LITTLE DRUMMER BOY...... Katherine Davis PROGRAM Vocal Union with BYU-Idaho arr. Nori Brower Combined Choirs, Dancers, WEXFORD CAROL...... Irish carol and RixStix Drum Circle (2016) BYU-Idaho Collegiate Singers (2019 and 2020) arr. John Rutter Directed by Randall Kempton Directed by Randall Kempton
TREPAK, FROM THE NUTCRACKER...... Pyotr Tchaikovsky HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING ...... Felix Mendelssohn Sonos Handbell Ensemble (2019) arr. Douglas E. Wagner BYU-Idaho Combined Choirs, arr. Dan Forrest Symphony Orchestra, and Dancers (2017) Directed by Robert Tueller WE THREE KINGS ...... John Henry Hopkins, Jr. Vocal Union with BYU-Idaho arr. Darmon Meader Combined Choirs, Symphony Orchestra, from New York Voices MARY’S LITTLE BOY CHILD ...... Jester Hairston and Dancers (2017) Vocal Union and Steel Drum Band arr. Nori Brower and Directed by Rebecca Lord with BYU-Idaho Combined Choirs David L. Taylor and Symphony Orchestra (2015) Directed by Robert Tueller ARISE, YOUR LIGHT HAS COME...... David Danner Sonos Handbell Ensemble with BYU-Idaho Combined Choirs, Symphony Orchestra, LOVE IS AN OPEN DOOR ...... Kristen Anderson-Lopez and and Rexburg Children’s Choir (2019) Santino Fontana and Lexi Walker Robert Lopez from Frozen Directed by Randall Kempton with BYU-Idaho Symphony Orchestra (2017) Directed by Robert Tueller SILENT NIGHT...... Franz Gruber and Joseph Mohr Michael Seare, Stephen Ricks, arr. Jack Jarrett CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE ...... Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson and Taylor Pulsipher with BYU-Idaho Time for Three (from “A Charlie Brown Christmas”) Combined Choirs and Symphony Orchestra (2018) with Vocal Union (2015) arr. Rob Moose and Matt Podd Directed by Robert Tueller
LUKE 2 ...... arr. Mack Wilberg THE PRAYER...... Carol Bayer Sager and David Foster Santino Fontana David Archuleta and Nathan Pacheco with BYU-Idaho Symphony Orchestra (2017) with Salt Lake Back Line and Directed by Robert Tueller BYU-Idaho Combined Choirs, Symphony Orchestra, and Dancers (2016) Directed by Randall Kempton O HOLY NIGHT ...... Adolphe Adam and Placide Cappeau David Archuleta with Salt Lake Back Line (2016) AND CAN IT BE? ...... Dan Forrest BYU-Idaho Combined Choirs and Symphony Orchestra (2014) GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ...... John Wesley Work, Jr. Directed by Robert Tueller Organ Solo by Daniel Kerr (2016) arr. Richard Elliott
JOY TO THE WORLD...... G.F. Handel and Isaac Watts YOU’RE A MEAN ONE, MR. GRINCH ...... Albert Hague Santino Fontana and Lexi Walker arr. Mack Wilberg Brian Stokes Mitchell arr. Tedd Firth and with BYU-Idaho Combined Choirs, with BYU-Idaho Symphony Orchestra (2018) Brian Stokes Mitchell Symphony Orchestra, and Dancers (2017) Directed by Robert Tueller Directed by Rebecca Lord WE HOPE THIS BROADCAST HAS “LET THE LIGHT IN” — INTO YOUR HOME, INTO YOUR CELEBRATIONS, AND INTO YOUR HEART. EVEN WHEN TIMES MAY SEEM DARK AND CONFUSING, WE CAN LET THE LIGHT OF CHRIST INTO OUR LIVES AND PRESS FORWARD. TRADITIONS MAY BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, BUT WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK TO HIS LIGHT. AND LET IT IN.
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SPECIAL THANKS TO
Richard Clifford, Randall Kempton, Stephen Mendenhall, Jon Perdue, Bret Barton, Mike Thueson, Nate Wise, Sophia Williams, and John Gunnerson for their work in putting this collection of performances together.
Idaho Public Television will broadcast last year’s A BYU-Idaho Christmas concert featuring Frederica Von Stade and the Sonos Handbell Ensemble on Tuesday, December 22 at 7:00 p.m. and again on Friday, December 25 at 9:30 p.m.