Classical Music Playlist

Programming Highlights

Monday, December 24, 2012

11 - Midnight

11:39

John Rutter - Brother Heinrich's Christmas King's Singers Collegium 115 Buy

11:38

Traditional German - Kling, Glockchen Norman Scribner, conductor Choral Arts Society of Washington Dotian Levalier, harp Naxos 555049 Buy

11:38

Edmund Walters - Babe of Bethlehem Norman Scribner, conductor Choral Arts Society of Washington Naxos 555049 Buy

11:30

Johann Sebastian Bach - O Jesulein suss Norman Scribner, conductor Choral Arts Society of Washington Naxos 555049 Buy

11:12

Christmas Music - Christmas Carols and Songs Frank Wallace, guitar Gyre 10092 Buy

11:06

Traditional - When Christ is Born Stefan Stuligrosz, conductor Poznan Nightingales Polskie Nagrania 268 Buy

11:01

Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Amazing Grace John Bayless, piano Koch 9610 Buy

10 - 11 PM

10:54

Trad., arr. Paulus - The Holly and the Ivy; Wonder Tidings Dale Warland, conductor The Dale Warland Singers Gothic 49208 Buy

10:42

Gaetano Maria Schiassi - A Christmas Symphony Alun Francis, conductor The Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle Hyperion 88028 Buy

10:38

Traditional - Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Luther College Choirs Luther 2001 Buy

10:23

Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Noels Bernard Labadie, conductor Les Violons du Roy Dorian 90180 Buy

10:16

Richard Delong - Of a Rose, Lovely Rose Leo Nestor, conductor American Repertory Singers Arsis 108 Buy

10:14

Trad. - Coventry Carol Artaria Quartet Aequibus 2003 Buy

9 - 10 PM

9:59	Trad. - An American Christmas Medley Joel Cohen, conductor Boston Camerata Erato 92874 Buy

9:53	Pietro A Yon - Gesu Bambino Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar Centaur  2101 Buy

9:06	Gian Carlo Menotti - Amahl and the Night Visitors Gian Carlo Menotti, conductor Original Cast RCA 6485 Buy

9:00	Elizabeth Poston - Jesus Christ the Apple tree Paul Hillier, conductor Pro Arte Singers Harmonia Mundi 3957233 Buy

8 - 9 PM

8:47	Ernest Tomlinson - Suite of English Folk Dances Vivian Dunn, conductor Light Music Society Orchestra EMIU 64131 Buy

8:44	Joseph Gruber - Stille Nacht Elisabeth Schwarxkopf, soprano EMI 63574 Buy

8:33	Niels Gade - Christmas Eve Suite Andrew Penny, conductor Orchestra of the Mill Lydian 18132 Buy

8:18	Traditional - 3 European Christmas Songs Die Singphoniker Irmgard Gorzawski, harp CPO 777067 Buy

8:02	Traditional - And Therefore Be Merry Artaria Quartet Aequebis 2003 Buy

8:00	Traditional - El la don don; Riu riu chiu Chanticleer Chanticleer 8803 Buy

7 - 8 PM

7:37	Traditional - Christmas Medley Thomas D. Rossin, conductor Exultate Exultate 111 Buy

7:33	Trad. - I wonder as I wander Giovanni di Chiaro, guitat Centaur  2101 Buy

7:29	Traditional - All villagers of Chatres Musica Intima CBC 1154 Buy

7:23	Traditional French - What is this Lovely Fragrance?; Noel Nouvelet Musica Intima CBC 1154 Buy

7:20	Traditional - O Come, O Come Emmanuel Musica Intima CBC 1154 Buy

7:04	Robert Russell Bennett - The Many Moods of Christmas (3) Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80087 Buy

6 - 7 PM

6:59	Franz Schubert - Ave Maria Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar Centaur 2101 Buy

