Conductor
Gino Tanasini
Piano
Enrico Grillotti
Ensemble Director
Stefano Ammannati
with special guest David Short
Brass and Percussion Ensemble of the Niccolò Paganini Conservatory
Coro di Voci bianche della Fondazione Carlo Felice Genova
PART I: The voices
Traditional English
Coventry carol
(harmonization by Gino Tanasini)
Jacques Offenbach
Der Elfenlied from Die Rheinnixen – Les Fèes du Rhine
Sarah Flower Adams
Nearer My God to Thee
(BYU Vocal Point version)
Paul Simon
The Sound of Silence
(adapted by Gino Tanasini)
Traditional English
“Hollyberry song” Sans Day carol
(arrangement by Kerry Andrew)
Traditional Mexican
La Llorona
(adapted by Adrián Cuello Piraquibis)
Oliver Wallace
The parade of pink elephants
from the soundtrack of the animated film Dumbo
(arrangement by Gino Tanasini)
Anonymous
Lullaby for the baby Jesus
(harmonization by Gino Tanasini)
Tradizionale inglese-Sting
God rest ye Merry Gentlemen – Russians
(adapted by Gino Tanasini)
Adolphe Adam
Oh, Holy Night
(adapted by Gino Tanasini)
Johann Strauss son
Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka op. 214
(adapted by Gino Tanasini)
PART II: Brass instruments
Claudio Monteverdi
Toccata da L’Orfeo
(arrangement by Brian Harris)
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzone pian e forte
(arrangement by Jean-François Taillard)
Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
March from The Nutcracker
(arrangement by David Short)
Charles Ives
Adeste fideles da Adeste fideles’ in an Organ Prelude S.131
(arrangement by David Short)
David Short
Brass Instruments in Opera
Joe Beal-Jim Boothe
Jingle Bell Rock
(arrangement by David Short)
PART III: All together
Virginio Zoccatelli
Pastiche di Natale
Katherine Kennicott Davis
The Little Drummer Boy
(arrangement by David Short)
David Short
Buon Natale!
Medley natalizio