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Playlist for Sunday, December 21, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
English Trad: Carol, "The First Noël"
chor; Royal Phil Orch/Vaughan Meakins
12:05 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 9, No. 3
London Haydn Quartet
Haydn: String Quartets, Op 9 * The London Haydn Quartet
12:25 am
English Trad: Carol, "The First Nowell"
Yolanda Kondonassis, h
Dream Season: The Christmas Harp
12:26 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The First Nowell"
Soloists; London Phil Orch & Cho/Vladimir Jurowski
Vaughan Williams: The First Nowell/ Bach: Cantata 63/ Mendelssohn: Vom Himmel Hoch
12:55 am
English Trad: Carol, "I saw three ships"
Musica Anima Chamber Orch/Arnie Roth
Renaissance Holiday
1:00 am
Antonio Vivaldi: "Gloria" in D, R 589
Chorus, "Et in terra pax"
English Concert Cho, Orch/Trevor Pinnock
Gloria / Dixit Dominus
1:04 am
Gerald Finzi: "In Terra Pax," Op 39
"Christmas Scene"
Julia Doyle, s; Roderick Williams, br; City of London Cho; Bournemouth Sym/Hilary Davan Wetton
CHRISTMAS ANTHOLOGY (A) - In Terra Pax (Doyle, Williams, City of London Choir, Bournemouth Symphony, Wetton)
1:21 am
Gerald Finzi: Eclogue, Op 10
Martin Jones, p; English String Orch/William Boughton
Meditations for Autumn
1:31 am
William Mathias: Carol, "Sir Christèmas"
Julia Doyle, s; Roderick Williams, br; City of London Cho; Bournemouth Sym/Hilary Davan Wetton
CHRISTMAS ANTHOLOGY (A) - In Terra Pax (Doyle, Williams, City of London Choir, Bournemouth Symphony, Wetton)
1:32 am
Arthur Sullivan: Ballet, "Victoria and Merrie England"
Scene VI, "Christmas Revels"
Dublin RTE Concert Orch/Andrew Penny
SULLIVAN : Victoria and Merrie England
1:46 am
Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Mikado"
Overture
St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures
1:53 am
French Trad: Carol, Ding, Dong, Merrily on High
Elizabethan Singers/Louis Halsey
Sir Cristemas
2:00 am
Hayman: "Christmas Medley"
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
A Christmas Festival With Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops
2:05 am
Ralph Hunter: Carol medley, "Sing Noel"
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth Patterson
Sing Noel
2:22 am
French Trad: Carol, "Il est né le divin enfant"
St Martin's Academy Cho/Neville Marriner
Christmas With The Academy
2:24 am
Michael Praetorius: Carol, "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen"
Empire Brass
Joy To The World: Music Of Christmas
2:28 am
Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto serenata" (1956)
Nancy Allen, h; Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz
2:50 am
Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria
Yolanda Kondonassis, h
Dream Season: The Christmas Harp
2:53 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Part Sinfonias, BWV 787-801
No. 11 in g minor
Joao Carlos Martins, p
3:00 am
Franz Gruber: Carol, "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)"
Giovanni De Chiaro, g
Christmas On Guitar
3:05 am
English Trad: Carol, "Deck the halls"
Empire Brass; Nancy Allen, h; Mark Kroll, hc
Joy To The World: Music Of Christmas
3:08 am
English Trad: Carol, "God rest ye, merry gentlemen"
Empire Brass; Mark Kroll, hc
Joy To The World: Music Of Christmas
3:11 am
Percy Grainger: "The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol"
Jeffrey Biegel, p
A Steinway Christmas Album * Jeffrey Biegel
3:14 am
Percy Grainger: "Lincolnshire Posy"
London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
Shepherd's Hey: Wind Music of Grainger, Milhaud and Poulenc
3:30 am
English Trad: Carol, "Away in a manger"
Academy and Chor of St. Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner
Christmas With The Academy
3:31 am
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 74
Andrew Marriner, cl; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Weber: Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2, Concertino
3:53 am