6:00	A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

5 - 6 PM

5:00	A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

4 - 5 PM

4:54	Traditional - The Holly and the Ivy; O Little Town of Bethlehem; The Golden Carol Arturo Delmoni & Alexander Romanul, violins Katherin Murdock, viola Nathaniel Rosen, cello John Marks 12 Buy

4:45	Claude Gervaise/Traditional - Branles; Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella; Patapan Renaissonics WGBH 4010 Buy

4:37	Traditional - The One Horse Open Sleigh; Gloucestershire Wassail; The Souling Song Robert DeCormier, conductor Robert DeCormier Singers Arabesque 6525 Buy

4:28	Emile Waldteufel - The Skaters Waltz Neville Marriner, conductor Academy of St Martin in the Fields Philips 422050 Buy

4:22	George Frideric Handel - Messiah: For unto us a child is born Trevor Pinnock, conductor English Concert DG 445766 Buy

4:18	Franz Liszt - The Shepherds at the Manger (In dulci jubilo) Kelly Yost, piano Channel Productions 1698 Buy

4:14	Traditional - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Michael Newman, guitar Laura Oltman, guitar Musical Heritage Society 515520 Buy

4:13	Composers Datebook

4:03	Felix Mendelssohn - 6 Christmas Pieces John Georgiadis, conductor Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra James Galway, flute RCA 60736 Buy

4:00	Franz Gruber - Silent Night Philip Ledger, conductor Choir of King's College, Cambridge EMI 47500 Buy

3 - 4 PM

3:57	Traditional - Still, Still, Still Yolanda Kondonassis, harp Telarc 80446 Buy

3:43	Christmas Music - Christmas Medley Foothills Brass Black Bear 6018 Buy

3:39	Carl Balle - The Happy Christmas Karle Erickson, conductor Gustavus Choir Delta 93329 Buy

3:36	Edvard Grieg - Good King Wenceslas/Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch 7737 Buy

3:34	Johann Sebastian Bach - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks/Two-Part Invention Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch 7737 Buy

3:28	Johann Sebastian Bach - Air on the G String Ton Koopman, conductor Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 60680 Buy

3:25	Alfred Burt - All on a Christmas Morning Dale Warland, conductor Dale Warland Singers Augsburg Fortress 1992 Buy

3:14	Jeff Tyzik - The Twelve Gifts of Christmas Jeff Tyzik, conductor Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Tonio DiPaolo, tenor RPO 2006 Buy

3:02	Traditional - O come, all ye faithful; The Shepherd's Carol; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers Collegium 133 Buy

3:00	Traditional - A Carol for All Seasons Donald Allured, conductor Westminster Concert Bell Choir Gothic 49244 Buy

2 - 3 PM

2:00	Performance Today

1 - 2 PM

1:00	Performance Today

Noon - 1 PM

12:53

Franz Schubert - Ave Maria Eva Beneke, guitar Lars Hoefs, cello Phil Popham, oboe GSI (NEW) Buy

12:42

Morten Lauridsen - O magnum mysterium Stephen Layton, conductor Polyphony Hyperion 67449 Buy

12:38

Javier Busto - O magnum mysterium Carl Hogset, conductor Grex Vocalis 2L 26 Buy

12:33

Ola Gjeilo - Serenity (O magnum mysterium) Charles Bruffy, conductor Phoenix Chorale Emmanuel Lopez, cello Chandos 5100 Buy

12:29

Francis Poulenc - Quatre Noels pour le temps de Noel: O Magnum Mysterium Harry Chistophers, conductor The Sixteen Virgin 59192 Buy

11 - Noon

11:00

Peter Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Ballet Leonard Slatkin, conductor Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra RCA 7005 Buy

10 - 11 AM

10:00

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

9 - 10 AM

9:00	A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

8 - 9 AM

8:45	Franz Liszt - Christus: March of the Three Kings James Conlon, conductor Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Erato 88231 Buy

8:39	Paul Lohman - What Child Philip Brunelle, conductor VocalEssence Clarion 939 Buy

