Maricopa Music Circle and Maricopa Chorus will perform their annual holiday concert Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Maricopa Agricultural Center, 37860 W. Smith-Enke Road. The evening will include Art-on-the-Spot and a tasty reception. Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for students of all ages. Tickets only at the door. Cash or check only.

This year’s favorites will include all the moods and flavors of the holiday season, from joy to contemplation and back again.  Music selections include Bizet’s Carillon, Bach’s quietly gorgeous Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, and  a  bouquet of holiday standards drawn from the tradition, like Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. A ragtime-style Jingle Bells, wintry evocations like Prokofiev’s Troika and Leroy Anderson’s Slay Ride, and   Lowry’s plaintive Mary, Did You Know? add festive and thoughtful moments.

Of course there will be carols galore, both choral and instrumental. Prepare to be mesmerized by the traditional favorites’ Silent Night, O Tannenbaum,  the Coventry Carol,  Lulay, lulay and God rest ye merry, gentlemen.  Plus  Maricopa Chorus and Maricopa Music Circle together in joyous ensemble with Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn), Adeste Fideles, and  two great choruses from Handel’s MESSIAH: And the Glory of the Lord and a wonderful sing-along presentation of the Hallelujah Chorus!

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