twelve Days of Christmas
PROKOFIEV, arr. NESTICO Kije Takes a Ride
ANDERSON, arr. GOLDBERG & BURTON Sleigh Ride
REISMAN A Visit from St. Nicholas
FOX, arr. CHASE; orch. ELLIOTT ‘Zat You, Santa Claus?
TRADITIONAL, arr. REISMAN A Merry Little Sing Along