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      Playlist for Sunday, December 15, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Nigerian Trad: Nativity Song, Betelehemu

      Turtle Creek Cho, Psychedelic Drum/Timothy Seelig
      Postcards

      Reference Recordings RR-61-CD

      12:05 am

      Halsey Stevens: Horn Sonata

      Christopher Leuba, fh; Kevin Aanerud, p
      Christopher Leuba, Horn

      Crystal CD-372

      12:19 am

      Traditional: "Deck the Halls"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Horns for the Holidays

      Reference RR-126

      12:21 am

      Giuseppe Sammartini: Concerto grosso in g, Op 5/6 "(Christmas)"

      Pastorale

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Weihnachtskonzerte = Christmas Concertos

      DG Archiv 435262-2

      12:25 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "Gloria" in D, R 589

      Dawn Upshaw, other soloists, Atlanta Sym & Cho/Robert Shaw
      Gloria / Magnificat

      Telarc CD-80194

      12:55 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata, Kk 45

      John Browning, p
      Keyboard Sonatas

      MHS 513732-H

      1:00 am

      Julie Giroux: "I Got Rhythm for Christmas"

      University of Texas El Paso Symphonic Winds/Ron Hofstader
      Christmas Gone Crazy

      Mark 9417-MCD

      1:05 am

      George Gershwin: Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

      Anne-Marie McDermott, p; Dallas Sym/Justin Brown
      George Gershwin * Complete Music for Piano and Orchestra

      Bridge 9252

      1:14 am

      Ludwig Bonvin: "Christmas Night's Dream"

      Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
      American Romantics

      New Focus Recordings FCR-166

      1:18 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Dream of Silent Night"

      Martin Roscoe, p
      Nielsen: Complete Piano Music

      Hyperion 67591/2 (2)

      1:20 am

      Carl Nielsen: Symphony #4, Op 29, "The Inextinguishable"

      BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis

      Virgin Classics 91210-2

      1:55 am

      Niels Gade: Hymn, "Barn Jesus i en krybbe la"

      Danish National Radio Cho/Jesper Grove Jorgensen

      Chandos CHAN-9767

      2:00 am

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

      Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Jerold D Ottley

      Intersound CDS-3494

      2:05 am

      Gabriel Pierné: Violin Sonata, Op 36

      Gaëtane Prouvost, v; Laurent Cabasso, p
      Pierné

      Integral INT-221.153

      2:26 am

      Jules Massenet: "Werther"

      "La Nuit de Noel"

      Opéra-Comique Orch/Albert Wolff
      Massenet Edition

      London 4783963 (23)

      2:35 am

      Jules Massenet: "Thaïs"

      "Allegro maestoso"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Massenet: Ballet Suites

      Capriccio 10569

      2:36 am

      Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concerto #10 in B-Flat

      Sabine Meyer, cl; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54842-2

      2:54 am

      German Trad: Carol, "Kommet ihr Hirten"

      Maria Stader, s; Ensemble
      The Christmas Album

      DG 474573-2 (2)

      3:00 am

      David Overton: Fantasia on "In dulci jubilo"

      James Galway, f; Munich Radio Orch/John Georgiadis
      In Dulci Jubilo Christmas With James Galway And The Regensburger Domspatzen

      RCA 60736-2-RC

      3:04 am

      R L Pearsall: "In dulci jubilo"

      Swiss Vocal Consort/Marco Amherd
      Dormi Bel Bambin

      Prospero PROSP-0059

      3:08 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "In dulci jubilo," BWV 729

      Kevin Bowyer, o
      Christmas Organ Music

      Nimbus NI-7711

      3:10 am

      Charles Villiers Stanford: Symphony #4 in F, Op 31

      Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
      Stanford: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9279-82 (4)

      3:54 am

      English Trad: "On Christmas Night"

      Maria Stader, s; Ensemble
      The Christmas Album

      DG 474573-2 (2)

      4:00 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Magnificat in C

      Part 1, "Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn"

      American Boychoir; Orch/James Litton
      Trumpets Sound • Voices Ring (A Joyous Christmas)

      MHS 523153-F (2)

      4:05 am

      Arthur Foote: Piano Trio #2 in B-Flat, Op 65

      Neave Trio
      American Moments

      Chandos CHAN-10924

      4:26 am

      Norman Dello Joio: "Christmas Music"

      "O, Come All Ye Faithful"

      Debra Torok, p
      Norman Dello Joio: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 3 - Family Album, Five Images, Stage Parodies

      Albany TROY-468

      4:28 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Magnificat" in D, BWV 243

      Upshaw, Jensen, Simpson, Gordon, Stone, Atlanta Sym & Cho/Shaw
      Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano,
      Gloria / Magnificat

