Bijou Orchestra Plans Second Annual Holiday Pops On December 7 & 8
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Bijou Orchestra Performs on Tuesday, December 7 and Wednesday, December 8 at the beautiful Scottish Rite Masonic Auditorium at 7:30 PM in Bay City.
Holiday music to suit every taste is on the program for the Second Annual Holiday Pops presented by The Bijou Orchestra.
The performance will be held on Tuesday, December 7 and Wednesday, December 8 at the beautiful Scottish Rite Masonic Auditorium at 7:30 PM in Bay City. The show is sponsored by Bay Regional Medical Center.
"We hope there is something for everybody in this year's Holiday Pops," says Leo Najar, artistic director for the orchestra. "America's many December holiday traditions offer a rich, musical mix for exploration.
The program includes classical selections from Bach and Tchaikovsky to modern favorites by Mannheim Steamroller, and plenty from in-between."
Several musicalguests will join The Bijou Orchestra for the concert. Daniel Gale, baritone, is well known to Michigan audiences for his performances in opera, oratorio and in recital. Gale will perform two songs: The Lord Worketh Wonders by Handel, and the traditional Chanukah song Ma-oz Tzur (Rock of Ages).
Vocalist Rob Clark is an accomplished performer and director who has appeared in a number of roles for Midland Musical Society, The Bijou Orchestra and other groups. Noted traditional fiddle musician Andy Rogers returns to share Klezmer favorites that reveal yet another facet of The Bijou repertoire.
Choral music is an important part of the holiday tradition. One of Michigan's very finest high school choir programs willpresent two outstanding ensembles. Bay City Central High School's Varsity Choir and Resounding Harmony are under the direction of Amy Hughes. They will sing both traditional and modern selections with the orchestra. Amy Hughes will alsojoin Rob Clark for the singing of the original version of Silent Night. Although this is probably the world's best-known carol, few people have heard the song as it was written. The song was first published by a traveller who heard it sung in the small church in Oberndorf, Austria where it premiered on Christmas Eve, 1814.
His version was quite different from the song as written by Franz Gruber to a text by Josef Mohr. In 1836 and again in 1845, Gruber, now working in Hallein, created orchestrated versions of the song that preserved his intentions. Through the efforts of the International Silent Night Society, the orchestrations were published, and The Bijou Orchestra will perform the earlier of these two authentic scores.
The performances will take place in the beautiful neo-Gothic Scottish Rite Masonic Auditorium in downtown Bay City. Although it was built in 1928 the theater remains one of the best-kept architectural secrets in the community, and for many, this will be the firstopportunity to see this lovely auditorium. The comfortable amphitheater seating allows excellent sightlines from all of its 750 seats.
For Bay City ticket information, call 989.225.3423. Tickets are available at the orchestra's website: www.BijouOrchestra.org. They may also be purchased at the Bay Arts Council in Bay City, and Herter Music in Bay City and Saginaw.
The Bijou Orchestra takes its name from the Bijou Theater, one of the earliest Bay City theaters, which later became known as the Bay and eventually the State. The ensemble is composed of thirteen outstanding musicians drawn from Michigan and beyond to perform in this challenging medium in which every player is a soloist.
The orchestra is supported in part by grants from the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs, the Russell H. & Maxine E. Smith Foundation, the Oscar P. & Louise H. Osthelder Advisory Fund, and the Kantzler Foundation of Bay City.
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