>>THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY DR. PHILLIPS CHARITIES.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS PROVIDED BY THE MARTIN ANDERSEN-GRACIA ANDERSEN FOUNDATION, THE MICHAEL JOHN KAKOS AND AIMEE RUSINKO KAKOS FOUNDATION, ELAINE AND SCOTT TAYLOR, AND BY DAVID AND JUDY ALBERTSON, JEAN L. EDES.

♪ MUSIC ♪ ♪ CHOIR SINGING ♪ >>JESUS TO THEE BE ALL GLORY GIV'N!

WORD OF THE FATHER NOW IN FLESH APPEARING!

O COME LET US ADORE HIM, O COME LET US ADORE HIM, O COME O COME LET US ADORE HIM O COME LET US ADORE HIM, CHRIST THE LORD.

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>HERE WE COME AWASSAILING AMONG THE LEAVES SO GREEN!

HERE WE COME AWAND'RING, SO FAIR TO BE SEEN!

LOVE AND JOY COME TO YOU AND TO YOU YOUR WASSAIL, TOO!

AND GOD BLESS YOU AND SEND YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

AND GOD SEND YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

WE ARE NOT BEGGARS THAT BEG FROM DOOR TO DOOR, WE ARE NEIGHBOR'S CHILDREN WHOM YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE.

CALL UP THE BUTLER OF THIS HOUSE, PUT ON HIS GOLDEN RING.

LET HIM BRING A GLASS OF BEER AND WE WILL SING!

LOVE AND JOY COME TO YOU AND TO YOU YOUR WASSAIL, TOO!

AND GOD BLESS YOU AND SEND YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

AND GOD SEND YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

GOD BLESS THE MASTER OF THIS HOUSE LIKEWISE THE MISTRESS, TOO!

AND ALL THE LITTLE CHILDREN THAT 'ROUND THE TABLE GO!

GOOD MASTER AND GOOD MISTRESS WHILE YOU'RE SITTING BY THE FIRE.

THINK OF ALL THE CHILDREN WAND'RING IN THE MIRE.

HERE WE COME AWASSAILING!

HERE WE COME AWASSAILING!

LOVE AND JOY COME TO YOU!

AND TO YOU, YOUR WASSAIL TOO!

AND GOD BLESS YOU AND SEND YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

AND GOD SEND YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HERE WE COME AWASSAILING!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HERE WE COME AWASSAILING!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

>>THE BACH FESTIVAL SOCIETY BEGAN IN 1935 IN THIS VERY SPACE.

TO COMMERATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF OUR NAMESAKE, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.

AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND THE SIXTH ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR OF THE BACH FESTIVAL SOCIETY, I PROUDLY STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF MY PREDECESSORS.

>>WE SING PIECES THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE MIGHT HEAR LIVE BECAUSE THEY AREN'T DONE VERY OFTEN, OR THEY'RE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO DO.

AND WE'VE ESTABLISHED A GROUP HERE THAT CAN DO THAT WORK.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE ROSTER, YOU'LL SEE MANY PEOPLE WITH TEN OR MORE YEARS.

THERE ARE ONLY A FEW OF US WHO HAVE STAYED AROUND THE AREA LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE A FORTY YEAR TIME IN THE CHOIR.

WHAT KEEPS US COMING BACK?

IT'S THE MUSIC.

>>WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEMBER THAT IS IN THEIR 54TH YEAR OF MEMBERSHIP.

AND WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE MUSIC MAKERS AND ALL THOSE PATRONS THAT HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO SOON BE CELEBRATING OUR 85TH YEAR.

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>GOING THROUGH THE HILLS ON A NIGHT ALL STARRY ON THE WAY TO BETHLEHEM, FAR AWAY I HEARD A SHEPHERD BOY PIPING ON THE WAY TO BETHLEHEM, ANGELS IN THE SKY BROUGHT THIS MESSAGE NIGH:'DANCE AND SING FOR JOY THAT CHRIST THE NEWBORN KING IS COME TO BRING US PEACE ON EARTH, AND HE'S LYING CRADLED THERE AT BETHLEHEM.

TELL ME, SHEPHERD BOY PIPING TUNES SO MERRILY ON THE WAY TO BETHLEHEM, WHO WILL HEAR YOUR TUNES ON THESE HILLS SO LONELY ON THE WAY TO BETHLEHEM?

ANGELS IN THE SKY BROUGHT THIS MESSAGE NIGH:'DANCE AND SING FOR JOY THAT CHRIST THE NEWBORN KING IS COME TO BRING US PEACE ON EARTH, AND HE'S LYING CRADLED THERE AT BETHLEHEM.

NONE MAY HEAR MY PIPES ON THESE HILLS SO LONELY ON THE WAY TO BETHLEHEM; BUT A KING WILL HEAR ME PLAY SWEET LULLABIES WHEN I GET TO BETHLEHEM.

ANGELS IN THE SKY CAME DOWN FROM ON HIGH, HOVER'D O'ER THE MANGER WHERE THE BABE WAS LYING CRADLED IN THE ARMS OF HIS MOTHER MARY, SLEEPING NOW AT BETHLEHEM.

MAY I COME WITH YOU, SHEPHERD BOY PIPING MERRILY, COME WITH YOU TO BETHLEHEM?

PAY MY HOMAGE TOO AT THE NEW KING'S CRADLE, IS IT FAR TO BETHLEHEM?

ANGELS IN THE SKY BROUGHT THIS MESSAGE: 'DANCE AND SING FOR JOY THAT CHRIST THE KING IS BORN THIS NIGHT IN LOWLY STABLE YONDER BORN FOR YOU AT BETHLEHEM.

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>SING WE NOW OF CHRISTMAS.

SING WE NOW OF CHRISTMAS, NOEL SING WE HERE.

HEAR OUR GRATEFUL PRAISES TO THE BABE SO DEAR.

SING WE NOEL, THE KING IS BORN, NOEL!

SING WE NOEL, THE KING IS BORN, NOEL!

SING WE NOW OF CHRISTMAS, SING WE ALL NOEL!

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO, GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO!

ANGELS CALLED TO SHEPHERDS, "LEAVE YOUR FLOCKS AT REST, JOURNEY FORTH TO BETHL'HEM, FIND THE LAMBKIN BLEST."

SING WE NOEL, THE KING IS BORN, NOEL!

SING WE NOEL, THE KING IS BORN, NOEL!

SING WE NOW OF CHRISTMAS, SING WE ALL NOEL!

FROM THE EASTERN COUNTRY CAME KINGS FROM AFAR, BEARING GIFTS TO BETHL'HEM, GUIDED BY A STAR.

SING WE NOEL, THE KING IS BORN, NOEL!

SING WE NOEL, THE KING IS BORN, NOEL!

SING WE NOW OF CHRISTMAS, SING WE ALL NOEL!

SING WE NOW OF CHRISTMAS, SING WE ALL NOEL!

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>JOY TO THE WORLD, THE LORD IS COME.

LET EARTH RECEIVE HER KING.

LET EV'RY HEART PREPARE HIM ROOM.

AND HEAVEN AND NATURE SING, AND HEAVEN AND NATURE SING, AND HEAVEN AND HEAVEN AND NATURE SING AND BE JOY.

JOY TO THE EARTH, THE SAVIOUR REIGNS.

LET MEN THEIR SONGS EMPLOY.

WHILE FIELDS AND FLOODS, ROCKS, HILLS AND PLAINS REPEAT THE SOUNDING JOY.

REPEAT THE JOY, REPEAT THE SOUNDING JOY, REPEAT THE JOY, REPEAT , REPEAT THE SOUNDING JOY.

HE RULES THE WORLD WITH TRUTH AND GRACE AND MAKES THE NATIONS PROVE THE GLORIES OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.

AND WONDERS OF HIS LOVE, AND WONDERS OF HIS LOVE, AND WONDERS AND WONDERS OF HIS LOVE!

JOY TO THE WORLD!

JOY TO THE WORLD!

JOY TO THE WORLD!

JOY TO THE WORLD!

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>I HEARD THE BELLS ON CHRISTMAS DAY, THEIR OLD FAMILIAR CAROLS PLAY; AND WILD AND SWEET THE WORDS REPEAT, OF PEACE ON EARTH GOODWILL TO MEN.

I THOUGHT HOW, AS THE DAY HAD COME, THE BELFRIES OF ALL CHRISTENDOM.

HAD ROLLED ALONG TH'UNBROKEN SONG, OF PEACE ON EARTH GOODWILL TO MEN.

AND IN DESPAIR I BOW'D MY HEAD, "THERE IS NO PEACE ON EARTH," I SAID, "FOR HATE IS STRONG, AND MOCKS THE SONG, OF PEACE ON EARTH GOODWILL TO MEN."

YET PEAL'D THE BELLS MORE LOUD AND DEEP, "GOD IS NOT DEAD, NOR DOTH HE SLEEP; THE WRONG SHALL FAIL, THE RIGHT PREVAIL, WITH PEACE ON EARTH, GOODWILL TO MEN."

THEN RINGING, SINGING ON ITS WAY, THE WORLD REVOLV'D FROM NIGHT TO DAY, A VOICE, A CHIME, A CHANT SUBLIME, OF PEACE ON EARTH, OF PEACE ON EARTH, GOODWILL TO MEN >>WHEN YOU COME TO A BACH FESTIVAL CONCERT, THIS CHAPEL IS FILLED WITH NOT JUST CITIZENS FROM WINTER PARK, THOUGH IT IS, BUT CITIZENS FROM THROUGHOUT CENTRAL FLORIDA AND BEYOND BECAUSE THE BACH FESTIVAL THAT WE HAVE HERE HAS NATIONAL PROMINENCE.

>>BACH FESTIVAL SOCIETY IS A CENTRAL FLORIDA TREASURE.

IT'S A CULTURAL TREASURE.

THE CONCERTS THAT ARE PROVIDED, THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OTHERS TO MAKE MUSIC IS SECOND TO NONE.

AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WORLD CLASS LITERATURE FOR THE CHORAL WORKS THAT REALLY ARE ONLY PRESENTED BY THE BACH FESTIVAL SOCIETY.

>>THIS IS SOMETHING BEYOND WORDS.

WE ARE THE BACH FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF WINTER PARK.

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>FA LA LA LA LA, FA LA LA LA LA, FA LA LA LA LA, FA LA LA LA LA.

DECK THE HALLS WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY.

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA.

TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY.

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA.

DON WE NOW OUR GAY APPAREL.

FA LA LA, LA LA LA, LA LA LA.

TROLL THE ANCIENT YULETIDE CAROL.

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA.

SEE THE BLAZING YULE BEFORE US.

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA.

STRIKE THE HARP AND JOIN THE CHORUS.

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA.

FOLLOW ME IN MERRY MEASURE.

FA LA LA, LA LA LA, LA LA LA.

WHILE I TELL OF YULETIDE TREASURE.

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA.

FAST AWAY THE OLD YEAR PASSES.

FAST AWAY THE OLD YEAR PASSES.

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA.

HAIL THE NEW YE LADS AND LASSES.

HAIL THE NEW, HAIL THE NEW.

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA.

SING WE JOYOUS!

ALL TOGETHER!

FA LA LA, LA LA LA, LA LA LA.

HEEDLESS OF THE WIND AND WEATHER.

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA.

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA.

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS; LET YOUR HEART BE LIGHT.

FROM NOW ON, OUR TROUBLES WILL BE OUT OF SIGHT.

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS; MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY.

FROM NOW ON, OUR TROUBLES WILL BE MILES AWAY.

HERE WE ARE AS IN OLDEN DAYS, HAPPY GOLDEN DAYS OF YORE; FAITHFUL FRIENDS WHO ARE DEAR TO US GATHER NEAR TO US ONCE MORE.

♪ MUSIC ♪ OOOOOO, OOOOOO, OOOOOO OOOOOO, OOOOOO, OOOOOO OOOOOO, OOOOOO, OOOOOO OOOOOO, OOOOOO, OOOOOO AHHHH, AHHHH, AHHHH AHHHHH, AHHHH, AH, HERE WE ARE AS IN OLDEN DAYS, HAPPY GOLDEN DAYS OF YORE; FAITHFUL FRIENDS WHO ARE DEAR TO US GATHER NEAR TO US ONCE MORE.

THROUGH THE YEARS WE ALL WILL BE TOGETHER IF THE FATES ALLOW.

HANG A SHINING STAR UPON THE HIGHEST BOUGH, AND HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS NOW.

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE, JACK FROST NIPPING AT YOUR NOSE, YULETIDE CAROLS BEING SUNG BY A CHOIR AND FOLKS DRESSED UP LIKE ESKIMOS.

