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Playlist for Friday, December 19, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
African Trad: Carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
Kathln Battle, s; Frdrca von Stade, ms; Cho, Orch of St Luke's/André Pre
A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert
12:05 am
African Trad: Carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
12:09 am
Craig Courtney: "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Jerold D Ottley
12:20 am
French Trad: Carol, "The holly and the ivy"
New York Choral Artists/Joseph Flummerfelt
Come, All Ye Faithful
12:22 am
Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"
"In nativitate Domini"
Leslie Howard, p
Responsories and Antiphons
12:31 am
Franz Liszt: "Tasso, lamento e trionfo," Symphonic Poem No. 2 (1849)
Prague Radio Sym Orch/ Macura
12:53 am
George Frideric Handel: Hymn, "Joy to the World"
New York Choral Artists/Joseph Flummerfelt
Come, All Ye Faithful
1:00 am
Claude Debussy: "Silent Night" (after "Clair de Lune")
Jeffrey Biegel, p
Classical Carols
1:05 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 22
André Watts, p; Atlanta Sym/Yoel Levi
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1/ Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2
1:29 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Away in a Manger" (after "The Swan")
Jeffrey Biegel, p
Classical Carols
1:32 am
English Trad: Carol, "Good King Wenceslas"
Paul Plunkett, tr; Rudolf Lutz, o
In Dulci Jubilo
1:34 am
Michael Praetorius: Chorale, "In dulci jubilo (Now sing we, now rejoice)"
Waverly Consort/Michael Jaffee
A Renaissance Christmas Celebration With The Waverly Consort
1:38 am
Ture Rangström: Advent
Lars Roos, p
Piano- Malarlegender, Sonat E-Moll
1:42 am
Edmund Rubbra: Advent Cantata, "Natum Maria Virgine," Op 136
S Varcoe, br; St Martin's Academy Cho, City of London Sinfonia/R Hickox
Rubbra: Four Mediaeval Latin Lyrics
1:54 am
Haydn: "I Saw Three Ships" (after Allegro in F)
Jeffrey Biegel, p
Classical Carols
2:00 am
English Trad: Carol, "Away in a manger"
Gloriae Dei Ringers (handbells)
The Bells Of Christmas
2:05 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248
Part 3
Soloists; Vienna Boys' Cho, Concentus Musicus/Harnoncourt
2:29 am
English Trad: Carol, "Good King Wenceslas"
Paul Plunkett, tr; Rudolf Lutz, o
In Dulci Jubilo
2:31 am
Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15
Martha Argerich, p
2:49 am
English Trad: Carol, "O Come All Ye Faithful"
King's College Cho Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/DavidWillcocks
2:54 am
English Trad: "Sussex Carol"
Memphis Boychoir & Chamber Cho/John Ayer
Hodie – A 20th Century Yuletide Celebration
3:00 am
German Trad: Carol, "O du fröhliche!"
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; Ambrosian Sngrs, Philharmonia/CharlesMackerras
The Elizabeth Schwarzkopf Christmas Album
3:02 am
Traditional: "Sandmännchen"
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; Philharmonia/Sir CharlesMackerras
Christmas Album * Schwarzkopf/Mackerras
3:05 am
Johannes Brahms: Two Rhapsodies, Op 79
Wilhelm Kempff, p
3:20 am
Nicolai Leontovich: "Carol of the Bells"
New York Choral Artists/Joseph Flummerfelt
Come, All Ye Faithful
3:21 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10
Vienna Sym Orch/Eliahu Inbal
3:54 am
English Trad: Carol, "The First Noël"
Glen Ellyn Children's Cho, Chicago Chamber Brass/Doreen Rao
Christmas With Chicago Chamber Brass
4:00 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves (1934)
Orch/Morton Gould
Greensleeves, The Beautiful Music Of Ralph Vaughn Williams And Eric Coates
4:19 am
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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.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Peter Tchaikovsky, part II (1840-1893)
This week, we’ll continue our exploration of Peter Tchaikovsky, focusing on the latter part of his life, including his symphonies, ballets, and life at the Moscow Conservatory. Bill will begin with Tchaikovsky’s "Variations on a Rococo Theme," Op. 33, for cello and orchestra, composed in 1876. We will conclude the week with his Symphony No. 6 in B minor, titled "Pathétique," which premiered in 1893 just days before his death. Throughout the week, Bill will share the story of Tchaikovsky’s failed marriage and his unique relationship with his patroness, Nadezhda von Meck.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Music of the Baroque at the National Museum of Mexican Art
Live from Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood: The MOB Chorus and Brass present a program combining festive sounds of the season with a tour of Baroque-era music and composers active in Mexico and Latin America.
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
Janis Joplin (1970)
A conversation with the American blues singer and song-writer Janis Joplin (1943 – 1970) recorded by Studs on his portable tape recorded backstage at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom. The show includes three interpretations of the Gershwin song "Summertime" – one by Mahalia Jackson, another by Billie Holiday, and one by Joplin.
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