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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
4:40 am
Jean Sibelius: Five Christmas Songs, Op. 1
Monica Groop, ms; Love Derwinger, p
Songs, Volume 2
4:53 am
English Trad: Carol, What Child is this? (Greensleeves)
Pittsburgh Sym Brass
The Spirit Of Christmas
5:00 am
Austrian Trad: "Three Carols"
Paul Plunkett, tr; Rudolf Lutz, o
In Dulci Jubilo
5:05 am
Franz Gruber: "Silent Night, Holy Night"
Judith Lynn Stillman, p; Martin Chalifour, v
5:09 am
Franz Gruber: Carol, "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)"
Sumi Jo, s; Barbara Ochs, c; Cappella Coloniensis/Michael Schneider
The Christmas Album
5:14 am
Carl Nielsen: "Dream of Silent Night"
Elizabeth Westenholz, p
Nielsen- Complete Piano Music
5:16 am
Trad: Carol, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Ken Bier, g, Leslie Bier, f
Christmas At Last
5:19 am
English Trad: Carol, The First Nowell
Ken Bier, g, Leslie Bier, f
Christmas At Last
5:21 am
English Trad: Carol, It came upon the midnight clear
Ken Bier, g, Leslie Bier, f
Christmas At Last
5:24 am
English Trad: Carol, What Child is this? (Greensleeves)
Ken Bier, g, Leslie Bier, f
Christmas At Last
5:27 am
George Frideric Handel: Hymn, "Joy to the World"
Elgin Children's Cho/Jay Kellner
5:29 am
Ukrainian Trad: Carol of the Bells
Pittsburgh Sym Brass
A Christmas Concert For Brass
5:31 am
Benjamin Britten: "A Ceremony of Carols," Op. 28
Westminster Abbey Cho/Martin Neary
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
5:54 am
English Trad: Piae Cantiones
"Christmas Song"
Pittsburgh Sym Brass
A Christmas Concert For Brass
6:00 - 10:00 am
6:00 am
Morning Program
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
7:02 am
Johann Christoph Pez: "Concerto pastorale" in F major
Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
Simphonies des Noëls
7:21 am
Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"
Grant Park Cho/Christopher Bell
Songs of the Season
7:27 am
John Knowles Paine: "Christmas Gift", Op. 7
Denver Oldham, p
John Knowles Paine: Selected Piano Works
7:32 am
Traditional: "Te Deum Laudamus"
Music of the Baroque Cho & Orch/Thomas Wikman
Renaissance Christmas Vol. 1
7:40 am
Arthur Sullivan: "Victoria and Merrie England"
Scene VI, "Christmas Revels"
RTÉ Concert Orch/Andrew Penny
Sullivan: Victoria and Merrie England
7:54 am
Traditional Welsh: Carol, "Deck the Halls"
Miró Quartet
Hearth
8:00 am
Gustav Holst: "Christmas Day"
Solid Brass
Christmas With Solid Brass
8:07 am
Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"
"Christmas Morning"
Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
8:10 am
Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"
"Christmas Breakfast"
Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
8:13 am
Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw
Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns & Carols
8:15 am
Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"
Manor House String Quartet
I Saw Three Ships and Other Carols
8:17 am
Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"
Imani Winds
This Christmas
8:20 am
Carolyne M. Taylor: Medley, "I Saw Three Ships"-Haydn's Allegro in F
Jeffrey Biegel, p
Classical Carols
8:23 am
John Rutter: "Christmas Night"
Chicago Choral Artists/Michael Costello
8:30 am
Angela Morley: Christmas Night Medley
Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
Joy To The World
8:40 am
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: "Noëls sur les instruments"
English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston
Christmas Concertos
8:58 am
Charles Ives: "A Christmas Carol"
Chanticleer
Sing We Christmas
9:02 am
Bohuslav Martinů: Merry Christmas 1941
St. Paul Chamber Orch Winds/Christopher Hogwood
Martinů: Sinfonietta 'La Jolla', La revue de cuisine, etc.
9:06 am
Hugh Martin: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Carlos Simon, p
Carlos Simon Christmas
9:09 am
Hugh Martin: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Imani Winds
This Christmas
9:12 am
Ryuichi Sakamoto: "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"
Soloists; Orch of the Swan/David Le Page, v
Light and Shadow
9:19 am
Craig Courtney: "The 12 Days of Christmas: A Musicological Journey"
Pittsburgh Bach Cho; Pittsburgh Sym Brass/Brady Allred
Cantate Hodie: Sing Forth This Day!
9:32 am
Komitas: "Kaqavik (The Partridge)"
Aizuri Quartet
Earthdrawn Skies
9:34 am
Dietrich Buxtehude: "Das neugeborene Kindelein"
Felix Klieser, hn; Wiener Concert-Verein
A Golden Christmas
9:42 am
Samuel Barber: "Die Natali," Op. 37
Louisville Orch/Jorge Mester
The Louisville Orchestra – First Edition Encores
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
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047
Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Anthony Newman
In Gabriel's Garden
10:13 am
John Rutter: "There is a Flower"
King's Singers
King's Singers Christmas
10:17 am
Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hansel and Gretel"
"Evening Prayer"
Kathleen Battle, s; Frederica von Stade, ms; Orch of St. Luke's/André Previn
A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert
10:21 am
Hugh Martin: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Choral Scholars of University College Dublin/Desmond Earley
Be All Merry
10:25 am
Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for Woodwinds
BBC Concert Orch Winds/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride & Other Holiday Favorites
10:36 am
Traditional: "Away in a Manger"
St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
Christmas in St. Charles
10:39 am
Peter Cornelius: "The Three Kings"
Peter Wesoloski, br; Chicago Master Singers/Alan Heatherington
He Came Here for Me
10:41 am
John Mindeman: "Joy" (after Handel's "Joy to the World" and "Hallelujah" Chorus)
Millar Brass Ensemble/Stephen Squires
A Jubilant Christmas
10:44 am
Traditional Danish: "Det kimer nu til julefest (Bells Ring for the Christmas Feast)"
Bella Voce/Andrew Lewis
Brighter Than The Day Is Light
10:47 am
James Pierpont: "Jingle Bells"
Chicago a cappella
Christmas a cappella
10:52 am
Hector Berlioz: "L'Enfance du Christ," Op. 25
Trio of the Young Ishmaelites
Paris Conservatory Orch members/André Cluytens
Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Roméo et Juliette (excerpts)
11:00 am
William Byrd: "The Fitzwilliam Suite"
Canadian Brass
English Renaissance Music
11:12 am
Anonymous Medieval: Carol, "Ave Maria"
Anonymous 4
On Yoolis Night: Medieval Carols and Motets
11:15 am
Bach-Gounod: "Ave Maria"
Lise Davidsen, s; Norwegian Radio Orch/Christian Eggen
Christmas in Norway
11:18 am
Franz Schubert: "Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III)," D 839
Joshua Bell, v; Orch of St. Luke's/Michael Stern
Voice of the Violin
11:48 am
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.
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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