Simeone Tartaglione

NSO celebrates the Holiday Season with a music extravaganza featuring new performances and past holiday favorites.

NSO: Tchaikovsky, “Nutcracker Suite”

NSO Concertmaster, Serban Petrescu
Romanian Christmas Songs
“Santa Claus with Silver Hair”
“Down in Bethlehem”
and “Oh Hanukkah”

NSO Brass: G. P. da Palestrina; “Gaude Gloriosa”, arranged by Jane Frasier
“Ding Dong Merrily on High” Traditional arranged by Ed Hirschman

NSO with the Wilmington Handbell Ensemble:
“Mary, Did You Know?" Lowry, Green, & Hart

NSO Horns: Wagner, “Pilgrims’ Chorus” from Tannhäuser

NSO Music Director, Simeone Tartaglione,
and Alessandra Cuffaro, violin
"It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas"
"O Christmas Tree"
"Let it Snow"
"My Favorite Things" and
"Angels We Have Heard on High"

NSO: “Polar Express” Silvestri and Ballard, arranged by Jerry Brubaker

NSO with Archmere Academy Mastersingers,
Cab Calloway Vocal Majors,
Concord H.S. Chorale,
and Kennett H.S. Select Chorale
G. F. Handel, “Hallelujah Chorus” from the Messiah

NSO: Leroy Anderson, “Christmas Festival” and
John Williams, "Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas" from Home Alone movie

Dear members of the Newark Symphony Orchestra community, this year is unlike any other in our 50+ year history. Because of COVID-19, the Newark Symphony’s board, musicians, staff, and Maestro Simeone Tartaglione (now celebrating his tenth year with us) have worked hard to keep all of us safe by offering virtual concerts until this trying time has passed. Our inaugural October 25 virtual concert was rehearsed and performed outdoors and live-streamed not only to our local community but also to listeners as far away as Italy, Romania, the Czech Republic, and California. It was an exciting and moving event.
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