Hallelujah! Let Us Break Bread Together

Program:

Celebrate life, love and the holidays with your community and Oakland Symphony!  Presented alongside over 200 voices from four different choirs and an electric mix of additional guest artists, this year’s concert pays tribute to musical legends Prince and Leonard Cohen in a joyful mash-up of the traditional and unexpected.

Let Us Break Bread Together
Choral arr. Terrance Kelly
Orchestra arr. Ellen Hoffman
Combined Choruses, Oakland Symphony, and Terrance Kelly

Do You Hear What I Hear
arr. Camp Kirkland and Jay Rouse
Mt. Eden High School Concert Choir

Nothing Compares 2 U
Prince
arr. Noah Luna
Oakland Symphony Chorus

7
Prince
Diana Gameros

Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child (traditional)
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir

Old World Holiday Song 2017
Dan Cantrell
Kugelplex

Anthem
Leonard Cohen
arr. Miles Jay
Oakland Symphony, Vocal Rush

Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen
arr. Ellen Hoffman
Linda Tillery, piano & strings

Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah
George Frideric Handel
Mary-Jo Knight, guest conductor

I N T E R M I S S I O N

Sleigh Ride
Leroy Anderson
Oakland Symphony

I Would Die 4 You
Prince
Vocal Rush

Thieves in the Temple
Prince
arr. Miles Jay
Oakland Symphony, Mt. Eden High School Concert Choir

Sing Another Song, Boys
Leonard Cohen
Kugelplex

If It Be Your Will
Leonard Cohen
arr. Ellen Hoffman
Oakland Symphony Chorus, Members of Oakland Symphony

Anthem of Praise
Richard Smallwood
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Oakland Symphony

Purple Rain
Prince
arr. Ellen Hoffman
Terrance Kelly, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Oakland Symphony

Let’s Go Crazy/Delirious
Prince
arr. Anais Azul
Combined Choruses, Oakland Symphony