Concert review from The Movie Snob.

Last Thursday I saw the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Christmas concert at the Eugene McDermott Concert Hall, and it was a delight. The orchestra and the Dallas Symphony Chorus perform lots of favorite carols, including "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," "Frosty the Snowman," O Come, All Ye Faithful," and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." The orchestra performs a selection from the Nutcracker, as well as a version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" borrowed from Mannheim Steamroller. There's an audience sing-along featuring "O Christmas Tree," "Silent Night," and "The First Noel." There are interludes featuring a children choir and some featuring a group of carolers dressed like Dickens characters. And there's a reading of the Nativity story, much like the passage Linus recites in A Charlie Brown Christmas, by a local minister. It is definitely not a non-sectarian sort of concert, but if you are not offended by an overtly Christian Christmas pageant you should try to see this show. The last performances are on Sunday the 18th. I think the performance on the 16th may be televised live on NBC.