French Trad: Carol, "Ding! Dong! merrily on high"
St Martin's Academy Cho/Neville Marriner
Christmas With The Academy
4:00 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
A Christmas Festival With Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops
4:05 am
Frédéric Chopin: "Polonaise-fantaisie" in A-Flat, Op. 61
William Kapell, p
Chopin: Sonata, Polonaise-Fantaisie / Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition (Frick Collection Recital)
4:18 am
French Trad: Carol, "Ding! Dong! merrily on high"
Galliard Brass Ens
A Christmas Celebration: A Collection Of Classical Brass. String And Choral Favorites
4:20 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Christmas Oratorio"
Dresden Kreuzchor, Dresden Phil/Martin Flämig
4:55 am
Alfred Burt: Carol, Come, Dear Children
The Ringmasters,William Ballard
Star of Wonder
5:00 am
Pietro Yon: "Gesu Bambino"
Giovanni De Chiaro, g
Christmas On Guitar
5:05 am
Giovanni Maria Schiassi: String Concerto, "Per il Santissimo Natale"
Masques/Olivier Fortin
Baroque Christmas
5:13 am
Francesco Manfredini: Concerto grosso in C, Op 3/12, "Christmas Concerto"
Collegium Aureum
5:23 am
English Trad: Carol, "Deck the halls"
San Francisco Choral Artists/Ralph Hooper
Star of Wonder
5:24 am
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"
San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
Ultimate Mendelssohn CD 1
5:54 am
Alfred Burt: "Caroling, Caroling"
The Ringmasters,William Ballard
Star of Wonder
6:00 am
6:00 am
With Heart and Voice
"Advent 4/Christmas." As we prepare for the eve of Christmas, we’ll begin the festivities with music to celebrate the arrival of the Christ Child. Host Peter DuBois shares sacred choral and organ treasures of the season.
7:00 am - 12:00 pm
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings
7:01 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "The Forest of Wild Thyme," Op. 74
Christmas Overture
BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth
The Night Before Christmas and other seasonal music for orchestra
7:08 am
Ysaÿe Barnwell: "Wanting Memories"
Cantus
That Eternal Day
7:12 am
Florence Price: "Memory Mist"
Lara Downes, p
Holes in the Sky
7:17 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, "Winter Dreams"
Orch of St. Luke's/Pablo Heras-Casado
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, The Tempest
8:02 am
Kerry Turner: "Symphony of Carols"
American Horn Quartet; Queensland Sym Orch Horns/Peter Luff
The Christmas Album
8:17 am
Paul Taffanel: Wind Quintet in G minor
Aulos Wind Quintet
Aulos-Bläserquintett - Vol. VI - Virtuoso Romantic Music
8:42 am
Ernest Bloch: "Schelomo - Hebraic Rhapsody"
Natalie Clein, vc; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ilan Volkov
Bloch: Schelomo & Voice in the Wilderness; Bruch: Kol Nidrei
9:01 am
George Frideric Handel: "Judas Maccabaeus"
Suite
Solid Brass
Christmas With Solid Brass
9:06 am
Traditional English: Carol, "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
Lautten Compagney
In Dulci Jubilo
9:08 am
Lennon-McCartney/Traditional: "Norwegian Wood/Greensleeves"
Lautten Compagney
In Dulci Jubilo
9:12 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin, Two-Oboe, Two-Horn & Bassoon Concerto in F, R. 569
Les Violons du Roy/Mathieu Lussier
Vivaldi: Concertos
9:24 am
John Dowland: "Fine knacks for ladies"
Kathleen Battle, s; Christopher Parkening, g
Pleasures of Their Company
9:26 am
Traditional: Gaudete, Christus est natus
Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier
Carols from the Old and New Worlds
9:29 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Gloria in Excelsis Deo," BWV 191
Soloists; Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
Bach: Cantatas for Christmas
9:43 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in C minor, H XV:13
Trio Gaspard
Haydn: The Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 4
10:01 am
William Grant Still: "Christmas in the Western World"
