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Playlist for Saturday, December 20, 2025
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Hugo Alfvén: Gustav II Adolf, Op 49
"Elegy"
Helsingborg Sym Orch/Okko Kamu
Swedish Orchestral Favourites, Vol. 1
12:05 am
Daniel-François Auber: "Gustave III, ou le Bal Masqué"
Ballet music
English Chamber Orch/Richard Bonynge
Auber * Le Domino Noir * Sumi Jo * ECO * Richard Bonynge
12:30 am
Josef Martin Kraus: "Soliman II"
Overture
Swedish Royal Opera Orch/Philip Brunelle
Kraus: Soliman II * A Gustavian Turkish Opera * Royal Opera of Sweden
12:35 am
Josef Martin Kraus: Funeral Cantata
Chorus
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Stefan Parkman
12:37 am
Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)
Suite in D
Christopher Parkening, g
Christopher Parkening Plays Vivaldi & Warlock
12:49 am
Tielman Susato: "The Danserye" (1551)
New London Consort
Dansereye 1551
12:55 am
Italian Anon 16th c: Suite of Dances
Piffaro/Joan Kimball, Robert Wiemken
Piffaro The Renaissance Band- Canzoni e danze
1:00 am
Heinrich von Biber: Mystery Sonatas ("Rosary")
Sonata I, "Annunciation"
Evan Johnson, v; Loretta O'Sullivan, vc; Eric Milnes, hc
1:04 am
Heinrich von Biber: Mystery Sonatas ("Rosary")
Sonata II, "The Visitation"
Andrew Manze, v; Richard Egarr, hc
Biber: The Rosary Sonatas
1:05 am
Pierre Phalèse: "Laroque Gaillarde"
Renaissonics
Renaissonics
1:10 am
Heinrich von Biber: Mystery Sonatas ("Rosary")
Sonata VI, "The Agony in the Garden"
John Holloway, v; Tragicomedia
The Mystery Sonatas
1:18 am
John Rutter: "Nativity Carol"
Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
Christmas Night. Carols Of The Nativity
1:23 am
John Rutter: "Angels' Carol"
American Boy Cho/James Litton
Trumpets Sound • Voices Ring (A Joyous Christmas)
1:24 am
John Rutter: Partita (1976)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
British Light Music Discoveries 4
1:45 am
Adolphe-Charles Adam: "Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)"
Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
Christmas With The Cambridge Singers
1:52 am
English Trad: "The Cherry Tree Carol"
Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
Christmas Night. Carols Of The Nativity
2:00 am
Afro-American Trad: Spiritual, Children Go Where I Send Thee
Robert Decormier Singers/Robert DeCormier
Children Go Where I Send Thee- A Christmas Celebration Around The World
2:05 am
David Moritz Michael: "Suiten bey einer Quelle zu Blasen (By a Spring)"
Introduction and Part 1
Pacific Classical Winds
By A Spring
2:15 am
Jacob French: Carol, "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night"
Columbus Consort
Christmas in Early America
2:16 am
American VARIOUS: Carol, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Western Wind Cho
Christmas Celebration
2:20 am
L P BREEDLOVE: Hymn, Shepherds Rejoice
American Music Group/Neely Bruce
N/A
2:22 am
Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
Roger Wagner Cho, Organ and Brass Ensemble/Roger Wagner
A Christmas Festival
2:31 am
Howard Hanson: "Merry Mount" Suite (1938)
Love Duet
Nashville Sym Orch/Kenneth Schermerhorn
HANSON: Symphony No. 1, 'Nordic' / Merry Mount Suite
2:36 am
Arnold Freed: "Three Shepherd Carols"
Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy
Nativitas' - American Christmas Carols
3:00 am
Francesco Manfredini: "Sinfonia pastorale per il santissimo natale" in D, Op 2/12
English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston
Christmas Concertos
3:05 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248
Part 6
Soloists; Gächinger Kantorei; Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Rilling
Weihnachtsoratorium
3:28 am
Felix Mendelssohn: Carol, "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"
Bornand Collection Of Music Boxes
A Music Box Of Christmas Carols
3:29 am
Alexander Glazunov: Oriental Rhapsody, Op 29
USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
Forest, Sea, Oriental Rhapsody
3:55 am
Ukrainian Trad: "Carol of the Bells"
Roger Wagner Cho/Roger Wagner
Choral Music - LEONTOVITCH, M. / RUTTER, J. / MACGIMSEY, R. / GARDNER, J. (… to catch a Christmas star - Christmas with Roger Wagner)
4:00 am
German Trad: Carol, "O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)"
Hollywood Bowl Sym Orch/Carmen Dragon
The Music Of Christmas
4:02 am
English Trad: Carol, O Come All Ye Faithful
Hollywood Bowl Sym Orch/Carmen Dragon
The Music Of Christmas
4:05 am
English Trad: Carol, The First Nowell
York Minster Cho/Francis Jackson
Christmas Carols
4:10 am
J Wainright: Carol, Christians, Awake!
