Christmas With Kennerley, Home for the Holidays 2020
Pre-recorded Online Performance
Available online (with unlimited views) from Noon on Saturday, December 12 to 6pm on Monday, December 28.
Our annual Christmas concert is a must-see event for many of our loyal patrons. Normally, it is presented right before Christmas Eve arrives. We aren’t able to gather in Merrill Auditorium this year, but we still plan to bring you a Christmas celebration you can enjoy in the comfort of your own home.
Join Portland Municipal Organist James Kennerley and special guests for a spectacular performance of Christmas favorites. James welcomes husband and wife soloists, Jonathan Boyd and Malinda Haslett to the stage, the Pine Tree Bell Ringers, Kotzschmar Festival Brass accompaniment and dancers from Maine State Ballet performing selections from The Nutcracker. This beautiful celebration of Christmas for our new normal is being produced in advance of its release to the public. We may not be able to be together for Christmas favorites and carol sing-alongs, but we will bring them to you to share with your family and friends! Plan to make the mighty Kotzschmar and James Kennerley part of your Christmas celebrations!
The Program
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella
Arr. by Keith Chapman
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Johann S. Bach
West Indies Carol
Arr. Hart Morris
Ave Maria
Johann S. Bach/Charles Gounod
Nutcracker Suite
March, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Trepak
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Arr. Joel Raney
Cantique de Nöel (O Holy Night)
Adolphe Adam
Arr. James Kennerley
Toccata on Veni Emmanuel
Adolphus Hailstork
In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 608
Johann S. Bach
In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 729
Johann S. Bach
Baby It’s Cold Outside
Franck Loesser
Arr. James Kennerley
Sleigh Ride
Leroy Anderson
Arr. James Kennerley
Christmas Sing-along
Arr. John Finnegan and James Kennerley
Program subject to change.
Our Presenting Sponsor: 317 Main Community Music Center
Our Technology Sponsor: RE/MAX Shoreline
Our Concert Sponsors: Murray, Plumb and Murray, and HM Payson.
Our Media Sponsors are Maine Public and Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram.
All Audio-Visual-Video for this production by Headlight Audio Visual.
This concert is a Pay What You Choose event…. with prices starting at $10. Please take into account the number of viewers when you make your selection.
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