Thursday, December 25, 2025

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      12:00 am

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Bach Christmas Oratorio

      La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, and soloists, under the direction of Jordi Savall perform Bach's monumental oratorio for the Christmas season. Recorded live in concert in 2019 in Barcelona's Palau de la Música.

      1:00 - 6:00 am

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248

      Sinfonia "(Pastoral Symphony)"

      Eteri Andjaparidze, p
      CHRISTMAS PIANO MUSIC

      Naxos 8.553461

      1:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248

      Part 1: Opening Chorus, "Jauchzet, frohlocket"

      Pittsburgh Sym Brass
      The Spirit Of Christmas

      Four Winds FW-3022

      1:13 am

      Michael Praetorius: Christmas chorale motet, "Vom Himmel hoch"

      Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/Richard Marlow
      Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo

      Conifer 51256-2

      1:29 am

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

      Pittsburgh Sym Brass
      A Christmas Concert For Brass

      Four Winds FW-3017

      1:31 am

      Arnold Schoenberg: "Weihnachtsmusik" (1921)

      London Sinfonietta/David Atherton
      Serenade, Op. 24 · Ode To Napoleon · Die Eiserne Brigade · Weihnachtsmusik

      London 414171-1

      1:37 am

      Franz Gruber: "Silent Night, Holy Night"

      Baylor University A Capella Cho/Hugh Sanders

      Resmiranda 8011

      1:41 am

      German Trad: Carol, "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Lo, how a rose)"

      Julianne Baird, s; Aulos Ensemble
      A Baroque Christmas

      Musicmasters 67119-2

      1:44 am

      Marcel Tournier: "Six Noels pour la Harpe"

      Emily Mitchell, h

      John Marks Records JMR-20

      1:53 am

      Leontovich: "Carol of the Bells"

      Quebec Sym Orch/Pascal Verrot
      Christmas- Weihnachten- Noel: Les chants inoubliables (Unforgettable Carols)

      Analekta AN2-9125-6 (2)

      2:00 am

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

      Stephen Siktberg, g

      MHS 512416

      2:03 am

      English Trad: Carol, "Good Christian Men, Rejoice"

      Stephen Siktberg, g

      MHS 512416

      2:05 am

      Morton Gould: "Serenade of Carols"

      New Philharmonia/Morton Gould
      A Musical Christmas Tree

      RCA 7931-2-RG

      2:19 am

      Dietrich Buxtehude: "In dulci jubilo"

      Netherlands Bach Society Cho/Jos van Veldhoven
      Angels & Shepherds - A 17th Century Christmas

      Channel Classics CCS-15198

      2:25 am

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

      Douglas Major, o
      A Bach Festival

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47395-2

      2:28 am

      Johann Michael BACH: Chorale Prelude, In dulci jubilo

      Baltimore Consort
      CHRISTMAS GIFT - A Dorian Holiday Celebration

      Dorian DOR-90008

      2:29 am

      Peter Cornelius: Carol, "The Three Kings"

      King's College Cho Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks

      EMI/Ang CDM5-66241-2

      2:32 am

      Samuel Scheidt: Motet, "A Child Is Born in Bethlehem"

      King's College Cho Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks

      EMI/Ang CDM5-66241-2

      2:35 am

      English Trad: Carol, "The holly and the ivy"

      King's College Cho Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks

      EMI/Ang CDM5-66241-2

      2:38 am

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

      Maurice Sklar, v; Larry Dalton, p

      Maurice Sklar0

      2:41 am

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

      Maurice Sklar, v; Larry Dalton, p

      Maurice Sklar0

      2:44 am

      English Trad: Carol, "O Little Town of Bethlehem"

      Maurice Sklar, v; Larry Dalton, p

      Maurice Sklar0

      2:47 am

      English Trad: Carol, "Good King Wenceslas"

      Maurice Sklar, v; Larry Dalton, p

      Maurice Sklar0

      2:49 am

      English Trad: Carol, "I saw three ships"

      St John's College Cho Cambridge/George Guest
      Christmas Weekend: 16 Favourite Carols

      London 421022-2

      3:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Aria, "I know that my Redeemer liveth"