York Minster Cho/Francis Jackson
Christmas Carols
4:14 am
English Trad: Carol, Once in Royal David's City
York Minster Cho/Francis Jackson
Christmas Carols
4:19 am
English Trad: Carol, God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
York Minster Cho/Francis Jackson
Christmas Carols
4:22 am
English Trad: Carol, Hail to the Lord's Annointed
Tubadours
The Mighty Tubadours
4:24 am
Edward Elgar: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36
Royal Phil/Andrew Litton
In The South, Serenade, Enigma Variations
4:55 am
Imogen Holst: That Lord That Lay in Asse Stall
King's College Cho Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
Carols From King's
5:00 am
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: Prelude and Fugue in C
Joseph Payne, o
German Organ Music, Vol. 1
5:05 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in c minor, Op.37
Mahler Chamber Orch/Leif Ove Andsnes, p
The Beethoven Journey
5:40 am
Norwegian Trad: Carol, "O, jul med din glede"
Skruk/Per Hildre
5:42 am
Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23
No. 4, The Abduction of the Bride/Ingrid's Lament
Oslo Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
Peer Gynt Excerpts From The Incidental Music
5:46 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Abduction from the Seraglio," K. 384
Aria, "Martern aller Arten"
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
5:54 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Abduction from the Seraglio," K. 384
Chorus, "Bassa Selim lebe lange"
John Alldis Cho, St Martin's Academy/Colin Davis
More Of The Best Of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6:00 am
Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"
Boston Trinity Church Cho/Brian Jones
Choral Recital: Boston Trinity Church Choir - BIEBL, F.X. / TAVENER, J. / PART, A. / DIRKSEN, R.W. (Radiant Light - Songs for the Millennium)
6:05 am
Tomas Luis de Victoria: "Missa O Magnum Mysterium" with motet
Tiffany Consort
O Magnum Mysterium * The Tiffany Consort
6:23 am
Spanish Trad: Carol, "Patapan"
BBC Singers, Royal Phil/James Galway, f
James Galway's Christmas Carol
6:25 am
Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto para una fiesta"
David Russell, g; Naples Phil/Erich Kunzel
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez/ Fantasia Gentilhombre
6:54 am
Spanish Trad: Spanish Carol (Tonight A Babe Is Born)
Chanticleer
Christmas With Chanticleer
7:00 - 11:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings
With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.
7:02 am
Sven Helbig: "Frost"
Fauré Quartet, Leipzig Radio Sym Orch/Kristjan Järvi
Pocket Symphonies
7:07 am
Hugh Martin: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Charles Vernon, tb; Sym Brass of Chicago/Barry Faldner
Christmas with the Symphony Brass of Chicago
7:13 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313
Julius Baker, f; I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro
The Virtuoso Flute, Vol. 2
7:39 am
Felix Bernard: "Winter Wonderland"
Dave Brubeck, p
A Dave Brubeck Christmas
7:45 am
Josef Suk: "Fantastic Scherzo," Op. 25
Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
Suk: Fairy Tale * Fantastic Scherzo
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Serenade to Music"
Atlanta Sym Orch & Cho/Robert Spano
Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia/Symphony No 5
8:16 am
Mykola Leontovych: "Carol of the Bells"
George Winston, p
December
8:20 am
Traditional: "Good King Wenceslas"
Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surrick, viga
A Star in the East
8:21 am
Traditional: "Veni, veni, Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)"
Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass by Northside Brass
8:24 am
Michel Legrand: "The Young Girls of Rochefort"
Concerto
Alexandre Tharaud, p; Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano
Cinema
8:26 am
Michel Legrand: "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"
"I Will Wait for You"
Gautier Capuçon, vc; Jérôme Ducros, p; Orch National de Bretagne/Johanna Malangré
Sensations
8:30 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
"Ode to Joy"
Pete Seeger, banjo & whistling
Pete Seeger - Darling Corey And Goofing-Off Suite
8:32 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
IV. Finale, "Ode to Joy" (excerpt)
Soloists; Nicolaus Esterházy Cho & Sinfonia/Béla Drahos
Claudio Otelli, bass-baritone,
Bring on the Joy!
8:39 am
George Frideric Handel: "Judas Maccabaeus"
Chorus, "Sing unto God"
Soloists; St Martin's Academy & Cho/Neville Marriner
Handel: Coronation Anthems
8:42 am
George Frideric Handel: "Judas Maccabaeus"
Chorus, "See the conqu'ring hero comes!"