EV'REBODY KNOWS A TURKEY AND SOME MISTLETOE HELP TO MAKE THE SEASON BRIGHT, TINY TOTS WITH THEIR EYES ALL AGLOW WILL FIND IT HARD TO SLEEP TONIGHT.

THEY KNOW THAT SANTA'S ON HIS WAY, HE'S LOADED LOTS OF TOYS AND GOODIES ON HIS SLEIGH, AND EV'RY MOTHER'S CHILD IS GONNA SPY TO SEE IF REINDEER REALLY KNOW HOW TO FLY; AND SO I'M OFFERING THIS SIMPLE PHRASE TO KIDS FROM ONE TO NINETY-TWO, ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN SAID MANY TIMES MANY WAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.

AH, HOW TO FLY, AND SO I'M OFFERING THIS SIMPLE PHRASE TO KIDS FROM ONE TO NINETY-TWO, ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN SAID MANY TIMES MANY WAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS, MERRY CHRISTMAS, TO YOU.

>>THE BACH FESTIVAL HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH ROLLINS COLLEGE FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY, AND IT WAS NUTURED BY ROLLINS' PROFESSORS AND ADMINISTRATORS ALL THESE YEARS AND ALTHOUGH IT'S ITS OWN ORGANIZATION, IT STILL CALLS THIS CAMPUS HOME.

>>FOR OUR PROFESSORS TO BE ARRANGING SCORES AND FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE PERFORMING THEM JUST BRINGS A KIND OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TO STUDYING MUSIC AT ROLLINS.

>>I ACTUALLY WAS A STUDENT AT ROLLINS AND WAS A MEMBER OF BACH FESTIVAL CHOIR FOR ALL FOUR YEARS OF BEING A STUDENT AND I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE MY FRESHMAN YEAR, IT VERY QUICKLY BECAME A BIG DEAL TO ME.

>>TO SEE THEM PRACTICING AND PERFORMING AND PLAYING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THIS GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS IS JUST VERY HEARTWARMING FOR A COLLEGE PRESIDENT.

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>O HOLY NIGHT, THE STARS ARE BRIGHTLY SHINING IT IS THE NIGHT OF OUR DEAR SAVIOR'S BIRTH.

LONG LAY THE WORLD IN SIN AND ERROR PINING TIL HE APPEARED AND THE SOUL FELT IT'S WORTH.

A THRILL OF HOPE THE WEARY WORLD REJOICES FOR YONDER BREAKS A NEW AND GLORIOUS MORN.

FALL ON YOUR KNEES, OH HEAR THE ANGEL VOICES, OH NIGHT DIVINE, OH NIGHT WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN, OH NIGHT DIVINE, OH NIGHT, OH NIGHT DIVINE.

TRULY HE TAUGHT US TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, HIS LAW IS LOVE AND HIS GOSPEL IS PEACE.

CHAINS SHALL HE BREAK FOR THE SLAVE IS OUR BROTHER AND IN HIS NAME ALL OPPRESSION SHALL CEASE.

SWEET HYMNS OF JOY IN GRATEFUL CHORUS RAISE WE LET ALL WITHIN US PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME.

CHRIST, CHRIST IS THE LORD, OH PRAISE HIS NAME FOREVER, HIS POW'R AND GLORY EVERMORE PROCLAIM.

OH NIGHT DIVINE, OH NIGHT DIVINE, OH NIGHT DIVINE ♪ MUSIC ♪ OH NIGHT DIVINE, OOOOOOO.

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>LULLY, LULLAY THOU LITTLE TINY CHILD, BY, BY LULLY, LULLAY.

O SISTERS TOO, HOW MAY WE DO, FOR TO PRESERVE THIS DAY; THIS POOR YOUNGLING FOR WHOM WE DO SING, BY, BY LULLY, LULLAY.

HEROD THE KING IN HIS RAGING, CHARGED HE HATH THIS DAY, HIS MEN OF MIGHT IN HIS OWN SIGHT, ALL YOUNG CHILDREN TO SLAY.

LULLY, LULLAY, LULLY, LULLAY, LULLY, LULLAY, LULLY, LULLAY.

LULLY, LULLAY LULLY, LULLAY LULLY, LULLAY THOU LITTLE TINY CHILD, BY, BY LULLY, LULLAY.

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>AWAY IN A MANGER, NO CRIB FOR A BED, THE LITTLE LORD JESUS LAY DOWN HIS SWEET HEAD.

