Sunday, December 21, 2025

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      Playlist for Sunday, December 21, 2025

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      English Trad: Carol, "The First Noël"

      chor; Royal Phil Orch/Vaughan Meakins

      Intersound 2856

      12:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 9, No. 3

      London Haydn Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets, Op 9 * The London Haydn Quartet

      Hyperion CDA-67611 (2)

      12:25 am

      English Trad: Carol, "The First Nowell"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

      Telarc CD-80446

      12:26 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The First Nowell"

      Soloists; London Phil Orch & Cho/Vladimir Jurowski
      Vaughan Williams: The First Nowell/ Bach: Cantata 63/ Mendelssohn: Vom Himmel Hoch

      LPO 0050

      12:55 am

      English Trad: Carol, "I saw three ships"

      Musica Anima Chamber Orch/Arnie Roth
      Renaissance Holiday

      American Gramaphone AG-298-2

      1:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "Gloria" in D, R 589

      Chorus, "Et in terra pax"

      English Concert Cho, Orch/Trevor Pinnock
      Gloria / Dixit Dominus

      DG Archiv 423386-2

      1:04 am

      Gerald Finzi: "In Terra Pax," Op 39

      "Christmas Scene"

      Julia Doyle, s; Roderick Williams, br; City of London Cho; Bournemouth Sym/Hilary Davan Wetton
      CHRISTMAS ANTHOLOGY (A) - In Terra Pax (Doyle, Williams, City of London Choir, Bournemouth Symphony, Wetton)

      Naxos 8.572102

      1:21 am

      Gerald Finzi: Eclogue, Op 10

      Martin Jones, p; English String Orch/William Boughton
      Meditations for Autumn

      Nimbus NI-7069

      1:31 am

      William Mathias: Carol, "Sir Christèmas"

      Julia Doyle, s; Roderick Williams, br; City of London Cho; Bournemouth Sym/Hilary Davan Wetton
      CHRISTMAS ANTHOLOGY (A) - In Terra Pax (Doyle, Williams, City of London Choir, Bournemouth Symphony, Wetton)

      Naxos 8.572102

      1:32 am

      Arthur Sullivan: Ballet, "Victoria and Merrie England"

      Scene VI, "Christmas Revels"

      Dublin RTE Concert Orch/Andrew Penny
      SULLIVAN : Victoria and Merrie England

      Marco Polo 8.223677

      1:46 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Mikado"

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

      Philips 434916-2

      1:53 am

      French Trad: Carol, Ding, Dong, Merrily on High

      Elizabethan Singers/Louis Halsey
      Sir Cristemas

      Boston Skyline BSD-124

      2:00 am

      Hayman: "Christmas Medley"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      A Christmas Festival With Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops

      RCA 6428-2-RG

      2:05 am

      Ralph Hunter: Carol medley, "Sing Noel"

      Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth Patterson
      Sing Noel

      Gloriae Dei Cantores GDCD-105

      2:22 am

      French Trad: Carol, "Il est né le divin enfant"

      St Martin's Academy Cho/Neville Marriner
      Christmas With The Academy

      Philips 442141-2

      2:24 am

      Michael Praetorius: Carol, "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen"

      Empire Brass
      Joy To The World: Music Of Christmas

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49097-2

      2:28 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto serenata" (1956)

      Nancy Allen, h; Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47869-2

      2:50 am

      Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

      Telarc CD-80446

      2:53 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Part Sinfonias, BWV 787-801

      No. 11 in g minor

      Joao Carlos Martins, p

      Labor LAB-7010-2

      3:00 am

      Franz Gruber: Carol, "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)"

      Giovanni De Chiaro, g
      Christmas On Guitar

      Centaur CRC-2101

      3:05 am

      English Trad: Carol, "Deck the halls"

      Empire Brass; Nancy Allen, h; Mark Kroll, hc
      Joy To The World: Music Of Christmas

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49097-2

      3:08 am

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      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Advent 4/Christmas." As we prepare for the eve of Christmas, we’ll begin the festivities with music to celebrate the arrival of the Christ Child. Host Peter DuBois shares sacred choral and organ treasures of the season.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Handel "Messiah" Part I; Kiri Te Kanewa, soprano; Anne Gjevang, contralto; Keith Lewis, tenor; Gwynne Howell, bass-baritone; David Schrader, harpsichord; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Georg Solti, conductor; Gabrieli Sacrae Symphoniae No. 6, Sonata "Pian e forte;" Canzon duodecimi toni à 10; Canzon septime toni à 8 (No. 2); CSO Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor; Tchaikovsky Selections from "The Nutcracker," Op. 71; Fritz Reiner, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Classical Christmas in Latin America As a priest and a professional composer working for the church, Jose Mauricio de Nunes Garcia wrote several pieces celebrating Christmas. Fiesta celebrates the season with a recording of his monumental mass entitled “Missa de Nossa Senhora da Conceição”, a great example of the early Classical style developed on this side of the Atlantic between the 18th and 19th century.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Art of William Kapell

      The art of William Kapell.