      Kiri te Kanawa, s; Chicago Sym/Georg Solti
      Handel: Messiah Highlights * Solti Edition

      London 436609-2

      3:05 am

      George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

      Sinfonia

      Royal Phil/John Rutter
      Handel: Messiah

      Hendrickson Worship 56126-X (2)

      3:09 am

      George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

      Aria, "Every Valley"

      Mark Padmore, t; London Sym/Colin Davis

      LSO 0607 (2)

      3:11 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Chorus, "And the glory of the Lord"

      English Cho and Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Messiah

      DG Archiv 423630-2 (2)

      3:14 am

      George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

      Recitative, "Thus saith the Lord"

      Roderick Kennedy, br; Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      Teldec 77615-2 (2)

      3:16 am

      George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

      Aria, "But who may abide the day of His coming"

      James Bowman, ct; Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
      Messiah

      Virgin 61330-2 (2)

      3:20 am

      George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

      Aria. "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"

      Catherine Robbin. ms; Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman
      Messiah

      Telarc CD-80322 (2)

      3:26 am

      George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

      Aria, "The people that walked in darkness"

      Roderick Kennedy, br; Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      Teldec 77615-2 (2)

      3:29 am

      George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

      Chorus, "For unto us a Child is born"

      Ambrosian Singers; English Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras

      EMI/Ang czs7-62748-2 (2)

      3:33 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Pastoral Symphony

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Messiah

      CBS M2K-607 (2)

      3:37 am

      George Frideric Handel: Messiah

      "There Were Shepherds...Glory to God"

      Kathleen Battle, s, Toronto Sym & Cho/Sir Andrew Davis
      Hanel: Messiah (Complete Oratorio)

      EMI 49027-2

      3:41 am

      George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

      Aria, "Rejoice greatly"

      Kerstin Avemo, s; Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs
      Handel: Messiah

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901928.29 (2)

      3:45 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Aria, "He shall feed His flock"

      St Martin's Academy Cho, Orch/Neville Marriner

      Philips 434695-2 (2)

      3:49 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Chorus, "His yoke is easy"

      Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Handel: Messiah / Der Messias / Le Messie

      Philips 411041-2 (3)

      3:51 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Chorus, "Their sound is gone out into all lands"

      His Majestie's Clerkes, Baroque Orch/Anne Heider

      Narada ND-61051

      4:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How Beautifully the Morning Star Shines)" BWV 739

      Harald Vogel, o

      Organeum OC-19601

      4:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 1, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How beautifully shines the morning star)"

      Nielsen, Kraus, Hüttenlocher; Bach Ensemble/Rilling
      Kantaten zum Weihnachtsfestkreis

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.836 (4)

      4:27 am

      Michael Praetorius: Christmas chorale motet, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"

      Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/Richard Marlow
      Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo

      Conifer 51256-2

      4:39 am

      German Anon 16th c: Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern

      Netherlands Bach Society Cho/Jos van Veldhoven
      Angels & Shepherds - A 17th Century Christmas

      Channel Classics CCS-15198

      4:40 am

      Jean Sibelius: Five Christmas Songs, Op. 1

      Monica Groop, ms; Love Derwinger, p
      Songs, Volume 2

      BIS CD-657

      4:53 am

      English Trad: Carol, What Child is this? (Greensleeves)

      Pittsburgh Sym Brass
      The Spirit Of Christmas

      Four Winds FW-3022

      5:00 am

      Austrian Trad: "Three Carols"

      Paul Plunkett, tr; Rudolf Lutz, o
      In Dulci Jubilo

      Guild GMCD-7103

      5:05 am

      Franz Gruber: "Silent Night, Holy Night"

      Judith Lynn Stillman, p; Martin Chalifour, v

      North Star NS-0024

      5:09 am

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

      Sumi Jo, s; Barbara Ochs, c; Cappella Coloniensis/Michael Schneider
      The Christmas Album

      Erato 85819-2

      5:14 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Dream of Silent Night"

      Elizabeth Westenholz, p
      Nielsen- Complete Piano Music

      BIS CD-167/168 (2)