      Telarc CD-80194

      4:55 am

      Johann Michael BACH: Chorale Prelude, In dulci jubilo

      Kevin Bowyer, o
      Christmas Organ Music

      Nimbus NI-7711

      5:00 am

      Adolphe Adam: "O Holy Night"

      Giovanni De Chiaro, g
      Christmas On Guitar

      Centaur CRC-2101

      5:05 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Concierto del Sur"

      John Williams, g; English Chamber Orch/André Previn
      The Great Guitar Concertos

      CBS M2K-44791 (2)

      5:29 am

      French ANON 13th c: "Quem vidistis pastores"

      Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen
      Boston Camerata Christmas: Worlds of Early Music

      Erato ECD-75569

      5:31 am

      Jean-Marie Leclair: Flute Sonata in C, Op 2/3

      Christoph Huntgeburth, f; Mitzi Meyerson, hc; Hildegard Perl, viga
      Leclair: Sonatas for Flute and Basso Continuo

      ASV CDGAU-158

      5:42 am

      Pancrace Royer: "Almasis"

      Suite

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
      Surprising Royer

      Aparte AP-298

      5:54 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Zais"

      "Contredanse en rondeau"

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
      Rameau: Zaïs

      Aparté AP-109 (3)

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      Advent 3 - “My Soul Proclaims the Greatness of the Lord.” Host Peter DuBois will offer gorgeous expressions of a powerful text, the Magnificat, which has found equally powerful settings over the centuries.

      6:58 am

      William Walton: "Henry V"

      "Touch her soft lips and part"

      English Sym Orch/William Boughton
      Meditations for a Quiet Dawn

      Nimbus NI-7009

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      7:02 am

      Arvo Pärt: "Spiegel im Spiegel"

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Guillaume Bellom, p
      Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa

      Warner 0190295029579

      7:11 am

      Arvo Pärt: "Magnificat"

      Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips
      Tintinnabuli

      Gimell CDGIM-049

      7:20 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491

      Lang Lang, p; Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      The Mozart Album

      Sony 88843082532

      7:53 am

      Claude Debussy: "La plus que lente"

      I Salonisti
      The Last Dance - Music For A Vanishing Era

      RCA-DHM 77377-2

      8:01 am

      Franz Berwald: "Elfenspiel"

      Royal Phil Orch/Ulf Björlin
      Berwald * Sinfonie Singulière / Sinfonie Sérieuse / Elfenspiel

      EMI CDM5-65303-2

      8:10 am

      Harold Darke: "In the Bleak Midwinter"

      Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison; Michael Bloss, o
      Holidays with WFMT

      Naxos/WFMT (Xmas 2021)

      8:17 am

      Julius Williams: "Toccatina"

      Dvorák Sym Orch/Julius Williams
      Somewhere Far Away * The Music of Julius Williams

      Albany TROY-1072

      8:25 am

      Traditional Provençal: Suite of Carols for Instruments

      Patrick Vaillant Ensemble
      La Bela Naissença: Christmas Carols from Provence

      L'empreinte Digitale ED-13113

      8:33 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

      Atlanta Sym Orch Strings/Robert Spano
      Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia/Symphony No 5

      Telarc CD-80676

      8:51 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Suite Rossiniana"

      IV. Finale, Tarantella, "Puro sangue"

      Royal Phil Orch/Antal Dorati
      Phase 4 Stereo Concert Series

      Decca 4786769

      9:00 am

      Hildegard of Bingen: Sequence, "O ignis spiritus Paracliti"

      A Far Cry
      Dreams & Prayers

      Crier Records CR-1401

      9:11 am

      Anonymous 13th-century English: Plainsong, "Worldes blis"

      Klara Kollektiv
      Nära

      Rattle RAT-D092

      9:15 am

      Anonymous 15th-century Italian: "Cominciamento di gioia"

      Newberry Consort/Mary Springfels
      Music for a Medieval Banquet

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907038

      9:23 am

      Anonymous 16th-century Czech: "Czech Folk Songs"

      Ensemble Caprice/Matthias Maute
      Chaconne

      Analekta AN2-9132

      9:32 am

      Peter Warlock: Christmas Medley

      Septura
      Christmas with Septura

      Naxos 8.573719

      9:41 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3, "The Bird"

      Alban Berg Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33 No. 3 "The Bird", Op. 77 Nos. 1 & 2

      EMI CDC5-57541-2

      10:01 am

      Charles Gounod: "St Cecilia Mass"

      "Sanctus"

      Jessye Norman, s; Ambrosian Singers, Royal Phil Orch/Alexander Gibson
      The Jessye Norman Collection