THE STARS IN THE NIGHT SKY LOOK DOWN WHERE HE LAY, THE LITTLE LORD JESUS ASLEEP ON THE HAY!

♪ MUSIC ♪ THE CATTLE ARE LOWING THE POOR BABY WAKES, BUT LITTLE LORD JESUS NO CRYING HE MAKES.

I LOVE THEE LORD JESUS LOOK DOWN FROM THE SKY AND STAY BY MY CRADLE TILL MORNING IS NIGH!

♪ MUSIC ♪ BE NEAR ME LORD JESUS I ASK THEE TO STAY CLOSE BY ME FOREVER AND LOVE ME I PRAY!

BLESS ALL THE DEAR CHILDREN IN THY TENDER CARE, AND FIT US FOR HEAVEN TO LIVE WITH THEE THERE.

♪ MUSIC ♪ ♪ MUSIC CONTINUES ♪ ♪ MUSIC ♪ ♪ MUSIC CONTINUES ♪ ♪ MUSIC ♪ >>WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, AND PAST STUDENTS AND CURRENT STUDENTS WHO ARE GREAT ARRANGERS AND COMPOSERS.

AND SO, ALMOST ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS YOU'RE HEARING ON THIS PROGRAM WERE WRITTEN FOR US.

>>WITH JOHN SINCLAIR, I CAN HAND HIM A PIECE OF MUSIC, GO AWAY FOR SIX MONTHS, COME IN HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME AT A CONCERT, AND I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.

AND I WONDER AS I WANDER, I CAN KINDA TRY TO CREATE A MUSICAL PICTURE IN THE SONG AND IT STARTS OUT WITH JUST AN OBOE AND INSTRUMENTS ONE-BY-ONE ARE ADDING IN, AS IF YOU WERE WALKING IN TO SOME SORT OF HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL SETTING.

THE WAY THEY PLAY IT, THE WAY THEY SING IT IS EXACTLY HOW I EVER PICTURED, IF NOT BETTER, SO IT'S NICE TO HEAR THAT ONE BECAUSE I LIKE THAT ONE.

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>I WONDER AS I WANDER OUT UNDER THE SKY WHY JESUS THE SAVIOR DID COME FOR TO DIE FOR POOR LONELY PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND LIKE I, I WONDER AS I WANDER OUT UNDER THE SKY.

♪♪♪ WHEN MARY BIRTHED JESUS 'TWAS IN A COW STALL WITH WISE MEN AND FARMERS AND SHEPHERDS AND ALL BUT HIGH FROM GOD'S HEAVEN A STAR'S LIGHT DID FALL, AND THE PROMISE OF AGES IT THEN DID RECALL.

♪♪♪ IF JESUS HAD WANTED FOR ANY WEE THING, A STAR IN THE SKY OR A BIRD ON THE WING FOR ALL OF GOD'S ANGELS IN HEAVEN FOR TO SING, HE SURELY COULD HAVE IT CAUSE HE WAS THE KING.

I WONDER AS I WANDER AS I WANDER AS I WANDER AS I WANDER OOOOOO, OOOOOO ♪ MUSIC ♪ >>SILENT NIGHT.

HOLY NIGHT.

ALL IS CALM, ALL IS BRIGHT.

ROUND YON VIRGIN, MOTHER AND CHILD.

HOLY INFANT SO TENDER AND MILD.

SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE.

SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE.

♪♪♪ SILENT NIGHT.

SILENT NIGHT.

HOLY NIGHT.

HOLY NIGHT.

SHEPHERDS QUAKE AT THE SIGHT.

GLORIES STREAM FROM HEAVEN AFAR.

HEAVENLY HOSTS SING ALLELUIA!

CHRIST, THE SAVIOR IS BORN.

CHRIST, THE SAVIOR IS BORN.

SILENT NIGHT.

[APPLAUSE] ♪ MUSIC ♪ ♪ MUSIC CONTINUES ♪ ♪ MUSIC ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ MUSIC ♪ [APPLAUSE] >>THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY DR. PHILLIPS CHARITIES.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS PROVIDED BY THE MARTIN ANDERSEN-GRACIA ANDERSEN FOUNDATION, THE MICHAEL JOHN KAKOS AND AIMEE RUSINKO KAKOS FOUNDATION, ELAINE AND SCOTT TAYLOR, AND BY DAVID AND JUDY ALBERTSON, JEAN L. EDES.