St Martin's Academy & Cho/Neville Marriner
Handel: Coronation Anthems
8:45 am
Claude Thomas Smith: Danse Folatre
United States Air Force Band/James Bankhead
On Winged Flight
8:56 am
Leroy Anderson: "Sleigh Ride"
Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
John Williams - Conductor
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:01 am
John Williams: "Home Alone"
"Somewhere in My Memory"
Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
John Williams Conductor
9:04 am
John Williams: "Home Alone"
"Star of Bethlehem"
Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
Joy To The World
9:08 am
John Williams: "Home Alone"
"Mom Returns" and Finale
Orch/John Williams
Home Alone - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Anniversary Edition
9:14 am
Cyril Mockridge: "Miracle on 34th Street"
Suite
Royal Phil Orch/David Newman
Sundance Film Music Series Vol. 1
9:25 am
Miles Goodman: "The Muppet Christmas Carol"
Overture
Orch/Miles Goodman
The Muppet Christmas Carol (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:28 am
Miles Goodman: "The Muppet Christmas Carol"
"Christmas Morning"
Orch/Miles Goodman
The Muppet Christmas Carol (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:29 am
Miles Goodman: "The Muppet Christmas Carol"
"Thankful Heart"
Michael Caine, voice; Orch/Miles Goodman
The Muppet Christmas Carol (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:32 am
Alan Silvestri: "The Polar Express"
"Seeing is Believing"
Cho & Orch/Alan Silvestri
The Polar Express (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:36 am
Alan Silvestri: "The Polar Express"
"Spirit of the Season"
Cho & Orch/Alan Silvestri
The Polar Express (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:40 am
Mark Orton: "The Holdovers"
"Drive to Boston"
Mark Orton, g; Studio Orch
The Holdovers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:42 am
Mark Orton: "The Holdovers"
"A Girl in Tow/Back to Barton"
Studio Orch
The Holdovers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:47 am
Mark Orton: "The Holdovers"
"It's Christmas!"
Studio Orch
The Holdovers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:50 am
James Horner: "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)
"The Shape of Things to Come"
Studio Cho & Orch/James Horner
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:56 am
Albert Hague: "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
Thurl Ravenscroft, b; Studio Orch/Albert Hague
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
10:01 am
George Gershwin: "Promenade (Walking the Dog)"
Richard Hosford, cl; Ian Brown, p
Herrmann, Gershwin, Waxman & Copland: American Chamber Music
10:05 am
Mark O'Connor: "The American Seasons"
Winter
Mark O'Connor, v; Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
Mark O'Connor: The American Seasons
10:21 am
Fernando Sor: Variations on a theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute"
Waller & Maxwell Guitar Duo
Favorites: Tales of Love, Loss & Magic
10:32 am
Julie Giroux: "Christmas with Mozart"
U of Texas at El Paso Symphonic Winds/Ron Hufstader
Julie Giroux Presents: Concert Band Christmas Gone Crazy
10:38 am
Margaret Bonds: "The Ballad of the Brown King"
"That was a Christmas long ago; Alleluia"
Dessoff Choirs and Orch/Malcolm J. Merriweather
Margaret Bonds * The Ballad of the Brown King & Selected Songs
10:44 am
Johannes Brahms: "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80
London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Overtures
10:56 am
Traditional Jewish: "Odessa Bulgar"
Philharmonix
Vienna Berlin Music Club Vol. 3
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Angelika Wang, 17, piano. Beethoven "Appassionata" Sonata, 1st mvt; Messiaen: "Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus"; Rachmaninoff Etude-tableau, Op. 39, No. 6; Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D minor. Originally broadcast October 12, 2024.
11:45 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Wind Divertimento in B-Flat, H II:46
Ensemble Wien-Berlin
Haydn - Danzi - Bozza - Ibert - Villa-Lobos
12:00 - 2:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Mozart's The Magic Flute
Paul Appleby (Tamino); Joélle Harvey (Pamina); Michael Sumuel (Papageno); Rainelle Krause (Queen of the Night); Alexander Köpeczi (Sarastro); Thomas Capobianco (Monostatos); Harold Wilson (Speaker); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Steven White. Abridged version, sung in English.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Margaret Bonds’s "The Ballad of the Brown King" and other music for Christmas.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain
An Irish-Appalachian Celebration
Recorded live in concert in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gartner Auditorium, the acclaimed period instrument ensemble Apollo’s Fire explores the history of Appalachia’s Irish and Scottish roots through music. Enjoy this lively celebration complete with fiddlers, medieval harp, hammered dulcimer, bagpipes, singers, and children’s voices, all led by Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: Recorded live in 2007, the international Guy Mendilow Ensemble illuminated Channukah and sounds from around world.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Folk freezes over with seasonal songs about fronts, snow and other wintry weather.
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