Rensselaer Holiday Concert

Come celebrate a joyous close to 2023 at the RPI Holiday Concert on Sunday, December 10th, at 3pm in the EMPAC Concert Hall. The festive program will include performances by the Rensselaer Orchestra, Concert Choir, and Wind Symphony, with a reception to follow.

Wind Symphony

• Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008) – Scenes from the Louvre, arr. Robert Longfeld (1966/2019) [7’]
• The Portals [1’]
• Children’s Gallery [1’]
• Kings of France [2’]
• Nativity Paintings [1’]
• Finale [2’]
• Gustav Holst (1874-1934) – First Suite in E-flat Major [11’]
• Chaconne [5’]
• Intermezzo [3’]
• March [3’]

Concert Choir

• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) – All-Night Vigil, Movement 6, “Bogoroditse Djevo” (1915) [4’]
• Avery Roach ’25 (b. 2003) – Kouyou (2023) [5’] *World Premiere
• Randall Thompson (1899-1984) – Peaceable Kingdom (1936) [5’]
• “Have Ye Not Known” [1’]
• “Ye Shall Have a Song” [4’]

Orchestra

• Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894) [10’]
• Audrey Niedland ’26, flute
• Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) – Piano Concerto no. 1 in e minor, Movement 2 (1830) [12’]
• Rory Devin ’23, piano *Rensselaer Student Concerto Competition Winner
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) – Ballade in A minor (1898) [11’]

Conducted by Dr. Robert M. Whalen, III; Alex Cohen, Graduate Teaching Assistant