A Night at the North Pole
William Rowson, Conductor
Dean McNeill, Trumpet
Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra
Filmed, live streamed, and performed from St John’s Cathedral in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Treaty 6 Territory and the homeland of the Métis.
The Programme
A Christmas Festival
Leroy Anderson
Arr. Jae Hyeong Park
Ding Dong Merrily on High
Jehan Tabourot and George Woodward
Arr. Brian Unverricht
Tusen Tankar (“a thousand thoughts”)
Arr. David Braid
How the Bass Trombone stole the Christmas Concert “The Grinch”
Albert Hague and Theodor Geisel
Arr. Dean McNeill
Suite from the Ballet Casse-Noisette (“Nutcracker Suite”) Op. 71a (1892)
I. Ouverture miniature
II. Danses caractéristiques
a) Marche
b) Danse de la Fée-dragée (“Danse of the Sugar-Plum Fairy”)
c) Danse russe. Trépak (“Russian Dance”)
d) Danse arab (“Arab Dance”)
e) Danse chinoise (“Chinese Dance”)
f) Danse des mirlitons (“Dance of the Reed Flutes”)
III. Valse des fleurs (“Waltz of the Flowers”)
Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Arr. Paul Suchan
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Meredith Willson
Arr. Seb Skelly
We Need a Little Christmas
Jerry Herman
Arr. Charlie Peterson
White Christmas
Irving Berlin
Arr. Matthew Naughtin
Here Comes Santa Claus
Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman
Arr. Fiona Hickie
Sleigh Ride
Leroy Anderson
This Concert Includes
Violin 1
- Michael Swan, Concertmaster
- Jacqueline Nutting, Assistant Concertmaster
- Zheng Wang
- Samara St. Louis
Violin 2
- Oxana Ossiptchouk, Principal
- Drusilla Waltz
- Ava Leschyshyn
- Shion Tamashiro
Viola
- Jim Legge, Principal
- Gideon Weisman
- Sarah ter Velde
Cello
- Scott McKnight
- John Payzant
Bass
- Richard Carnegie, Principal
- David Humphrey
Flute
- Allison Miller, Principal
Oboe
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- Erin Brophey, Principal
Clarinet
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- Margaret Wilson, Principal
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Bassoon
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- Stephanie Unverricht, Principal
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Horn
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- Carol-Marie Cottin, Principal
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Trumpet
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- Aaron Bueckert, Acting Principal
- Terry Heckman
- Dean McNeill
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Trombone
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- Don Schmidt, Principal
- Brian Unverricht
- Dawn McLean Belyk
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Tuba
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- Brent Longstaff, Principal
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Timpani
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- Darrell Bueckert, Principal
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Percussion
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- Fraser Krips, Principal
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Keyboard
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- Michelle Aalders
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Program Notes
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