Let Us Break Bread Together – Music from the Era of the Black Panthers
Event Details:
Location: Paramount Theatre
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2016
Time: 4 pm
Program:
Let Us Break Bread Together
Orchestra arr. Ellen Hoffman, Choral arr. Terrance Kelly
Combined choruses, Oakland Symphony,
and Terrance Kelly
Awesome Holiday Song
Composed and arranged by Kugelplex
Kugelplex
Merry Christmas! (from Home Alone II)
arr. John Williams
Mt. Eden High School Concert Choir, Oakland Symphony
What’s Going On?
Renaldo “Obie” Benson, Al Cleveland, and Marvin Gaye
Orchestra arr. Ellen Hoffman, Choral arr. Terrance Kelly
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Oakland Symphony
Rise Up
Andra Day, arr. William David Southall
Vocal Rush
Little Ghetto Boy
Donny Hathaway
arr. Ellen Hoffman
Linda Tillery
Tammy Lynne Hall-Hawkins, piano
Ruth Davies, bass
Leon Joyce, drums
Oakland Symphony
Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah
George Frideric Handel
Harry Gray, guest conductor
Hallelujah: from Messiah (A Soulful Celebration)
George Frideric Handel
arr. Andrew Chukerman, choral arr. Warren, Jackson and Kibble
Adapted by John Higgins
Oakland Symphony Chorus, Oakland Symphony
INTERMISSION
Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson
Oakland Symphony
All I Want for Christmas is You
Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff
arr. Lisa Forkish
Vocal Rush
Lux Aurorum (from Paradise Lost) Eric Whitacre
Mt. Eden High School Concert Choir
Winter Wonderland Felix Bernard
lyrics Richard B. Smith
Linda Tillery & Friends
Zog Nit Keyn Mol (Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Song)
Hirsh Glick, arr. by Kugelplex
Kugelplex and Linda Tillery
Lean on Me Bill Withers
Everyday People Sylvester (Sly) Stewart
People Make the World Go Round medley
Thomas Bell and Linda Creed arr. Ellen Hoffman
Oakland Symphony Chorus, Oakland Symphony
A Change is Gonna Come Sam Cooke
arr. Ellen Hoffman
Mt. Eden High School Concert Choir, Oakland Symphony
Soloist: Myrell Milanes
Deck The Halls arr. Terrance Kelly
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
Stand! Sylvester (Sly) Stewart
arr. Brian Adam McCune
Combined Choruses, Oakland Symphony
Oakland Symphony’s nontraditional holiday tradition – Let Us Break Bread Together – is back December 11, 2016 at 4 PM at Oakland’s Paramount Theatre. Enjoy many of your holiday favorites!
2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panthers, and an important time in Oakland’s history. Oakland Symphony will pay homage by performing music from the time including Motown classics, gospel and protest music of the 60’s and 70’s. Let us Break Bread Together will feature Oakland Symphony Chorus, Linda Tillery, Vocal Rush, Kugelplex, Mt. Eden High School Concert Choir, and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir.
Premium | $60 |
Standard | $45 |
Economy | $25 |
Youth under 18 (All Sections) | $15 |
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The 2016/17 season is supported by grants from: