Sunday, 12/22/24

Music played for: 12/22/2024

12:01 AM
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
Composer: Richard Willis
Orchestra/Ensemble: Chanticleer
Rhino 284988
12:06 AM
Sinfonia; Ave Maria; Chorale
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor: James Galway
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloists: James Galway, flute
RCA 5888
12:15 AM
Santa Claus Symphony
Composer: William Henry Fry
Conductor: Tony Rowe
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish Orchestra
Naxos 559057
12:42 AM
Christmas Carols and Songs
Composer: Christmas Music
Soloists: Frank Wallace, guitar
Gyre 10092
1:01 AM
Romance for Violin and Piano
Composer: Gabriel Faure
Soloists: Isabelle Faust, violin
Harmonia Mundi 901741
1:07 AM
A Christmas Cantata
Composer: Arthur Honegger
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloists: Christopher Maltman, baritone
LPO 58
1:30 AM
Les Chanteurs de Noel
Composer: Alexander Glazunov
Conductor: Angele Dubeau
Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
Analekta 8730
1:38 AM
Piano Trio No. 3 “A Christmas Divertimento”
Composer: Rick Sowash
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mirecourt Trio
Gasparo 254
2:01 AM
Lux Aeterna: O Nata Lux
Composer: Morten Lauridsen
Orchestra/Ensemble: Voces8
London/Decca 22601
2:06 AM
Symphony No. 49 “Christmas Symphony”
Composer: Alan Hovhaness
Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
Orchestra/Ensemble: Northwest Sinfonia
Crystal 811
2:28 AM
Advent Antiphons
Composer: Bob Chilcott
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen
Coro 16188
2:43 AM
Still, Still, Still
Composer: Traditional German
Soloists: Emily Mitchell, harp
Albany 1438
2:47 AM
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Composer: Traditional
Soloists: Emily Mitchell, harp
Albany 1438
2:50 AM
Deck the Halls
Composer: Traditional English
Soloists: Emily Mitchell, harp
Albany 1438
2:53 AM
Blue Bird: Christmas Dream
Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck
Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Virgin 91494
3:01 AM
Christmas Tree Suite: Abendglocken (Evening Bells)
Composer: Franz Liszt
Soloists: Jerome Lowenthal, piano
3:06 AM
Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi
Composer: Ottorino Respighi
Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
3:16 AM
O Christmas Tree
Composer: Traditional German
Soloists: Eva Beneke, guitar
GSI 98010
3:20 AM
La Boite a Joujoux (The Toy Box)
Composer: Claude Debussy
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
EMI 58045
3:52 AM
The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes
Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
Soloists: Stewart Goodyear, piano
Steinway & Sons 30040
4:01 AM
Lully, Lulla, Lullay
Composer: Philip Stopford
Conductor: Andrew Carwood
Orchestra/Ensemble: Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral
London/Decca 4789225
4:06 AM
We Wish You; Jingle Bells; 12 Days; Winter W’land; Deck the Hall
Composer: Christmas Music
Soloists: Ayako Shinozaki, harp
Sony 62677
4:32 AM
Medley for Advent
Composer: Christmas Music
Conductor: Graham Ross
Orchestra/Ensemble: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Soloists: William McKie, organ
Harmonia Mundi 907579
4:54 AM
O Holy Night
Composer: Adolphe Adam
Conductor: Allan Wilson
Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak National Symphony Orchestra
Soloists: Rolando Villazon, tenor
DG 4835809
5:01 AM
The Snowman: Prelude and Serenade
Composer: Erich Korngold
Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloists: Michael Ludwig, violin
SELF PROD 266
5:06 AM
Joy to the World
Composer: Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Sony 7033
5:07 AM
Nativity Carol; Quem pastores
Composer: Christmas Music
Conductor: John Rutter
Orchestra/Ensemble: Clare College Singers
EMI 69950
5:15 AM
O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)
Composer: Morten Lauridsen
Conductor: Grant Gershon
Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Master Chorale
Soloists: Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
5:22 AM
X’mas Suite
Composer: Massimo Paris
Conductor: Massimo Paris
Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Romeros
DG 17474
5:45 AM
In the Bleak Midwinter
Composer: Gustav Holst
Orchestra/Ensemble: King’s Singers
Signum 459
5:50 AM
Christmas Medley
Composer: Traditional
Conductor: Edward Higginbottom
Orchestra/Ensemble: Choir of New College, Oxford
Soloists: Howard Moody, organ
CRD 3443
6:01 AM
Christmas Oratorio: Tecum Principium
Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
Soloists: Helen Campo, flute
Navona 6579
6:06 AM
Overture on French Carols
Composer: Philip Lane
Conductor: Gavin Sutherland
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Dutton 7151
6:16 AM
Sleigh Ride
Composer: Frederick Delius
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia of England
6:24 AM
First Snow
Composer: Ola Gjeilo
Orchestra/Ensemble: 12 Ensemble
Soloists: Ola Gjeilo, piano
London/Decca 4816326
6:27 AM
See Amid the Winter’s Snow
Composer: Traditional
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen
Soloists: Margaret Philips, organ
Collins 13002
6:32 AM
The Many Moods of Christmas No. 2
Composer: Robert Russell Bennett
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
6:45 AM
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; Amazing Grace
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Soloists: John Bayless, piano
Koch 9610
6:49 AM
Deck the Halls; Angel’s Dance; We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Composer: Christmas Music
Conductor: John Morris Russell
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Fanfare Cincinnati 1
7:01 AM
Bell Carol
Composer: William Mathias
Conductor: Robert Shafer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Washington Chorus
Soloists: William Neil, organ
Gothic 49235
7:06 AM
Away in a Manger
Composer: William James Kirkpatrick
Orchestra/Ensemble: Adagio Trio
Adagio Trio 2
7:12 AM
Messiah: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Conductor: John Butt
Orchestra/Ensemble: Dunedin Consort and Players
Soloists: Annie Gill, contralto
Linn 285
7:19 AM
The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers
Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
Orchestra/Ensemble: Septura
Naxos 574157
7:23 AM
Christmas Medley
Composer: Various
Conductor: Brian Jones
Orchestra/Ensemble: Trinity Choir of Boston
Dorian 93240
7:35 AM
Snowflake Ballet
Composer: Jacques Offenbach
Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
Chandos 5160
7:47 AM
Silent Night
Composer: Franz Gruber
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cantus
Cantus 1204
7:51 AM
March of the Little Lead Soldiers
Composer: Gabriel Pierne
Conductor: Jean-Pierre Jacquillat
Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Orchestra
7:54 AM
Home Alone: We Wish You a Merry Christmas/End Title
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Sony 46595

8:00am PROGRAM: Pipedreams
/listings at http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/
Program:

9:00am PROGRAM: Sunday Baroque
/For more – http://www.sundaybaroque.org
Program:

12:00pm PROGRAM: With Heart and Voice
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1:00pm PROGRAM: Sunday Classical with Amy Bishop
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1:00pm Britten, Benjamin: A Hymn to the Virgin
Christophers, Harry/The Sixteen
Collins: 12702

1:04pm Heinichen, Johann David: Concerto for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, and violin in G S 214 (Venice, 1715)
Goebel, Reinhard/Musica Antiqua Koln
Archiv: 437549

1:13pm Shayne Baker, Gloria: Do You Hear What I Hear?
Kunzel, Erich/Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Cincinnati School Childrens Chn
Telarc: 80226

1:17pm Gregorian Chant: Ecce advenit
Park, Owain/
The Gesualdo Six
Hyperion: CDA68404

1:20pm Part, Arvo (b. 1935): Morning Star (2007)
Park, Owain/
The Gesualdo Six
Hyperion: CDA68404

1:22pm KELLY, BRYAN: Improvisations on Christmas Carols
Sutherland, Gavin/City of Prague Philharmonic
Naxos: 557099

1:36pm Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata #132 ‘Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn’ (BWV 132)
Gardiner, John Eliot/English Baroque Soloists
Geller, Brigitte, soprano
Kobow, Jan, tenor
Henschel, Dietrich, baritone
Chance, Michael, alto
Monteverdi Choir
SDG: 162

1:54pm Ticheli, Frank (b. 1958): Amazing Grace
Corporon, Eugene Migliaro/Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony
GIA Music: 490

2:00pm arr. Willcocks: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Keith, C. David/Southwestern Seminary Chorus
Resmiranda: 8308

2:04pm Franck, Cesar: Pastorale Op 19
Alain, Marie-Claire, organ
Erato: 88110

2:14pm Mozart, Leopold: Toy Symphony (Cassation in G)
Goodman, Roy/Hanover Band
Nimbus: 5126

2:33pm Adam, Adolphe: O Holy Night
G. Jordan, Patrick, violin
Malmon, Sandi-Jo, cello
Jane Rupert, Mary, harp
North Star: 35

2:35pm Puccini, Giacomo: Madama Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo
de Fabritiis, Oliviero/Rome Opera Orchestra
Price, Leontyne, soprano
RCA: 68883

2:41pm Mendelssohn, Felix: Christus (Op 97): There shall a star from Jacob
Bernius, Frieder/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Stuttgart Chamber Choir
Carus: CV83021

2:48pm Wade, John Francis: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)
Ziegler, Robert/Czech Studio Orchestra
Hauser, Stjepan, cello
Masterworks: 19658825582

2:53pm Gregorian Chant: Omnes de Saba venient
Park, Owain/
The Gesualdo Six
Hyperion: CDA68404

2:56pm Bach, Johann Sebastian: Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf (BWV 617) Chorale Prelude (arr. Busoni)
Levit, Igor, piano
Sony: 19439786572

3:00pm Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Nutcracker (Op 71): Act 2
Gergiev, Valery/Kirov Orchestra
Philips: 462114

3:42pm Various: Ding Dong Merrily/Carol of the Bells
Ottley, Jerold/The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
Bonneville: 9402

3:45pm Mendelssohn, Felix: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
/Piranesi String Quartet
Piranesi: 1

3:48pm Anonymous/Traditional: Still, Still, Still
Hill, Paul/
Paul Hill Chorale
Centaur: 2258

3:53pm Davis, Katherine K.: Little Drummer Boy
Williams, John/Boston Pops
Philips: 416287

3:56pm Peacock, Adrian (b. 1962): There is no rose
Park, Owain/
The Gesualdo Six
Hyperion: CDA68404

4:00pm Paulus, Stephen: The Holly and the Ivy
Davidson, David R./Dallas Symphony Chorus
Delos: SACD 3267

4:04pm OVERTON: Fantasia on “I Saw Three Ships”
Griffiths, Barry/Royal Philharmonic
Galway, Sir James, flute
Birch, John, organ
BBC Singers
Chapel Choir of King’s Schol, Canter RCA: 5888

4:08pm PIERPONT: Jingle Bells
Brickens, Nathaniel/University of Texas at Austin Trombone C
Mark Records: 6140

4:10pm Anderson, Leroy: Sleigh Ride
Hobdych, Mykola/Kiev Orch.
Custom CD: 0000

4:12pm Rozsa, Miklos: King of Kings: Nativity
Kunzel, Erich/Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
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4:14pm Puccini, Giacomo: Tosca: Vissi d’arte
Cillario, Carlo Felice/Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
Caballe, Montserrat, soprano
RCA: 88883707432

4:18pm Handel, George Frideric: Concerto a due cori #1 in B-Flat “Christmas Concerto” (HWV 332)
Pinnock, Trevor/The English Concert
Archiv: 435262

4:33pm Anonymous/Traditional: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Knight, Erin/New World Orchestra
Regency: V20015

4:39pm Traditional Christmas: Of the Father’s Love Begotten
Flummerfelt, Joseph/Westminster Choir
Gothic: 49047

4:42pm Fayrfax, Robert: Magnificat ‘Regali’
Darlington, Stephen/Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
AVIE: AV2376

5:00pm LIVINGSTON & EVANS: Silver Bells
Ormandy, Eugene/Philadelphia Orchestra
RCA: 6430

5:04pm Bach, Johann Sebastian: Christmas Concerto
Knight, Erin/New World Orchestra
Regency: V20015

5:05pm Gruber, Franz: Silent Night (arr. Rutter)
Hyde, Daniel/Britten Sinfonia
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Kings College: KGS0069D

5:10pm Puccini, Giacomo: La Boheme: O soave fanciulla
Rizzi, Carlo/Prague Philharmonia
Tetelman, Jonathan, tenor
Lombardi, Federica, soprano
Deutsche Grammophon: 4864683

5:14pm Anonymous/Traditional: Good King Wenceslas
Breiner, Peter/CSSR State Philharmonic
Naxos: 550301

5:18pm MOCKRIDGE: Miracle on 34th Street
Newman, David/Royal Philharmonic
Telarc: 88801

5:30pm Dupre, Marcel: Variations on a Noel (Op 20)
/Organ of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC
Heather Long, Marsha, organ
Koch: 7008

5:44pm Franck, Cesar: Panis Angelicus
Delfs, Andreas/Royal Philharmonic
Fleming, Renee, soprano
London Voices
Decca: B0005193

5:48pm Traditional: Get Up, Shepherds
Breiner, Peter/CSSR State Philharmonic
Naxos: 550301

5:54pm Gregorian Chant: Alleluia. Vidimus stellam
Park, Owain/
The Gesualdo Six
Hyperion: CDA68404

5:57pm Park, Owain (b. 1993): O send out thy light (2022)
Park, Owain/
The Gesualdo Six
Hyperion: CDA68404

6:00pm PROGRAM: Performance Today
Fred Child, host
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7:00pm PROGRAM: Sunday Evening Concert with David Ginder
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7:01pm Adam, Adolphe: O Holy Night
Adler, Kurt Herbert/National Philharmonic Orchestra
Pavarotti, Luciano, tenor
London: 443401

7:06pm Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata #147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben” (BWV 147)
Willcocks, Sir David/Choir of King’s College Cambridge
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Ameling, Elly, soprano
Baker, Janet, mezzo soprano
Partridge, Ian, tenor
Shirley-Quirk, John, bass
Angel/EMI: 86052

7:39pm Anderson, Leroy: Christmas Festival
Slatkin, Leonard/BBC Concert Orchestra
Naxos: 559621

7:50pm Traditional: Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine
Westenburg, Richard/Musica Sacra
Deutsche Grammophon: 429 732

7:51pm Traditional (arr. Stevens): Jesu Nasciera (Riu, Riu, Chiu)
Stevens, Brett/Millennial Choirs and Orchestra
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7:57pm Puccini, Giacomo: Tosca: E lucevan le stelle
Armiliato, Marco/Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Kaufmann, Jonas, tenor
Decca: 4786029

8:00pm PROGRAM: All is Bright
Program:

9:01pm Bach, Johann Sebastian: Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heavenly Light
Flummerfelt, Joseph/Westminster Choir
Gothic: 49047

9:02pm Anonymous/Traditional: O Come All Ye Faithful (arr. Erik Leidzen)
Romeri, John/Holiday Brass
Woodgate: 36722-2

9:06pm Puccini, Giacomo: Tosca: Recondita Armonia
Maazel, Lorin/Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome
Corelli, Franco, tenor
Mariotti, Alfred, baritone
Decca: 4582122

9:09pm Schubert, Franz: Ave Maria (Op 52/6) (D 839)
Bernard, Andre, trumpet
Gil, Jean-Louis, organ
CVC: 11

9:14pm Vivaldi, Antonio: Gloria in D (RV 589)
Pearlman, Martin/Boston Baroque
Matthews, Tamara, soprano
Meek, Deanne, mezzo-soprano
Phillips, Mary, alto
Telarc: 80651

9:42pm Poulenc, Francis: Un soir de neige (1944) “A Night of Snow”
Christophers, Harry/The Sixteen
Virgin: 59311

9:50pm Anderson, Leroy: The Waltzing Cat
Slatkin, Leonard/BBC Concert Orchestra
Naxos: 559621

9:52pm Herbert, Victor: March of the Toys
Bankhead, LTC James/USAF Symphony Orchestra
Altissimo: 5552

9:56pm Traditional Catalonian Carol: El nino querido “The Cherished Child”
King’s Singers
Mormon Tabernacle Choir: 5007325

10:01pm Gruber, Franz: Silent Night
Ormandy, Eugene/Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia Chorus
RCA: 6430

10:04pm Bach, Johann Christian: Sinfonia in F Op 3/5
Gmur, Hanspeter/Camerata Budapest
Naxos: 553083

10:14pm Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Nutcracker: Final Waltz & Apotheosis
Goodyear, Stewart, piano
Steinway: 30040

10:20pm arr. Breiner, Peter: God Rest ye Merry, Gentlemen
Breiner, Peter/CSSR State Philharmonic
Naxos: 550301

10:27pm Rutter, John (b. 1945): Nativity Carol
Rutter, John/Clare College Singers & Orchestra
Angel/EMI: 69950

10:32pm Anonymous/Traditional: It Came upon a Midnight Clear
Tamarkin, Kate/Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Tamarkin: 1

10:36pm Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Church Sonata #15 in C (K 328)
Turovsky, Yuli/I Musici de Montreal
Soly, Genevieve, organ
Chandos: 8745

10:41pm Anonymous/Traditional: Joy to the World
Brusilow, Anshel/Richardson Symphony Orchestra
RSO: 1

10:46pm HENDERSON, S: If Not At Christmas
Seelig, Dr. Timothy/Turtle Creek Chorale
Turtle Creek Ch: 1210

10:50pm von Bingen, Hildegard: Ave Maria, O auctrix vitae (Responsorium)
/Sequentia
Deutsche Harmon: 77320

11:01pm Anonymous/Traditional: The Babe of Bethlehem
Robertson, Kim, celtic harp
Gourd: 134

11:05pm Holst, Gustav: St. Paul’s Suite (Op 29/2)
/Guildhall String Ensemble
RCA: 7761

11:17pm Anderson, Leroy: Suite of Carols for String Orchestra
Slatkin, Leonard/BBC Concert Orchestra
Naxos: 559621

11:30pm DIX: As With Gladness Men of Old
Sackett, Andrew/Choir of Tewkesbury Abbey
Naxos: 557160

11:34pm Puccini, Giacomo: La Boheme: Si, mi chiamano Mimi
Pritchard, Sir John/New Philharmonia Orchestra
Cotrubas, Ileana, soprano
CBS: 39097

11:40pm John Browne: O Maria salvatoris mater
Darlington, Stephen/Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Avie: AV2184