Orchestra Concert 3 - Sounds of the Season

Name: Orchestra Concert 3 - Sounds of the Season
Start: 2025-12-13T18:00:00-06:00
Location: First Church-OKC

Schedule

Sat, 13 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

First Church-OKC | Oklahoma City, OK

What’s Special About This Concert:
Festivities begin at 6:00pm with a free hot chocolate bar.
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The Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Wizards in Winter, Dreams of Fireflies, Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, and A Mad Russian’s Christmas bring a rock-and-roll energy to the season, with soaring electric guitars, powerful orchestra, and dazzling rhythms.
We open with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Christmas Overture, a joyful, rarely heard gem filled with traditional carols — performed in honor of the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth.
Sibelius’ Night Ride and Sunrise takes you on a thrilling sleigh ride through a snowy Finnish landscape, ending with a breathtaking sunrise that symbolizes hope and renewal.
The Program:
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Christmas Overture, op. 74, no. 1 (1908) | 5 mins (Performed in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth)
SIBELIUS: Night Ride and Sunrise, op. 55 (1908) | 16 mins
ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride (1948) | 3 mins
JONATHAN ALLENTOFF: Chanukah Divertimento (2008) | 5 mins
TCHAIKOVSKY/arr. Johnson: 12. December (Christmas) from The Seasons (1876) | 4 mins
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA: Wizards in Winter (2004) | 3 mins
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA: Dreams of Fireflies (2012) | 3 mins
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA: Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 (1995) | 3 mins
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA: A Mad Russian’s Christmas (1996) | 4 mins
ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival (1950) | 7 mins
Featured Musicians:
Kaleb Benda, Music Director & Conductor
Musicians of the Oklahoma Chamber Symphony
Additional Information:
Admission is free.
Approximately 90 minutes, including a 15 minute intermission.
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