8:36	Stephen Main - The Darkest Midnight in December Philip Brunelle, conductor VocalEssence Clarion 939 Buy

8:33	Brian Holmes - The Shepherd and the King Philip Brunelle, conductor VocalEssence Clarion 939 Buy

8:32	Traditional - Ding Dong Merrily on High Philip Brunelle, conductor VocalEssence Clarion 939 Buy

8:21	Wolfgang Mozart - Great Mass: Et incarnatus est John Eliot Gardiner, conductor English Baroque Soloists Sylvian McNair, s Philips 420210 Buy

8:19	Traditional - Masters in This Hall Cantus Cantus 1205 Buy

8:15	Composers Datebook

8:07	Ottorino Respighi - Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DG 437533 Buy

8:04	Traditional - We Wish You a Merry Christmas John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers Collegium 121 Buy

7 - 8 AM

7:57	Traditional - O Little Town of Bethlehem Jacqueline Schwab, p Dorian 90275 Buy

7:43	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Exsultate, Jubilate: Alleluia Trevor Pinnock, conductor English Concert Barbara Bonney, soprano London/Decca 468818 Buy

7:41	Johann Sebastian Bach - In dulci jubilo Roland Pontinen, piano Bis 1164 Buy

7:39	Michael Praetorius - Jubilate Domino Ludwig Guttler, conductor Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble Berlin 1037 Buy

7:33	Traditional - Christmas Medley Arthur Fiedler, conductor Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 6428 Buy

7:29	Abbie Betinis - The Mirthful Heart MPR Carolers MPR Recording  Buy

7:25	Bates Burt - While All the Earth Was Dark and Dreary MPR Carolers MPR Recording  Buy

7:15	Francesco Manfredini - Concerto No. 12 "Christmas Concerto" I Solisti Italiani Denon 78912 Buy

7:08	Traditional; Darke - Up Good Christen Folk; In the bleak midwinter David Willcocks, conductor Choir of King's College, Cambridge EMI 63179 Buy

7:04	Peter Tchaikovsky - Nutrcracker: Mother Ginger Charles Mackarras, conductor London Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80137 Buy

6 - 7 AM

6:53	Various - Carol Medley John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers Collegium 503 Buy

6:47	Bates Burt - Let’s Have a Merry Song Tonight MPR Carolers MPR Recording  Buy

6:43	Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride John Williams, conductor Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 48232 Buy

6:34	Martin Luther; Traditional - Christmas Medley Andrew Parrott, conductor Taverner Consort, Choir & Players Andrew Parrott, tenor Stephen Charlesworth, baritone EMI 49809 Buy

6:31	Traditional - O Sanctissima Philadelphia Brass Ensemble Sony 7033 Buy

6:26	Traditional - Sans Day Carol John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers Collegium 121 Buy

6:20	Gustaf Nordqvist - Jul, Jul, Stralande Jul Magnum Chorum MPR 20111 Buy

6:15	The Writer's Almanac

6:07	Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata: Sinfonia William Lacey, conductor Winchester College Chapel Choir Naxos 557965 Buy

6:04	Traditional - Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Philip Brunelle, conductor VocalEssence RCA 68015 Buy

5 - 6 AM

5:47	Tavener; Rutter - Christmas Medley Brian Jones, conductor Trinity Choir Dorian 93240 Buy

5:30	Christmas Music - Good King Wenceslas; Carol of the Bells; O Come, O Come Emmanuel; I Wonder as I Wander; What Child is This?; The First Nowell; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing; Hallelujah Chorus Canadian Brass Philips 426835 Buy

5:15	Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols Matthew Best, conductor English Chamber Orchestra Thomas Allen, baritone Hyperion 20420 Buy

5:08	Philip Lane - Overture on French Carols Gavin Sutherland, conductor Royal Ballet Sinfonia Dutton 7151 Buy

