Holiday Pops Spectacular

December 5 - 7, 2025
Symphony Hall

Overview

Celebrate the season of joy at our annual Holiday Pops Spectacular! This festive performance is sure to lift your spirits, featuring carols and hymns from various traditions. Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with music that will leave you feeling merry and bright. Guest conductor Lawrence Loh returns to the Phoenix Symphony, joined by the Phoenix Symphony Chorus and guest artists.

 

Preludes sponsored by Salt River Project

The Phoenix Symphony’s SRP Preludes series returns for the 2025/26 season! Preludes will take place one hour prior to select performances with activities that will be sure to delight the whole family! Prepare to hear live musical performances, discover new artworks, explore the dances and traditions of new cultures, and much, much more! 

🎅 Meet Santa
📚 Holiday Storytelling
✨ Photo moments

Bring the whole family for an afternoon or evening filled with wonder.

Venue

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Length

2 hours 15 minutes

Schedule

DateTimeTicketsPackages
Friday, December 5, 20257:30 PMBuy TicketsView Packages
Saturday, December 6, 20252:00 PMBuy TicketsView Packages
Saturday, December 6, 20257:30 PMBuy TicketsView Packages
Sunday, December 7, 20252:00 PMBuy TicketsView Packages

Program

Randol Alan Bass

Fanfare: Joy to the World

Mel Torme arr. Dragon

The Christmas Song

Steven Amundson

Rejoice!

Max Reger

Maria Wiegenlied

Gary Fry

Sing We Joyous

Thomas W. Talley/Traditional arr. Fry

Two Spirituals on the Christmas Star

Peter Jaffe

Symph-Hanukkah

Robert Macgimsey

Sweet Little Jesus Boy

Gary Fry

My Dancing Day, On Christmas Night

Robert Allen arr. Fry

(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays

James Lord Pierpont arr. Gold And Paich

Jingle Bells

John Williams

Somewhere in My Memory from Home Alone

Johnny Marks arr. Hayman

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Albert Hague arr. Naughtin

You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch

John Frederick Coots arr. Holcombe

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

John Rutter

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Leroy Anderson

Sleigh Ride

Franz Xaver Gruber/Alan Silvestri arr. Fry

Silent Night – God Bless Us Everyone

Performers

Extras

Unwrap the magic of Holiday Pops! In this Backstage Friday we are joined by baritone Reginald Smith, Jr. and Bridget Pasker, Associate Principal Cello, and Dr. Thomas Bookhout, our Chorus Master, as host to talk all things festive. Plus a behind-the-scenes peek at what makes this year’s concert truly special.

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