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Playlist for Tuesday, December 23, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
English Trad: Carol, "Away in a manger"
Robert Decormier Singers, Orch/Robert DeCormier
A Victorian Christmas
12:03 am
English Trad: Carol, "I saw three ships"
Robert Decormier Singers, Orch/Robert DeCormier
A Victorian Christmas
12:05 am
Traditional: Carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
Elmer Iseler Singers & Canadian Brass
The Christmas Album
12:12 am
Michael Praetorius: Carol, "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen"
Canadian Brass
The Christmas Album
12:15 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620
Overture
Concerto Cologne
Mozart * Concerto Köln
12:22 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620
Chorus, "Das klinget so herrlich"
Amadeus Ensemble/Julius Rudel
Mozart: The Magic Flute and The Abduction from the Seraglio
12:23 am
Friedrich Kuhlau: "Lulu, oder die Zauberflöte"
Overture
Danish National Radio Sym Orch/Michael Schonwandt
Kuhlau: Overtures
12:30 am
C E F Weyse: "Christmas Cantata #3"
Tivoli Concert Choir; Sympony/Michael Schonwandt
C E F Weyse
12:54 am
English Trad: Carol, "I saw three ships"
Elizabethan Singers/Louis Halsey
Sir Cristemas
1:00 am
German Anon 14th c: "Quem pastores laudavere"
London Brass
Christmas With London Brass
1:05 am
Giuseppe Verdi: String Quartet in e
Vienna Phil Strings/André Previn
Beethoven/ Verdi: String Quartets
1:28 am
German Trad: Carol, Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht' (While by my sheep)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Shaw
A Robert Shaw Christmas: Angels On High
1:29 am
Michel Corrette: Horn Concerto in c, La Choisy
Daniel Bourgue, fh; Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Massimo Freccia
Two Centuries Of French Music For Horn
1:36 am
Pietro Locatelli: "L'Arte del Violino," Op 3
Concerto #6 in g
Suzanne Lautenbacher, v; Mainz Chamber Orch/Günter Kehr
1:54 am
English Trad: Carol, Unto Us a Boy is Born
Children of The Washington Revels/Michael Joy
A Child's Christmas Revels
2:00 am
John Foster: "While shepherds watched their flocks "
Taverner Consort, Cho, & Players/Andrew Parrott
2:05 am
English Trad: "Coventry Carol"
London Brass
Christmas With London Brass
2:09 am
Lowell MASON: Joy to the World
London Brass
Christmas With London Brass
2:11 am
English Trad: Carol, "The holly and the ivy"
Wales Cathedral Cho/Anthony Crossland
Christmas Carols from Wells and Salisbury Cathedral
2:14 am
Traditional Carol: "Good King Wenceslas"
Wales Cathedral Cho/Anthony Crossland
Christmas Carols from Wells and Salisbury Cathedral
2:17 am
English Trad: "Coventry Carol"
Wales Cathedral Cho/Anthony Crossland
Christmas Carols from Wells and Salisbury Cathedral
2:20 am
English Trad: Carol, "I saw three ships"
King's College Cho Cambridge/Phillip Ledger
2:22 am
Benjamin Britten: "Prince of the Pagodas" Suite, Op. 57b
Bournemouth Sym Orch/Uri Segal
2:54 am
English Trad: Carol, "It came upon the midnight clear"
Wallace Collection, Trinity Boys' Cho/Simon Wright
3:00 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Wake)"
Chorale, "Zion hört die Wächter (Zion hears the watchmen sing)"
Giovanni De Chiaro, g
Christmas On Guitar
3:05 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Evelyn Glennie, per; National Phil/Barry Wordsworth
Rhythm Song
3:14 am
English Trad: "Marimba Carol Medley"
Univeristy of Oklahoma Percussion Ensemble
Christmas Bells, Mallets & Drums
3:20 am
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Motet, "Hodie Christus natus est"
Regensburger Domspatzen/ Ratzinger
3:23 am
German Trad: Carol, "Heil'ge Nacht, ich grüße dich"
Regensburger Domspatzen/Georg Ratzinger
3:26 am
German Trad: "In dulci jubilo"
Regensburger Domspatzen/Georg Ratzinger
Weihnacht
3:30 am
Michael Praetorius: Chorale, "In dulci jubilo (Now sing we, now rejoice)"
Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/Richard Marlow
Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo
3:31 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 in b-flat, Op. 36
Michael Ponti, p
Michael Ponti Live: The Newport Music Festival 20th Anniversary Season
3:54 am
Leontovich: "Carol of the Bells"
Univeristy of Oklahoma Percussion Ensemble
Christmas Bells, Mallets & Drums
4:00 am
Michael Praetorius: "Lobe den Herren"
Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
Von Himmel hoch
4:05 am
Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore"
Suite
Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
Von Himmel hoch
4:16 am
Michael Praetorius: Christmas chorale motet, "Resonet in laudibus"
Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/Richard Marlow
Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo
4:23 am
Heinrich von Biber: Mystery Sonatas ("Rosary")
Sonata III, "The Nativity"
Andrew Manze, v; Richard Egarr, hc
Biber: The Rosary Sonatas
4:31 am
English Trad: Carol, The First Noel
Pittsburgh Sym Brass
The Spirit Of Christmas
4:33 am
Anders Ohrwall: "Gaudete"
Soli Deo Gloria Cantorum/Almeda Berkey
