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      Playlist for Monday, December 22, 2025

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Donald Fraser: "This Christmastide (Jessye's Carol)"

      Duquesne University Chbr Singers/Brady R Allred

      Duquesne University DUQCS-03-2

      12:05 am

      Claude Debussy: "Children's Corner" Suite

      Ulster Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier
      Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

      Chandos CHAN-8756

      12:22 am

      Robert Schumann: "Kinderball", Op. 130

      Peter Frankl & András Schiff, p

      Vox CD3X-3001 (3)

      12:35 am

      African Trad: Carol, "O Come, Little Children"

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      The Glorious Sound Of Christmas

      CBS MK-6369

      12:37 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in g minor, K. 183

      Orch/Bruno Walter

      Odyssey Y-35221

      12:54 am

      Austrian Trad: Carol, "Still, still, still"

      Bielefeld Children's Cho/Friedrich Oberschelp

      EMI/Ang CDZ7-62576-2

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Vom Himmel hoch (From the sky above)" BWV 700

      Philip Brunelle, o (Congregational Church, Plymouth, MN)
      Serenade For A Christmas Night

      Virgin 91088-2

      1:02 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale prelude, "In Dulci Jubilo (In sweet rejoicing)" BWV 729

      Philip Brunelle, o (Congregational Church, Plymouth, MN)
      Serenade For A Christmas Night

      Virgin 91088-2

      1:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248

      Part 4

      Soloists; Leipzig Radio Cho, Dresden Staatskapelle/Schreier
      Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248

      Philips 420204-2 (3)

      1:28 am

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

      Offenbach Children's Cho/Werner Blum

      CBS CS-9200

      1:29 am

      Anton Arensky: Piano Trio #1 in d, Op 32

      Rembrandt Trio
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Piano Trio, Op. 50 / ARENSKY, A.S.: Piano Trio No. 1

      Dorian DOR-90146

      1:54 am

      Welsh Trad: Carol, "Deck the Hall"

      CSU Chamber Singers/Lee Egbert
      Christmas At Colorado State University, Vol. IV

      Sgc 1001 (2)

      2:00 am

      Giuseppe Torelli: Concerto grosso in g, Op 8/6, "Christmas Concerto"

      English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston
      Christmas Concertos

      Novalis 150133-2 (2)

      2:05 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Christmas Cantata, "O di Betlemme altera"

      Nancy Argenta, s; Chandos Baroque Players

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54176-2

      2:22 am

      English Trad: Carol, "Rejoice and be Merry"

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      Merry Christmas

      Centaur CRC-2037

      2:23 am

      Friedrich Kuhlau: "Grand Trio" in G, Op 119

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, Shigenori Kudo, f's; John Steele Ritter, p
      Rampal & Kudo Play Telemann, Kuhlau, Bach, Mozart & Doppler

      Sony SK-46482

      2:40 am

      Gustav Holst: "Christmas Day"

      Solid Brass
      SOLID BRASS: Christmas with Solid Brass

      Dorian DOR-90114

      2:46 am

      William Walton: "Capriccio burlesco"

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-8968

      2:54 am

      English Trad: The Wassail Song

      The Western Wind
      An Old-Fashioned Christmas (Caroling With The Western Wind)

      Nonesuch 79053-2

      3:00 am

      French Trad: Carol, "Angels We Have Heard on High"

      Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Jerold D Ottley

      Intersound CDS-3494

      3:05 am

      Marc-Antoine Charpentier: "Noël sur les instruments"

      English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston
      Christmas Concertos

      Novalis 150133-2 (2)

      3:22 am

      Claude Balbastre: Noël, "Où s'en vont ces gais bergers?"

      Marie-Claire Alain, o (Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit d'Uzés)
      Noëls pour Orgue

      Erato ECD-88161

      3:27 am

      English Trad: Carol, "Little Town of Bethlehem"

      John Klein, carillon

      CBS CK-44387

      3:29 am

      French Trad: Carol, "Angels We Have Heard on High"

      Baylor University A Capella Cho/Hugh Sanders

      Resmiranda 8011

      3:31 am

      English Trad: Carol, "We Three Kings of Orient Are"

      Baylor University A Capella Cho/Hugh Sanders

      Resmiranda 8011

      3:36 am

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hänsel und Gretel"

      "Dream Pantomime"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Pops Christmas Party