5:06	Peter Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Canadian Brass Philips 426835 Buy

5:01	Traditional English - The darkest midnight in December Westminster Choir Emma Kirkby, soprano Sony 62688 Buy

4 - 5 AM

4:51	Giuseppe Torelli - Concerto Grosso No. 6 "Christmas Concerto" I Musici Philips 432118 Buy

4:40	Francis Poulenc - Four Christmas Motets Stephen Layton, conductor Polyphony Hyperion 67623 Buy

4:36	Agustin Barrios - Villancico de Navidad John Williams, guitar Sony 14332 Buy

4:26	Malcolm Arnold - Fantasy on Christmas Carols fr The Holly and the Ivy Rumon Gamba, conductor BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Chandos 9851 Buy

4:20	Henry Gauntlett - Once in Royal David's City Harry Christophers, conductor The Sixteen Collins 13002 Buy

4:06	Arthur Sullivan - Christmas Revels Andrew Penny, conductor RTE Sinfonietta Marco Polo 223677 Buy

4:01	Christmas Music - The First Nowell; O Come, All Ye Faithful Ayako Shinozaki, harp Sony 62677 Buy

3 - 4 AM

3:29	Traditional French - Four Carols Joe Miller, conductor Westminster Choir WCC 1009 Buy

3:09	Christmas Music - Christmas Medley John Morris Russell, conductor Cincinnati Pops Fanfare Cincinnati 1 Buy

3:07	Pauls Dambis - Welcome, Christmas! Andres Jansons, conductor New York Latvian Concert Choir Monta Martinsone, soprano Albany 1040 Buy

3:01	Traditional - Three Danish Christmas Songs Martin Neary, conductor National Philharmonic Orchestra Michala Petri, recorder RCA 60060 Buy

2 - 3 AM

2:53	John Rutter - Christmas Night Robert Shafer, conductor Washington Chorus, National Capital Brass William Neil, organ Gothic 49235 Buy

2:37	Marc-Antoine Charpentier - 17th Century Noels Bernard Labadie, conductor The King's Violins Dorian 90180 Buy

2:34	Michael Praetorius - Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen Eva Beneke, guitar GSI 98010 Buy

2:07	Christmas Music - Christmas Medley Jeremy Backhouse, conductor Vasari Singers Martin Ford, organ Naxos 573030 Buy

2:01	Traditional French - Carol to the King Craig Jessop, conductor Mormon Tabernacle Choir Mormon Tabernacle 5007325 Buy

1 - 2 AM

1:48	Otto Nicolai - Christmas Overture Karl Anton Rickenbacker, conductor Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Virgin 91079 Buy

1:20	Christmas Music - The Joy of Christmas John Rutter, conductor City of London Sinfonia Collegium 111 Buy

1:18	Traditional French - Ballad of Jesus Christ David Robertson, conductor Orchestra of St. Luke's Jessye Norman, soprano Philips 454640 Buy

1:08	Johann Sebastian Bach - Chorale Variations Seiji Ozawa, conductor Boston Symphony Orchestra Philips 432092 Buy

1:01	Christmas Music - Christmas; Sleep, my little child Ensemble Amarcord Apollon 10101 Buy

Midnight - 1 AM

12:29

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Christmas Eve Neeme Jarvi, conductor Scottish National Orchestra Chandos 8327 Buy

12:21

Traditional - Christmas Medley Edward Higginbottom, conductor Choir of New College, Oxford CRD 3443 Buy

12:10

Engelbert Humperdinck - Hansel and Gretel: Dream Pantomime Georg Tintner, conductor Symphony Nova Scotia CBC 5167 Buy

12:06

Christmas Music - Rocking Carol (Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep) John Rutter, conductor Clare College Singers & Orchestra EMI 69950 Buy

12:01

Adam Saunders - Fairytale Sleighride Gavin Sutherland, conductor Royal Ballet Sinfonia Naxos 572744 Buy