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“A Child’s Christmas”
Bruce Chase Christmas Memories
ELAN ESPANA
“Brassy Holidays”
Leroy Anderson Bugler’s Holiday
MATT ROBEN
“Silent Night”
Franz Grüber Stille Nacht
ASHLEY WINN
VERONICA GAN, Violin
Intermission
“Aerial Waltz of the Flowers”
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker
LYRIC WALLENDA ARESTOV
VIVIAN ESPANA
NOEMI ESPANA
“Sorcerer’s Apprentice Hooped”
Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
ASHLEY WINN
“Country Christmas”
Marcelo Zarvos Country Christmas
Aaron Copland Hoe-Down
Giochino Rossini Overture from William Tell
AJ SILVER
“BEETHOVEN'S 5th ”
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5
RIETTA WALLENDA
LYRIC WALLENDA ARESTOV
“A Flying End”
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
ZORE ESPANA
VERONICA GAN, Violin
“The Grande Finale”
Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride
CIRQUE MUSICA
The performance will run approximately two hours in length,
including a 20-minute intermission.
Cirque Musica Creative Team
Executive Producer Stephen Cook
Music Director Tracy Silverman
Original Music Composer Marcelo Zarvos
Artists & repertoire subject to change.
Bob Bernhardt
With 31 years of
experience as a music
director, 34 years
as a conductor of
pops and 33 years in the opera pit, Bob
Bernhardt brings a unique perspec-
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tive and ability each time he is on the
podium, and in every genre. Maestro
Bernhardt currently serves as Principal
Pops Conductor with the Louisville
Orchestra and Chattanooga Symphony
and Opera (where he was music director
for 19 seasons).
The 2011–2012 season marked his 20th
anniversary with the Boston Pops, which
he first conducted at John Williams’ invitation in 1992. Maestro Bernhardt has been a
frequent guest conductor of the Edmonton
Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, Detroit Symphony,
Houston Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Santa
Barbara Symphony, Pacific Symphony and
Las Vegas Philharmonic.
As a guest conductor this season, he debuts with the Florida Orchestra and Grand
Rapids Symphony, and returns to Boston,
Detroit, Baltimore, Rochester, Edmonton,
Seattle, Las Vegas and Santa Barbara.
He has also appeared with the St. Louis
Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Virginia
Symphony, Phoenix Symphony and the
Iceland Symphony.
A lover of opera, Bernhardt conducted
productions with Kentucky Opera for
18 consecutive seasons and for 19 seasons
with his own company in Chattanooga,
as well as many guest conducting engagements with the Nashville Opera.
He has worked with scores of stars from
Broadway, rock and roll and the American
songbook, from Brian Stokes Mitchell
and Kelli O’Hara, to The Beach Boys
and Wynonna, and to Ben Folds and the
Indigo Girls. Because of his extensive experience and lucky upbringing, he has rarely
met music he doesn’t love.
Bob Bernhardt last appeared with the
BSO in July 2013, conducting the
annual Star Spangled Spectacular at
Oregon Ridge Park.
Cirque Musica
Cirque Musica takes audiences on a journey to a faraway land of dazzling beauty
and mystery. The show blends the grace
and thrills of the world’s greatest circus performers with stunning symphonic music
from classical, pops and popular repertoire.
Audiences are treated to a full sensory experience that will have them on the edge of
their seats and in awe of the beauty, thrills
and majesty that is Cirque Musica.
Cirque Musica is making its BSO debut.