The San Francisco Girls Chorus presents its annual holiday concert, featuring all six ensembles of the Chorus, including the award-winning Premier Ensemble, and SFGC Alums. Enjoy a program that combines traditional holiday favorites, new works, and lesser-known holiday choral songs. This year, SFGC celebrates the holiday season with a program highlighting Celtic music, with guest artists Edwin Huizinga and Ashley Hoyer.
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Program Items
Irish Folk Song; arr. Ron Jeffers
Johnny Aroo
Dolores Keane & John Faulkner, transcribed by Joseph Byrd
Mouth Music
Traditional Text Irish; Music by Michael McGlynn
Dúlamán
Traditional French Song; arr. Michael McGlynn
Noël Nouvelet
Irish Carol; arr. Mary Goetze
Wexford Carol
Francis McPeake, arr. Sam Reider
Wild Mountain Thyme
Ola Gjeilo
Northern Lights
JS Bach
Bach Double Violin Concerto Mvt. 1
Ashley Hoyer
Fire Flowers (World Premiere)
Irish Folk Song; arr. Audrey Snyder
Parting Glass
JS Bach
Partita No. 1 in B minor, Sarabande & Double
Brian Finnegan
Nightride
Traditional Carol; arr. David Willcocks
The First Nowell
Traditional Carol; Franz Gruber arr. John Rutter; SSAA voicing by Pat Parr
Silent Night
Performers
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Choir
Valérie Sainte-Agathe
Director
Edwin Huizinga
Violin
Ashley Hoyer
Mandolin