      RCA 61685-2

      3:45 am

      Johann Ernst Altenburg: Concerto for Seven Trumpets and Timpani

      Wallace Collection, Philharmonia/Christopher Warren-Green

      Nimbus NI-5065

      3:51 am

      English Trad: Carol, "Away in a manger"

      John Klein, carillon

      CBS CK-44387

      4:00 am

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

      Giovanni De Chiaro, g
      The Sounds Of Christmas On Guitar

      Centaur CRC-2262

      4:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-Flat, Op 20

      Hausmusik
      String Quintet In A Major, Op. 18/ Octet In E Flat Major, Op. 20

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49958-2

      4:37 am

      Anton Heiller: Setting of Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

      Marian Metson, o (Memorial Church, Harvard U)
      Christmas Rhapsody: An Organ Tour in Boston

      Raven OAR-260

      4:38 am

      English Trad: Carol, "O Come All Ye Faithful"

      Bach Cho; Philip Jones Brass Ens; John Scott, o/David Willcocks
      The Magic of Christmas

      London 443401-2

      4:43 am

      French Trad: Carol, "Angels from the realms of glory"

      Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Philharmonia Orch/Carl Davis
      The Magic of Christmas

      London 443401-2

      4:46 am

      Richard Pygott: "Quid petis, o fili?"

      King's Singers

      EMI/Ang CDM7-64133-2

      4:54 am

      English Trad: "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"

      Joseph Alessi, Mark Lawrence, Carl Lenthe, M Dee Stewart, tb
      Tb,
      Trombones Under The Tree

      Summit DCD-146

      5:00 am

      Richard WILLIS: Carol, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"

      Robert Decormier Singers/Robert DeCormier
      Christmas Eve

      Arabesque Z-6527

      5:03 am

      English Trad: "The Boar's Head Carol"

      Robert Decormier Singers/Robert DeCormier
      Christmas Eve

      Arabesque Z-6527

      5:05 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Dances of Galánta"

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Antal Dorati • Kodály • Bartók

      Mercury 432005-2

      5:20 am

      English Trad: Carol, O Come All Ye Faithful

      London Brass
      Christmas with the London Brass

      Teldec 46443-2

      5:23 am

      German Trad: Carol, "In dulci jubilo"

      London Brass; Leslie Pearson, o
      Christmas With London Brass

      Teldec 46443-2

      5:25 am

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

      London Brass
      Christmas With London Brass

      Teldec 46443-2

      5:29 am

      Welsh Trad: Carol, "Deck the Hall"

      Oregon Repertory Singers/Gilbert Seeley
      The Glory of Christmas * Oregon Repertory Singers

      Koch 3-7362-2

      5:30 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 110, "Unser Mund sei voll Lachens (May our mouth be filled with laughter)"

      Soloists; Leipzig Thomaner Cho, New Bach Collegium Musicum/Rotzsch

      Berlin Classics 0021002-BC

      5:54 am

      John Reading: Carol, "O Come, All Ye Faithful"

      Aaron Brask, fh

      Last Horn LH-1001

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:03 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Winter," RV. 297

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons etc.

      Avie AV-2344

      6:12 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires"

      "Invierno Porteño (Winter)"

      New Century Chamber Orch/Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, v
      Together

      NSS Music NSS-CD-8

      6:21 am

      George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches

      No. 2, "Noël"

      Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Hanson Conducts Chadwick, MacDowell & Peter

      Mercury 434337-2

      6:32 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "The Seasons," Op. 67

      Winter

      Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart
      Glazunov: The Seasons

      Telarc CD-80347

      6:42 am

      Traditional: Carol, "Angels We Have Heard on High"

      Cantus
      Into the Light

      Signum SIGCD-723

      6:50 am

      George F. Bristow: "A Winter's Tale" Overture

      Royal Northern Sinfonia/Rebecca Miller
      George Frederick Bristow: Orchestral Works

      New World 80768-2

      7:03 am

      Morton Gould: "Serenade of Carols"

      New Philharmonia Orch/Morton Gould
      A Musical Christmas Tree

      RCA 7931-2

      7:18 am

      Edgar Meyer: "Winter's Chill"

      Modern Mandolin Quartet; Edgar Meyer, db
      Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite

      Windham Hill 11108-2

      7:23 am

      Jay Ungar: "The Harvest Home Suite"

      "Winter (The Solstice)"

      Jay Ungar, v; Molly Mason, g; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
      Harvest Home: Music for All Seasons

      EMI CDC5-56720-2

      7:31 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"