"Jesous Ahatonhia; Tell Me, Shepherdess; Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy"
Toledo Clarinets; Greg Kostraba, p
The Toledo Clarinets
10:08 am
Rebecca Dale: "Winter"
La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
Elle
10:15 am
Cole Porter: "In the Still of the Night"
Nicholas Daniel, ob; Antonio Oyarzábal, p
Complete Works for Oboe by Madeleine Dring
10:20 am
(Cole Porter): "Begin the Beguine"
The Bills (formerly The Bill Hilly Band)
All Day Every Day
10:25 am
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Symphonie concertante" in G, Op. 13
Miriam Fried & Jaime Laredo, v's; London Sym/Paul Freeman
Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 1
10:42 am
John Debney: "Elf"
"Buddy's Journey"
Hollywood Studio Sym/John Debney
Elf (Original Motion Picture Score)
10:45 am
John Debney: "Elf"
Christmas Medley
Hollywood Studio Sym/John Debney
Elf (Original Motion Picture Score)
10:48 am
Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23
Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Ivan Davis, p
Piano Music of Edvard Grieg
11:01 am
Bob Chilcott: Advent Antiphons
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers
Carol of the Bells
11:15 am
Richard Strauss: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme," Op. 60
"Das Diner (The Dinner)"
Dresden Staatskapelle/Rudolf Kempe
Kempe conducts Strauss - Vol. 2, Orchestral Works & Concertos
11:26 am
Claire Cowan: "Hansel and Gretel"
"The Banquet"
New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich
Royal New Zealand Ballet * Hansel and Gretel * Music by Claire Cowan
11:35 am
George Wyle: "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
Eaken Piano Trio
Eaken Trio * Most Wonderful TIme
11:37 am
Beal-Boothe: "Jingle Bell Rock"
Vienna Boys' Choir, Jazz Ensemble/Gerald Wirth
Merry Christmas from Vienna
11:41 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish
British Wind Band Classics
11:57 am
Traditional English: "The Holly and the Ivy"
Choir of Royal Holloway/Ola Gjeilo
Winter Songs
12:00 - 6:00 pm
12:00 pm
Traditional: "Ding Dong Merrily on High"
Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass, Vol. 2
12:01 pm
Traditional: "Ding Dong Merrily on High"
Richard Stoltzman, cl; Jazz Combo
Eddie Gomez, bass,
Café, percussion,
Hark!
12:05 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Lucio Silla," K. 135
Overture
La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
Mozart Overtures
12:14 pm
Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring)," Op. 410
Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
New Year's Concert 2006
12:21 pm
Meyer/Thile/Duncan: "Attaboy"
Stuart Duncan, v; Chris Thile, man; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
Edgar Meyer, double bass,
The Goat Rodeo Sessions
12:27 pm
Mel Bonis: Piano Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat, Op. 69
Ensemble Louise Farrenc
Farrenc - Firsova - Bonis: Chamber Music
12:52 pm
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah," Op. 47
"Bacchanale"
Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue
Exotic Dances from the Opera
1:00 pm
Anton Bruckner: "Ave Maria" (1861)
Dresden Kreuzchor/Martin Flämig
Ave Maria - Bruckner Motets
1:05 pm
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor
II. Scherzo, "Bewegt, lebhaft"
Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
1:17 pm
Thomas Arne: Overture No. 4 in F
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Arne: Eight Overtures
1:24 pm
Diarmaid O'Muirithe: The Wexford Carols
"The Darkest Midnight"
Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier
Carols from the Old and New Worlds, Vol. 2
1:32 pm
Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 118
No. 6, Intermezzo in E-flat minor
Michael Houstoun, p
Brahms Complete Intermezzi
1:38 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: "Aida"
Triumphal March
US Marine Band/Michael J Colburn
Monumental Works for Winds
1:44 pm
Traditional Persian: "Five Popular Persian Ballads" for guitar
Lily Afshar, g
