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Andrews University Symphony Orchestra
A Christmas Celebration
December 6, 2008

Vivaldi: Concerto in C Major for Two Trumpets, RV 537 | Chadwick: Noel (from Symphonic Sketches) | Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, op. 71 | Adam: O Holy Night | Veray: Villancico Yaucano | Berlin: White Christmas | Bennett: Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 1


Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in C Major for Two Trumpets, RV 537

Holoman, D. Kern. Evenings with the Orchestra: A Norton Companion for Concertgoers. New York:W.W.

Norton & Company, 1992.

Hutchings, Arthur R. and Talbot, Michael. “Concerto.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey. November 21, 2001.

Liner Notes. “The Baroque and Classical Trumpet.” Barock-Kammerorchester. Cond. Karl Zweifel. LP. Murray

Hill Reords, New York. n.d.

Ober, Dr. Wiliam B. Liner Notes. “Music at Versailles at the time of Louis XIV.” Caen Chamber Orchestra.Cond.

Jean-Pierre Dautel. LP Turnabout, U.S.A. n.d.

Rasmussen, Mary. Liner Notes. “Music for Trumpet and Orchestra.” Unicorn Concert Orchestra. Cond. Harry Ellis

Dickson. LP. KAPP Records Inc., New York. n.d.

Talbot, Michael. “Antonio Vivaldi.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey. November 21, 2001.

<http://www.grovemusic.com>.

--------- “Ritornello.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey. December 3, 2001. <http://www.grovemusic.com>.

Travers, Roger-Claude. “Antonio Vivaldi: Five Concerti for Diverse Instruments.” Booklet. I Solisti Veneti. Cond.

Claudio Sciome. Musical Heritage Society Inc., Paris 1981.

Weissman, John S. Liner Notes. “Strings and Brass.” Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Cond. Neville Marriner. LP.

Decca Record Company Ltd. London, 1969.

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George Chadwick (1854-1931)
Noel (from Symphonic Sketches)

Hall, David. Liner Notes. “Chadwick - Symphonic Sketches” Eastman-Rochester Orch. Con. Howard Hanson.

LP. Mercury Golden Imports, n.d.

Ledbetter, Steven. “George Whitefield Chadwick.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey. October 8, 2007.

< http://www.grovemusic.com>.

Yellin, Victor Fell. Chadwick: Yankee Composer. Washington: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1990.

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Pyotr Il'ylich Tchaikovsky (1859-1935)
Nutcracker Suite, op. 71

Coombs, John. Booklet. “Tchaikovsky - Romeo et Juliette” Berliner Philharmoniker Orch. Con. Herbert

von Karajan. Hamburg, Deutsche Grammophon, 1983.

Demidov, Alexander. The Officail Bolshoi Ballet Book of: The Nutcracker. Trans. Grigoroovich Yuri.

New Jersey: T.F.H. Publicatios, Inc, 1986.

Holoman, D. Kern. Evenings with the Orchestra: A Norton Companion for Concertgoers. New York:

W.W. Norton & Company, 1992.

Wiley, Roland John. “Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey. November 11,

2004.< http://www.grovemusic.com>.

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Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)
O Holy Night

Collins, Ace. Stories behind the best-loved songs of Christmas. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2001.

Forbes, Elizabeth. “Adolphe Adam.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey. November 25, 2008.

<http://www.grovemusic.com>.

“Stories behind the Music: 'O Holy Night'.” Eras of Elegance.

<http://www.erasofelegance.com/arts/music/oholynight.html> (accessed January 25, 2010).

Studwell, William E. Christmas Carols: A Reference Guide. New York: Garland Publishing Inc, 1985.

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Amaury Veray (1922-1995)
Villancico Yaucano

Donald, Thompson. “AmaPuerto Rico.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey. November 11, 2008.

<http://www.grovemusic.com>.

--------- “Puerto Rico.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey. November 11, 2008.

<http://www.grovemusic.com>.

Laird. Paul R. “Villancicio.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey. November 11, 2008.

<http://www.grovemusic.com>.

Rees, Owen. “Villancicio.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey. November 11, 2008.

<http://www.grovemusic.com>.

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Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
White Christmas

Bordman, Gerald and Thomas S. Hischak. “Irving Berlin.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey.

December 1, 2008.< http://www.grovemusic.com>.

Craggs, R. Stewart. Soundtracks: An International Dictionary of Composers for Film. Aldershot:

Ashgate, 1998.

Freedland, Michael. Irving Berlin. New York: Stein and Day, 1974.

Furia, Philip, and Graham Wood. Irving Berlin: A Life in Song. New York: Schirmer Books,

1998.

Gammond, Peter. and Andrew Lamb. “Irving Berlin.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey.

December 1, 2008. <http://www.grovemusic.com>.

Jablonski, Edward. Irving Berlin: American Troubadour. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1999.

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Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)
Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 1

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Cond. Robert Shaw. Cleveland: Terlac, 1983.

Dobbins, Frank. “Noel.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey. December 6, 2008.

<http://www.grovemusic.com>.

Glover, Raymond F., ed. The 1982 Hymnal Companion. Vol. 3; Hymns 1-384. New York:

Church Hymnal Corporation, 1990.

Keyte, Hugh and Andrew Parrot, eds; Clifford Bartlett, assoc. ed. The New Oxford Book

of Carols. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1992.

Petrak, Albert. Liner Notes. The Many Moods of Christmas. Arrangements by Robert Russell

Bennett.

Stevens, John and Dennis Libby. “Carol.” Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macey. December 6,

2008.< http://www.grovemusic.com>.

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