      Aria, "Che gelida manina"

      Jussi Björling, t; RCA Victor Orch/Thomas Beecham
      La Bohème

      EMI 67753-2

      7:36 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"

      Aria, "Sì, mi chiamano Mimì"

      de los Ángeles, s; Björling, t; RCA Victor Orch/Beecham
      La Bohème

      EMI 67753-2

      7:43 am

      Lars-Erik Larsson: "The Winter's Tale"

      Four Vignettes

      Helsingborg Sym Orch/Andrew Manze
      Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

      CPO 777671-2

      7:54 am

      Hugh Martin: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Paris Chamber Orch/Sascha Goetzel
      Winter Gardens

      Warner 2173241838

      8:04 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37b

      November-December

      Tampere Phil Orch/Leonid Grin
      Tchaikovsky: Seasons Etc

      Ondine ODE-782-2

      8:13 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Lieutenant Kijé" Suite, Op. 60

      IV. "Troika"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky - Lieutenant Kijé - Scythian Suite

      DG 447419-2

      8:15 am

      Traditional Russian: "The troika speeds along"

      Paul Hill Cho, Washington Balalaika Society/Paul Hill
      Russia!

      Centaur CRC-2230

      8:22 am

      Victor Hely-Hutchinson: "Carol Symphony"

      I. Allegro energico "(O Come All Ye Faithful)"

      City of Prague Phil Orch/Gavin Sutherland
      Hely-Hutchinson / Standford / Kelly - Carol Symphony

      Naxos 8.557099

      8:26 am

      Victor Hely-Hutchinson: "Carol Symphony"

      II. Scherzo ("God rest ye merry, gentlemen")

      City of Prague Phil Orch/Gavin Sutherland
      A Carol Symphony

      Naxos 8.557099

      8:33 am

      Traditional English: "The Wassail Song"

      Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw
      Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns & Carols

      Telarc CD-80377

      8:34 am

      Traditional English: "Here We Come A-Wassailing"

      King's Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      A Little Christmas Music * The King's Singers

      EMI CDC7-49909-2

      8:36 am

      Traditional English: "Somerset Wassail"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Christmas With The Cambridge Singers

      Collegium COLCD-111

      8:39 am

      Traditional English: "Gloucestershire Wassail"

      Quadriga Consort
      Winter's Delights - Early Christmas Music & Carols from the British Isles

      Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88875075722

      8:41 am

      Traditional English: "The Wassail Song"

      Smoking Bishop
      Any Tune for a Tuppence

      Final Score 888295197816

      8:46 am

      Conni Ellisor: "Blackberry Winter"

      1st mvt

      Stephen Seifert, dulcimer; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
      Ellisor: Conversations In Silence; Blackberry Winter; Barber: Canzonetta; Scearce: Endymion's Sleep; Mock: The Stone

      Warner Classics 46739-2

      8:51 am

      Michel Corrette: "Symphonie de Noël" No. 1

      La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen
      Corrette: Les Six Symphonies de Noël

      Brilliant Classics 93538

      9:03 am

      Julius Fučík: "Winter Storms" Waltz, Op. 184

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      A Festival of Fučík

      Chandos CHSA-5158

      9:13 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Etudes, Op. 25

      No. 11 in a minor, "Winter Wind"

      Murray Perahia, p
      Frédéric Chopin: Études Opus 10, Opus 25 • Masterworks Expanded Edition / Murray Perahia

      Sony SK-92731

      9:17 am

      Bryan Kelly: Improvisations on Christmas Carols

      City of Prague Phil Orch/Gavin Sutherland
      Hely-Hutchinson / Standford / Kelly - Carol Symphony

      Naxos 8.557099

      9:31 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Holiday Celebration

      The sound of sleigh bells means that it's winter holiday time, and music is full of representations of celebratory music. All around the world, winter holidays of a wide variety are celebrated, and their music is wonderful to listen to regardless of which one you celebrate.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Holidays with Cantus

      One of the nation’s few full-time vocal ensembles, Cantus is widely known for its trademark vocal blend, innovative programming, and diverse repertoire. In a special visit to the WFMT studios, the gentlemen of Cantus join Louise Frank to share a warm and inviting mix of music for the holidays.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Los Angeles Philharmonic

      Gershwin Piano Concerto in F; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Caroline Shaw "The Observatory" (LA Phil commission); Strauss "Also sprach Zarathustra;" Teddy Abrams, conductor.