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Playlist for Thursday, December 25, 2025
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
1:05 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248
Part 1: Opening Chorus, "Jauchzet, frohlocket"
Pittsburgh Sym Brass
The Spirit Of Christmas
1:13 am
Michael Praetorius: Christmas chorale motet, "Vom Himmel hoch"
Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/Richard Marlow
Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo
1:29 am
Michael Praetorius: Carol, "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen"
Pittsburgh Sym Brass
A Christmas Concert For Brass
1:31 am
Arnold Schoenberg: "Weihnachtsmusik" (1921)
London Sinfonietta/David Atherton
Serenade, Op. 24 · Ode To Napoleon · Die Eiserne Brigade · Weihnachtsmusik
1:37 am
Franz Gruber: "Silent Night, Holy Night"
Baylor University A Capella Cho/Hugh Sanders
1:41 am
German Trad: Carol, "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Lo, how a rose)"
Julianne Baird, s; Aulos Ensemble
A Baroque Christmas
1:44 am
Marcel Tournier: "Six Noels pour la Harpe"
Emily Mitchell, h
1:53 am
Leontovich: "Carol of the Bells"
Quebec Sym Orch/Pascal Verrot
Christmas- Weihnachten- Noel: Les chants inoubliables (Unforgettable Carols)
2:00 am
English Trad: Carol, "We Three Kings of Orient Are"
Stephen Siktberg, g
2:03 am
English Trad: Carol, "Good Christian Men, Rejoice"
Stephen Siktberg, g
2:05 am
Morton Gould: "Serenade of Carols"
New Philharmonia/Morton Gould
A Musical Christmas Tree
2:19 am
Dietrich Buxtehude: "In dulci jubilo"
Netherlands Bach Society Cho/Jos van Veldhoven
Angels & Shepherds - A 17th Century Christmas
2:25 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale prelude, "In Dulci Jubilo (In sweet rejoicing)" BWV 729
Douglas Major, o
A Bach Festival
2:28 am
Johann Michael BACH: Chorale Prelude, In dulci jubilo
Baltimore Consort
CHRISTMAS GIFT - A Dorian Holiday Celebration
2:29 am
Peter Cornelius: Carol, "The Three Kings"
King's College Cho Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
2:32 am
Samuel Scheidt: Motet, "A Child Is Born in Bethlehem"
King's College Cho Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
2:35 am
English Trad: Carol, "The holly and the ivy"
King's College Cho Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
2:38 am
French Trad: Carol, "Angels We Have Heard on High"
Maurice Sklar, v; Larry Dalton, p
2:41 am
English Trad: Carol, "We Three Kings of Orient Are"
Maurice Sklar, v; Larry Dalton, p
2:44 am
English Trad: Carol, "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
Maurice Sklar, v; Larry Dalton, p
2:47 am
English Trad: Carol, "Good King Wenceslas"
Maurice Sklar, v; Larry Dalton, p
2:49 am
English Trad: Carol, "I saw three ships"
St John's College Cho Cambridge/George Guest
Christmas Weekend: 16 Favourite Carols
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
3:05 am
George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"
Sinfonia
Royal Phil/John Rutter
Handel: Messiah
3:09 am
George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"
Aria, "Every Valley"
Mark Padmore, t; London Sym/Colin Davis
3:11 am
George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"
Chorus, "And the glory of the Lord"
English Cho and Concert/Trevor Pinnock
Messiah
3:14 am
George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"
Recitative, "Thus saith the Lord"
Roderick Kennedy, br; Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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
3:20 am
George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"
Aria. "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"
Catherine Robbin. ms; Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman
Messiah
3:26 am
George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"
Aria, "The people that walked in darkness"
Roderick Kennedy, br; Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
3:29 am
George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"
Chorus, "For unto us a Child is born"
Ambrosian Singers; English Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
3:33 am
George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"
Pastoral Symphony
Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Messiah
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)
3:41 am
George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"
Aria, "Rejoice greatly"
Kerstin Avemo, s; Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs
Handel: Messiah
3:45 am
George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"
Aria, "He shall feed His flock"
St Martin's Academy Cho, Orch/Neville Marriner
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
3:51 am
George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"
Chorus, "Their sound is gone out into all lands"
His Majestie's Clerkes, Baroque Orch/Anne Heider
4:00 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How Beautifully the Morning Star Shines)" BWV 739
Harald Vogel, o
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
4:27 am
Michael Praetorius: Christmas chorale motet, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"
Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/Richard Marlow
Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo
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
4:53 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.
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.
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