2025-26 RPO Season
🎉 We have officially rescheduled our final Holiday Pops concert! 🎉
🗓️ Monday, December 15th @ 7 PM
📍 Bon Air Baptist Church
2531 Buford Road
Richmond, VA 23235
🎄 Hope to see you there! 🎄
Holiday Pops Program
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Eddie Pola and George Wyle
arr. Bob CerulliLes Patinuers, “The Skaters Waltz”
Emile WaldteufelDanse russe Trepak from, “THE NUTCRACKER”
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyFestive Sounds of Hanukah
arr. Bill HolcombeWinter Wonderland
music by Felix Bernard, words by Dick Smith
arr. Calvin CusterThe Flight to Neverland, from “Hook”
John WilliamsThe Christmas Song
lyrics and music by Mel Torme
arr. Bob LowdenA Christmas Festival
Leroy AndersonSing-Along Lyrics
Joy To The World
Joy to the world
The Lord is come
Let earth receive her king!
Let every heart
Prepare him room
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and heaven and nature sing!Deck the Halls
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.God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
God rest ye merry gentlemen let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan’s pow’r when we had gone astray
Oh tidings of comfort and joy comfort and joy
Oh tidings of comfort and joyGood King Wenceslas
Good King Wenceslas looked out
on the Feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay round about,
deep and crisp and even.
Brightly shone the moon that night,
though the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight,
gath’ring winter fuel.Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Hark! The herald angles sing, “Glory to the newborn king!”
Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled
Joyful all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies;
With the angelic host proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!”
Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn king!’Silent Night
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.Jingle Bells
Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh
O’re the fields we go, laughing all the way
Bells on bob tail ring, making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight!
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleighAdeste Fidelis
O Come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem!
Come, and behold Him, born the King of angels!
O come, let us adore Him;
O, come let us adore Him;
Oh, come let us adore Him;
Oh, come let us adore Him, Christ, the Lord!
All Masterworks Concerts held on Sundays
St. Christopher's School Arts Center
6010 Fergusson Rd, Richmond, VA 23226
4:00 PM Free Concert in the Louis F. Ryan Recital Hall
3:00 PM Pre-concert chat with Maestro Peter Wilson & Mike Goldberg, VPM classical host (93.1 & 107.3 FM)
Sunday, November 2, 2025
The RPO Presents
Heroes
Program
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
GOULD: American Salute
WILLIAMS: Born on the Fourth of July
WILLIAMS: Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Year 1812, Solemn Overture, Op. 49
Sunday, March 8, 2026
The RPO Presents
The American Dream
Program
WILLIAMS: Liberty Fanfare
SCHUMAN: New England Triptych
I. Be Glad then, America
II. When Jesus Wept
III. Chester
STEFFE: Battle Hymn of the Republic
HANSON: Symphony No. 2 “Romantic”
Sunday, May 3, 2026
The RPO Presents
Celebrating America: 250 Years of Independence and Freedom
Program
COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man
NOWLIN: Let Freedom Ring
UNGAR: Ashokan Farewell
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
Russell Wilson, piano
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor “From the New World,” Op. 95
2025-2026 Pops Concerts
Holiday Pops
Sunday, December 7, 2025, 7:00 pm
Virginia Museum of History and Culture
428 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA 23220
Monday, December 8, 2025, 7:00 pm
Bon Air Baptist Church
2531 Buford Rd, Richmond, VA 23235
Summer Pops
Sunday, June 21, 2026, 4:00 pm
Virginia War Memorial
621 S Belvidere St, Richmond, VA 23220