A Jug of Wine And Thou
2:00 pm
Kim Diehnelt: "Bell Carol Fantasy"
Janáček Phil/Stanislav Vavřínek
Dashing, Vol. 4: Sounds of the Season
2:05 pm
Mykola Leontovych: "Carol of the Bells"
Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Jurij Konje, per
Dream Season: The Christmas Harp
2:09 pm
Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21
Philharmonia Orch/Sir Neville Marriner
Ultimate Mendelssohn CD 4
2:22 pm
Orlandus (Roland de) Lassus: "Videntes stellam"
Vocalconsort Berlin/Daniel Reuss
Lassus: Prophetiæ Sibyllarum
2:26 pm
Cécile Chaminade: Flute Concertino, Op. 107
Sharon Bezaly, f; Hague Residentie Orch/Neeme Järvi
Great Works for Flute and Orchestra
2:34 pm
Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"
"Dance of the Blessed Spirits"
Jan van Reeth, f; Anne Lies Sturm, h
On Wings Of Song: Melodies for Flute and Harp
2:41 pm
Danny Elfman: "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
Suite
London Phil Orch/Dirk Brossé
The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s-2000s
2:50 pm
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Voyevoda" (symphonic ballad), Op. 78
Dallas Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
Litton conducts Tchaikovsky
3:02 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat, Op. 81a, "Les Adieux"
Maurizio Pollini, p
Beethoven: Sonaten Opp. 31/2, 53, 79, 81a
3:19 pm
Matthew Locke: Duo for two bass viols in D
Richard Boothby & Asako Morikawa, bass viols
Locke: The Flat Consort
3:27 pm
William J. Kirkpatrick: "Away in a Manger"
Westminster Cathedral Cho/James O'Donnell
Adeste fideles - Christmas music from Westminster Cathedral
3:30 pm
Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"
"Variations on a Shaker melody"
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
American Adagios
3:34 pm
Ernest John Moeran: Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (1931-2)
No. 1, "Lonely Waters"
Ann Murray, ms; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
The Banks of Green Willow
3:44 pm
Ernest John Moeran: Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (1931-2)
No. 2, "Whythorne's Shadow"
English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
The Banks of Green Willow
3:52 pm
Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67
II. "Adagio espressivo"
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
American Quintets
4:02 pm
Ruth Gipps: Violin Concerto, Op. 24
Charlie Lovell-Jones, v; BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 4
4:29 pm
Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15
No. 7, "Träumerei (Dreaming)"
Radu Lupu, p
Schubert: Kreisleriana, Humoreske, Kinderszenen
4:33 pm
Claude Debussy: "Jeux (Poème dansé)"
City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
Debussy: Images, Jeux, Musique pour Le Roi Lear
4:52 pm
Olli Mustonen: Nonet No. 2
III. "Adagio"
United Strings of Europe/Julian Azkoul
Hommages
5:05 pm
music continues...
6:00 - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts
Handel "Messiah" Part I; Kiri Te Kanewa, soprano; Anne Gjevang, contralto; Keith Lewis, tenor; Gwynne Howell, bass-baritone; David Schrader, harpsichord; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Georg Solti, conductor; Gabrieli Sacrae Symphoniae No. 6, Sonata "Pian e forte;" Canzon duodecimi toni à 10; Canzon septime toni à 8 (No. 2); CSO Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor; Tchaikovsky Selections from "The Nutcracker," Op. 71; Fritz Reiner, conductor.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari
Classical Christmas in Latin America As a priest and a professional composer working for the church, Jose Mauricio de Nunes Garcia wrote several pieces celebrating Christmas. Fiesta celebrates the season with a recording of his monumental mass entitled “Missa de Nossa Senhora da Conceição”, a great example of the early Classical style developed on this side of the Atlantic between the 18th and 19th century.
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