A CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL

Sparkling seasonal favourites with The Yorkshire Wind Orchestra and The Great Yorkshire Chorus

Saturday 9 December 2023    |    St Georges Hall, Bradford

 


Programme


Whirlegigg: Kenneth Hesketh


A Home Alone Christmas: John Williams, arr. Paul Lavendar


Moment for Morricone: Ennio Morricone, arr. Johan de Meij

Sleigh Ride: Leroy Anderson, arr. 

 

INTERVAL


Christmas Overture: Nigel Hess, arr.

Selections from The Polar Express: Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard, arr. Jerry Brubaker


Sweet Bells: Traditional, arr. Keiron Anderson

Star Carol: John Rutter, arr. Paul Noble

Christmas Festival: Leroy Anderson, arr.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas: Traditional, arr.


Plus unaccompanied songs from the Great Yorkshire Chorus

 

TONIGHT'S PLAYERS

Clarinets

Phil Broadbent
Becky Gardner
Ollie Gibbon

Louise Nash
Lucy Nelson
Becci Thompson
Lindsay Blank (E-flat)
Elizabeth Kelly (alto)
Paul Hannon (bass)
Kathryn Booth (bass)


Flutes

Emma Cordell (piccolo)
Jen Fraser
Jane Henshaw

Nicola McDonnell
Elizabeth Palmer
Helen Simms


Oboes

Freya Bailes
Alison Nairn

Bassoons

Alison Elcock
Nicky Rowbottom
Amy Walton Spencer


Saxophones

Andy Ainge
Molly Austen

Alison Owen-Morley


Horns

Mick Nagle
Yuna Murayama
Mike Williamson


Trumpets

Rory Evans
Andrew Forster-Fake
Ruth Hays
Sammy Pearson


Trombones

Ian Graham
Lee Muncaster



Euphonium

Jenny Allen

Tubas

Camilla Priede

Percussion

Anna Beith
Lizzie Crawford
Dave Luckett

Ashruta Mani
Matt McKirgan

 

Bass

Steve Waters