4:55 am
Trad Spanish: Carol, "Fum, fum, fum"
Univeristy of Oklahoma Percussion Ensemble
Christmas Bells, Mallets & Drums
5:00 am
Traditional: Carol, "The First Nowell"
Canadian Brass
The Christmas Album
5:02 am
English Trad: Carol, What Child is this? (Greensleeves)
Canadian Brass
The Christmas Album
5:05 am
Welsh Trad: Carol, "Deck the Hall"
Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Jerold D Ottley
5:07 am
Gordon Young: "Tambourine Noel"
Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Jerold D Ottley
This is Christmas
5:11 am
French Trad: Carol, "Ding! Dong! merrily on high"
Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Jerold D Ottley
5:14 am
Adolphe-Charles Adam: "Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)"
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth Patterson
Sing Noel
5:21 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Christmas Oratorio"
Chorus, "Tollite hostias"
Dresden Kreuzchor, Dresden Phil/Martin Flämig
5:23 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 29
Pascal Rogé, p; London Phil
5 Piano Concertos
5:53 am
Guillaume Costeley: Carol, "Allon, gay bergeres"
Music of the Baroque Cho/Thomas Wikman
Von Himmel hoch
6:00 - 10:00 am
6:00 am
Morning Program
6:00 am
Hosted by Jan Weller.
6:04 am
Gregor Josef Werner: Christmas Pastorella in G
English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston, o
Christmas Concertos
6:09 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Pastorale" in F, BWV 590
Luiza Borac, p
Piano Music of Dinu Lipatti
6:19 am
Franz Liszt: "Weihnachtsbaum"
Rebecca Turner, v; BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth
The Night Before Christmas and other seasonal music for orchestra
6:32 am
Henry VIII: Suite, "Rose without a Thorn"
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Music for the Courts of Europe
6:45 am
Gloria Shayne: "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
Northern Lights Orch/Petri Juutilainen
What if Mozart Wrote White Christmas
6:50 am
Irving Berlin: "White Christmas"
Northern Lights Orch/Petri Juutilainen
What if Mozart Wrote White Christmas
6:54 am
Michel Corrette: "Noël allemande"
Aulos Ensemble
A Baroque Christmas from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Cocnerts
7:03 am
Giuseppe Tartini: "Sinfonia pastorale" in D (Christmas Sinfonia)
Collegium Aureum
Christmas Concertos
7:18 am
Amilcare Ponchielli: "Il Convegno"
Larry Combs & Eddie Daniels, cl's; Chicago String Quartet; Brad Opland, db
Crossing the Line
7:32 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61
III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro"
Joshua Bell, v; Camerata Salzburg/Roger Norrington
Mendelssohn & Beethoven: Violin Concertos
7:42 am
Michael Praetorius: Christmas motet, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"
Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/Richard Marlow
Michael Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo
7:54 am
Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64
No. 3, "Allegro giocoso"
Bergen Phil Orch/Edward Gardner
Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Before a Southern Convent, Funeral March for Rikard Nordaak, Bergliot
8:03 am
Mel Tormé: "The Christmas Song"
The King's Men
Twelve Days of Christmas
8:05 am
Vince Guaraldi: "Chirstmastime is Here"
Imani Winds
This Christmas
8:09 am
Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat
Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Lev Markiz
Mendelssohn: Symphonies (Complete)
8:22 am
Louis-Claude Daquin: "Noël en musette"
Aulos Ensemble
A Baroque Christmas from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Cocnerts
8:28 am
Louis-Claude Daquin: "Noël étranger"
Aulos Ensemble
A Baroque Christmas from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Cocnerts
8:32 am
Francis Poulenc: Flute Sonata
Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p
Paris
8:46 am
Marc Bélanger: "Carols for Strings"
I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
Tchaikovsky: Children's Album; L. Mozart: Toy Symphony
8:57 am
Traditional English: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
King's Singers
Christmas Songbook
9:03 am
Franz Xaver Dussek: Sinfonia in B-Flat, Altner Bb2
Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen
Dussek: Four Symphonies
9:15 am
Stephen Paulus: "Christmas Dances"
Taylor Festival Choir/R Taylor; J Hull-Dambaugh, f; A Kent, h
So Hallow'd the Time
9:34 am
Bernard Herrmann: "Currier and Ives" Suite
New Zealand Sym Orch/James Sedares
Bernard Herrmann * The Devil and Daniel Webster
9:48 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 55, "Eroica"
IV. Finale
National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies
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
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 33, No. 5, "How Do You Do"
Cuarteto Casals
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33
10:16 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: "The Creation"
Chorus, "The Heavens Are Telling"
Cleveland Orch & Cho/Robert Shaw