      5:16 am

      Trad: Carol, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

      Ken Bier, g, Leslie Bier, f
      Christmas At Last

      Bier0

      5:19 am

      English Trad: Carol, The First Nowell

      Ken Bier, g, Leslie Bier, f
      Christmas At Last

      Bier0

      5:21 am

      English Trad: Carol, It came upon the midnight clear

      Ken Bier, g, Leslie Bier, f
      Christmas At Last

      Bier0

      5:24 am

      English Trad: Carol, What Child is this? (Greensleeves)

      Ken Bier, g, Leslie Bier, f
      Christmas At Last

      Bier0

      5:27 am

      George Frideric Handel: Hymn, "Joy to the World"

      Elgin Children's Cho/Jay Kellner

      Elgin0

      5:29 am

      Ukrainian Trad: Carol of the Bells

      Pittsburgh Sym Brass
      A Christmas Concert For Brass

      Four Winds FW-3017

      5:31 am

      Benjamin Britten: "A Ceremony of Carols," Op. 28

      Westminster Abbey Cho/Martin Neary
      Britten: A Ceremony of Carols

      Sony SK-62615

      5:54 am

      English Trad: Piae Cantiones

      "Christmas Song"

      Pittsburgh Sym Brass
      A Christmas Concert For Brass

      Four Winds FW-3017

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:02 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Christmas cantata, "Hodie"

      Soloists; St Paul's Cathedral Cho, London Sym Cho & Orch/Hickox
      Ralph Vaughan Williams‎: Hodie, Fantasia on Christmas Carols

      EMI CDC7-54128-2

      7:02 am

      Johann Christoph Pez: "Concerto pastorale" in F major

      Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
      Simphonies des Noëls

      Dorian DOR-90180

      7:21 am

      Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"

      Grant Park Cho/Christopher Bell
      Songs of the Season

      Lexicon LC-2511

      7:27 am

      John Knowles Paine: "Christmas Gift", Op. 7

      Denver Oldham, p
      John Knowles Paine: Selected Piano Works

      New World 80424-2 (2)

      7:32 am

      Traditional: "Te Deum Laudamus"

      Music of the Baroque Cho & Orch/Thomas Wikman
      Renaissance Christmas Vol. 1

      Music of the Baroque MB-108

      7:40 am

      Arthur Sullivan: "Victoria and Merrie England"

      Scene VI, "Christmas Revels"

      RTÉ Concert Orch/Andrew Penny
      Sullivan: Victoria and Merrie England

      Marco Polo 8.223677

      7:54 am

      Traditional Welsh: Carol, "Deck the Halls"

      Miró Quartet
      Hearth

      Pentatone PTC-5187495

      8:00 am

      Gustav Holst: "Christmas Day"

      Solid Brass
      Christmas With Solid Brass

      Dorian DOR-90114

      8:07 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"

      "Christmas Morning"

      Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
      Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

      Sony 19439702752

      8:10 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"

      "Christmas Breakfast"

      Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
      Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

      Sony 19439702752

      8:13 am

      Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"

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

      Telarc CD-80377

      8:15 am

      Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"

      Manor House String Quartet
      I Saw Three Ships and Other Carols

      Manor House Music 002

      8:17 am

      Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"

      Imani Winds
      This Christmas

      Koch KICCD-7748

      8:20 am

      Carolyne M. Taylor: Medley, "I Saw Three Ships"-Haydn's Allegro in F

      Jeffrey Biegel, p
      Classical Carols

      Koch KICCD-7737

      8:23 am

      John Rutter: "Christmas Night"

      Chicago Choral Artists/Michael Costello

      Music in Chicago

      8:29 am

      Angela Morley: Christmas Night Medley

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      Joy To The World

      Sony SK-48232

      8:39 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 pm

      8:00 pm

      Music of the Baroque

      Handel’s "Messiah"

      Dame Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra with soloists soprano Yulia van Doren, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, tenor Miles Mykkanen, and baritone Will Liverman. Recorded live in concert.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:11 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      A "Winter Holiday" of music by Strauss II, Mozart, Grieg, Vivaldi, Vaughan-Williams, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Offenbach, Humperdinck, and more.