A Very Merry Pops: Celebrating Family Traditions
ESO Robbins Pops

A Very Merry Pops: Celebrating Family Traditions

Conducted by Robert Bernhardt
December 20 - 23, 2024 7:30 PM / 2:00 PM

About The Concert

Let the spirit of the season sweep you away with our annual Very Merry Pops concert! A beloved family tradition, this concert will transport you back to your childhood with all of your favourite Christmas and holiday carols.

With the brilliant conducting of fan favourite, Bob Bernhardt, internationally acclaimed soloist Mikaela Bennett, and some of Edmonton's finest choirs, this evening will be jam-packed with dazzling holiday classics like Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Carol of the Bells, Silent Night, Winter Wonderland, and Silver Bells. There will even be a sing-along so you can join in on the festivities!

This concert is the perfect family event to get you in the holiday mood – you don't want to miss it!

This concert will include an intermission.

Program to Include

Jingle Bells “What Child is This?” “O Holy Night” “Christmas Eve In My Home Town” “Mary Did You Know?” “Angels We Have Heard on High” “Mary Did You Know?” Hanukkah Suite Gesù Bambino “The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy” "A Musicological Journey Through the 12 Days of Christmas" "Carol of the Drum" "O Come All Ye Faithful"

Program subject to change.

Featured Artists

Robert Bernhardt, Conductor
Mikaela Bennett, Soprano
ESO Debut
Members of Korora, Choir (Scott Leithead, conductor)
Members of Òran, Choir (Kathleen Luyk, conductor)
Members of Vacilando, Choir (Kathleen Luyk, conductor)
Members of ChandraTala, Choir (Laura Hawley, conductor)
Members of the Trincan Steel Orchestra

85 - 24/25 Land Acknowledgement

Land Acknowledgement

The Winspear Centre and Edmonton Symphony Orchestra would like to acknowledge that we are on Treaty 6 Territory, a traditional meeting ground, gathering place, and traveling route for many Indigenous Peoples. We honour and recognize the rich artistic, cultural, and musical traditions of the Cree, Nakota Sioux, Metis, Dene, Saulteaux, and the many more Indigenous communities that call this land we share, home.