Hallelujah And Other Great Choruses
10:22 am
Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for String Orchestra
BBC Concert Orch Strings/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride & Other Holiday Favorites
10:35 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Wasps"
Overture
BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful Spring Classics
10:45 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hymn setting, "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
St. Paul's Cathedral Cho/Andrew Carwood; Simon Johnson, o
Carols with St Paul's Cathedral Choir
10:49 am
Nicola Matteis: "Sett of Ayres" in E
Palladian Ensemble
A Choice Collection
11:00 am
Gustav Holst: "A Winter Idyll"
London Phil Orch/David Atherton
Gustav Holst: A Winter Idyll, Elegy, Indra, A Song of the Night, Interlude (Sita), Invocation, The Lure, Morning of the Year Dances
11:08 am
Ottorino Respighi: "La boutique fantasque" (after Rossini)
Mvts 1-5: "Overture; Tarantella; Vivo; Mazurka, Cossack Dance"
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Offenbach: Gaîté parisienne; Rossini/Respighi - La Boutique Fantasque
11:22 am
Armas Maasalo: "The Bells of Christmas"
La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
Noël
11:26 am
Mykola Leontovych: "Carol of the Bells"
Kyiv Chamber Choir; National Sym Orch of Ukraine/Volodymyr Sirenko
Christmas with the Kyiv Chamber Choir
11:27 am
Traditional German: Carol, "Joseph lieber, Joseph mein"
Sonos Handbell Ensemble/James Meredith
Christmas with Sonos Handbell Ensemble
11:30 am
Carl Maria von Weber: Symphony No. 2 in C
Hanover Band/Roy Goodman
Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Horn Concertino
11:50 am
Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22
Julian Bliss, cl; James Baillieu, p
Clara & Robert Schumann: Music for Clarinet and Piano
12:00 pm
Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 10"
Chicago Sym Orch Brass
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live
12:05 pm
Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon septimi toni à 8" #2
Chicago Sym Orch Brass
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live
12:09 pm
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat
André Watts, p; New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Andre Watts
12:28 pm
Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"
Imani Winds
This Christmas
12:31 pm
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
"Miniature Overture"
Jeffrey Biegel, p
A Steinway Christmas Album
12:34 pm
Armstrong Gibbs: "The Stable Door"
Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse
A Winter's Light
12:38 pm
Otto Nicolai: "Weihnachtsouvertüre (Christmas Overture)"
Bavarian Radio Cho, Bamberg Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Otto Nicolai: Symphony in D; Overtures
12:50 pm
Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus"
Overture
Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
An der schönen blauen Donau
1:00 pm
Gunnar de Frumerie: "Pastoral Suite," Op. 13b
I. Praeludium; II. Gavotte
Kathleen Rudolph, f, CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi
Northern Landscapes
1:06 pm
John Rutter: "What Sweeter Music"
King's College Cho Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury; Ashley Grote, o
On Christmas Day: New Carols from King's
1:12 pm
George Frideric Handel: "Ariodante" Suite
Suite
Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage
Handel at the Opera
1:27 pm
Edvard Grieg: "Sigurd Jorsalfar," Op. 22
Suite, Op. 56
Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
A Nordic Festival
1:44 pm
Anonymous Norwegian: "Ingen vinner frem til den evige ro"
Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough
Dreamweaver
1:47 pm
Traditional Norwegian: "Wintertide"
Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough
Winter Songs
1:51 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante and Variations in G, K. 501
Deborah Moriarty & Zhihua Tang, p
Connecting Cultures
2:00 - 7:00 pm
2:00 pm
Benjamin Britten: "A Ceremony of Carols," Op. 28
Tenebrae/Nigel Short; Camilla Pay, h
In Winter's House: Christmas with Tenebrae
2:20 pm
Bright Sheng: "Suzhou Overture"
Suzhou Sym Orch/Bright Sheng
Bright Sheng: Let Fly - Zodiac Tales - Suzhou Overture
2:30 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Four-Clavier Concerto in A minor, BWV 1065 (after Vivaldi R. 580)
Soloists; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini, hc
Ignazio Schifani, harpsichord,
Vivaldi & Bach
2:41 pm
Alfred Burt: "A Christmas Bouquet"
Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
Joy To The World
3:00 pm
music continues...
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.
10:00 pm
10:00 pm
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Elgar Introduction and Allegro for Quartet and Strings, Op. 47; JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051; Haydn Symphony in G major, Hob. I:94, "Surprise." Visit wfmt.com for more information.
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