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