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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
2:05 am
music continues...
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.
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.
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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