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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
4:05 am
Peter Cornelius: "Weihnachtslieder," Op 8
Peter Schreier, t; Norman Shetler, p
Weihnachtslieder
4:19 am
German Anon 15th c: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich
Niederaltaicher Scholars/Konrad Ruhland
In Natali Domini: Mediaeval Christmas Songs
4:21 am
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano and Strings Concerto in a
Cyprien Katsaris, p; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/János Rolla
4:52 am
German Trad: Personent hodie
Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
Christmas With The Cambridge Singers
5:00 am
Leroy Anderson: "Forgotten Dreams"
Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
5:02 am
Leroy Anderson: "Sleigh Ride"
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Sleigh Ride!
5:05 am
Leroy Anderson: "Suite of Carols"
BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin
ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock
5:17 am
Haydn: "Joy to the World (after Piano Sonata in D)"
Jeffrey Biegel, p
Classical Carols
5:18 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker" Suite, Op. 71a
#13, "Waltz of the Flowers"
Martha Argerich & Nicolas Economou, p's.
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Etc.
5:24 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
#13, "Waltz of the Flowers"
Philharmonia Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
Music From The Nutcracker
5:31 am
Jule Styne: Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
Giovanni De Chiaro, g
The Sounds Of Christmas On Guitar
5:34 am
Jacques Offenbach: "Le voyage dans la lune"
Ballet Music "(Ballet of the Snowflakes)"
Gulbenkian Foundation Orch/Michel Swierczewski
Offenbach Music from the Operettas
5:45 am
Emile Waldteufel: "Les Patineurs (The Skaters)" Waltz, Op 183
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
With Love From Vienna
5:53 am
Bernard Herrmann: "Currier and Ives Suite"
#1, "The Whirlwind Skater"
New Zealand Sym Orch/James Sedares
6:00 - 10:00 am
6:00 am
Morning Program
6:00 am
Hosted by Jan Weller.
6:03 am
Traditional: "The Christmas Suite"
Giovanni De Chiaro, g
The Sounds of Christmas on Guitar
6:16 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 30 in C, "Alleluia"
Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 30, 53 & 69
6:33 am
Kerry Turner: "Symphony of Carols"
American Horn Quartet; Queensland Sym Orch Horns/Peter Luff
The Christmas Album
6:48 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita (French Overture) in B minor, BWV 831
I. "Overture"
Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
More Bach, Please!
7:04 am
Fanny Mendelssohn: "Das Jahr"
December, "Allegro molto"
Chloe Flower, p; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Jessica Cottis
She Composed: The Holidays
7:06 am
Florence Price: "Song for Snow"
Chloe Flower, p; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Jessica Cottis
She Composed: The Holidays
7:09 am
Chloe Flowers and Katie Jenkins: "Dance of the Caribou"
Chloe Flower, p; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Jessica Cottis
She Composed: The Holidays
7:13 am
Alex Wurman: "March of the Penguins"
"The March"
Studio Orch/Jeffrey Schindler
March of the Penguins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
7:20 am
Woldemar Bargiel: Octet in C minor, Op. 15a
II. "Andante sostenuto"
Midsummer's Music
7:31 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"
III. "Allegro molto vivace"
Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection
7:39 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op. 43
IV. "Marche miniature"
Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on Bald Mountain and Other Russian Showpieces
7:42 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "A Klezmer Nutcracker"
Waltz of the Ruggelah
Shirim
7:47 am
John Cheetham: Sonata for Brass Quintet
Gaudete Brass
Chicago Moves
8:03 am
Daniel Powers: Overture, "Rejoice and Be Merry"
Moravian Phil Orch/Stanislav Vavřínek
Dashing, Vol. 4: Sounds of the Season
8:09 am
Kristina Arakelyan: "O Adonai"
Kristina Arakelyan, p; The Choir of King's College London/Joseph Fort
A Christmas Offering
8:15 am
Eric Ewazen: Oboe Concerto, "Down a River of Time"
III. "...and memories of tomorrow"
Linda Strommen, ob; Sejong Soloists
Sejong Plays Ewazen
8:24 am
Francis Poulenc: "Trois mouvements perpétuels"
Carol Wincenc, f; Eliot Fisk, g
Eliot Fisk, Carol Wincenc - Two American Virtuosi
8:31 am
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Snow Maiden"
Suite
Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Suites
8:46 am
Traditional Sephardic: "Ir me kero, Madre, a Yerushalayim"
Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
Sephardic Journey
8:52 am
Karl Goldmark: Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 26, "Rustic Wedding"
V. Finale, "Dance"
Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Michael Bartos
Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony, Op. 26, Im Frühling Overture
9:04 am
Elizabeth Poston: "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree"
Grant Park Cho/Christopher Bell
Songs of the Season
9:08 am
Traditional Polish: "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly"
Grant Park Cho/Christopher Bell
Songs of the Season
9:12 am
Henry Charles Litolff: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 47
IV. "Presto"
Leonore Piano Trio
Henry Charles Litolff: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2
9:22 am
William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American"
IV. "Lento (Aspirations)"
Civic Orchestra of Chicago/Thomas Wilkins
9:31 am
Traditional English: "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
Elmer Iseler Singers, Canadian Brass
The Christmas Album
9:40 am
Franz Lehár: Violin Concertino in B minor
Robert McDuffie, v; Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel
Viennese Violin: The Romantic Music of Lehár, Kreisler & Strauss
9:54 am
Michael Torke: "Unseen"
No. 8
East Coast Chamber Orch; Michael Torke Orch/Michael Torke
Unseen - Michael Torke
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.
10:00 am
Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"
Polovtsian Dances
Ensemble K/Simone Menezes
Metanoia
10:14 am
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: "Hodie Christus natus est"
Edison Singers/Noel Edison; Matthew Larkin, o
The First Nowell
10:18 am
Traditional English: Carol, "Tomorrow shall be my dancing day"
Edison Singers/Noel Edison; Matthew Larkin, o
The First Nowell
10:22 am
Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"
Suite
Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
Ravel: Five O'Clock Foxtrot, Bolero, La Valse
10:40 am
George Frideric Handel: Trio Sonata in F, Op. 2, No. 4
Brook Street Band
Handel: Trio Sonatas, Op. 2
10:52 am
Haydn Wood: "An 18th Century Scherzo"
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
English String Miniatures, Vol. 3
11:00 am
Selim Palmgren: "Aus Finnland," Op. 24
III. "Tanz der fallenden Blätter (Dance of the Falling Leaves)"
Oulu Sinfonia/Rumon Gamba
Pictures from Finland
11:08 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Thomas Allen, br; Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orch/Matthew Best
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Flos Campi, Mystical Songs
11:22 am
Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 1
La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
Once Upon A Time / Il Était Une Fois...
11:37 am
Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Saltarello and Piva
Ensemble/Rolf Lislevand, l
Diminuito
11:45 am
Ernst von Dohnányi: "Pastorale" (Hungarian Christmas Song)
Orion Weiss, p
Arc III
11:51 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
III. Finale, "Allegro con fuoco"
Lang Lang, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
First Piano Concertos
12:00 pm
Traditional Irish: "The Wexford Carol"
William Ferris Chorale/Paul French
Come to Bethlehem: The Fortieth Christmas
12:04 pm
Peter Warlock: "Come to Bethlehem"
William Ferris Chorale/Paul French
Come to Bethlehem: The Fortieth Christmas
12:08 pm
Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D
Canon
Wynton Marsalis, tr's; English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard
Baroque Music For Trumpets
12:16 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
Bach Cantatas Vol. 27 * Gardiner
12:29 pm
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E-Flat, Op. 9, No. 2
Maria João Pires, p
Chopin: The Nocturnes
12:33 pm
Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes
"Fêtes"
Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
Debussy: Nocturnes • La Damoiselle Élue / Dawn Upshaw, Paula Rasmussen/Esa-Pekka Salonen
12:41 pm
Elizabeth DiSavino: Suite of English Carols
Solid Brass
Christmas With Solid Brass
12:50 pm
Aaron Copland: "Our Town"
Suite
St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Music For Films
1:00 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Ruins of Athens," Op. 113
March and Chorus, "Twine Ye Garlands"
Beecham Cho Society, Royal Phil Orch/Thomas Beecham
Beethoven*, Sir Thomas Beecham - Symphony No . 7 / The Ruins Of Athens - Incidental Music
1:17 pm
music continues...
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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