      Philips 422893-2 (2)

      10:07 am

      Carlos Simon: "Requiem for the Enslaved"

      "Light Everlasting" (solo piano version)

      Carlos Simon, p
      Requiem for the Enslaved

      Decca 4852939

      10:12 am

      Edgar Meyer: Violin Concerto

      Movement II

      Hilary Hahn, v; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
      Barber & Meyer: Violin Concertos

      Sony SK-89029

      10:30 am

      Samuel Barber: Song, "With Rue my Heart is Laden," Op. 2, No. 2

      Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
      Muse

      Decca B0034635-02

      10:32 am

      Traditional English: "Coventry Carol"

      Giovanni De Chiaro, g
      The Sounds of Christmas on Guitar

      Centaur CRC-2262

      10:40 am

      William Alwyn: "Pastoral Fantasia"

      Stephen Tees, vi; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Alwyn: Lyra Angelica · Autumn Legend

      Chandos CHAN-9065

      10:54 am

      Gian Carlo Menotti: "Amahl and the Night Visitors"

      Orchestral Suite

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Shaw
      Nativity: A Christmas Concert with Robert Shaw

      Turnabout QTV-S-34647/48

      11:02 am

      Traditional English: "The Holly and the Ivy"

      Imani Winds
      This Christmas

      Koch KICCD-7748

      11:06 am

      Gerald Finzi: "A Severn Rhapsody," Op. 3

      Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon
      Introit - The Music of Gerald Finzi

      Decca 4789357

      11:13 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, "Classical"

      London Phil Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Elgar: Symphony No. 1/ In The South

      RCA 61350-2

      11:27 am

      Lukas Foss: Capriccio for cello and piano

      Clancy Newman, vc; Natalie Zhu, p
      From Method to Madness: The American Sound

      Albany TROY-1935

      11:36 am

      Aaron Copland: Clarinet Sonata

      Alexander Fiterstein, cl; Chris Hopkins, p
      A Clarinet in America

      Orchid Classics ORC-100155

      11:56 am

      Traditional English: "Here We Come A-Wassailing"

      Sym Brass of Chicago/Barry Faldner, Thomas Weisflog, o
      Christmas with the Symphony Brass of Chicago

      Vox 7501

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Richard Rodney Bennett: Five Carols

      New York Polyphony
      Sing Thee Nowell

      BIS 2099

      12:00 pm

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      12:10 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "An Occasional Oratorio"

      Overture, Allegro, Adagio, March

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/Justin Doyle
      Handel: Coronation Anthems

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902708

      12:21 pm

      Fanny Mendelssohn: "Allegro grazioso" in B-Flat

      Sontraud Speidel, p
      Hensel Klaviermusik

      ARS Produktion ARS-38615

      12:28 pm

      Aaron Copland: "The Red Pony" Suite

      New Philharmonia Orch/Aaron Copland
      Copland Conducts Copland

      CBS MK-42429

      12:55 pm

      Vince Guaraldi: "Chirstmastime is Here"

      Imani Winds
      This Christmas

      Koch KICCD-7748

      12:58 pm

      Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"

      Imani Winds
      This Christmas

      Koch KICCD-7748

      1:02 pm

      Jacques Offenbach: "Voyage dans la lune"

      Ballet of the Snowflakes

      Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      Offenbach Romantique

      Archiv 4776403

      1:14 pm

      Gerald Finzi: Five Bagatelles, Op. 23

      Todd Levy, cl; Jeannie Yu, p
      Rhapsodie: 20th-Century Clarinet Classics

      Avie AV-2367

      1:31 pm

      Raymond Warren: "Wexford Bells: Suite on Old Irish Tunes"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries 2

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      1:43 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      Scherzo

      Seraph Brass
      Asteria

      Summit DCD-709

      1:48 pm

      William Grant Still: Folk Suite No. 4

      Sierra Winds; Carol Urban-Stivers, p
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      1:55 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Concertante" Quartet No. 4 in F

      Arabella String Quartet
      Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets

      Naxos 8.574360

      2:00 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Suite

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake

      CBS MBK-42252

      2:16 pm

      Traditional English: "Coventry Carol"

      Chicago a cappella
      2023 Holidays a cappella

      Chicago A Cappella

      2:19 pm

      Wayland Rogers: "What Sweeter Music"

      Chicago a cappella
      Christmas a cappella

      Cedille CDR-90000107

      2:27 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46

      No. 6 in D, "Sousedská"

      Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi
      Dvořák: Slavonic Dances

      Decca 430171-2

      2:33 pm

      Leopold Mozart: "Sinfonia pastorale" in G

      New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong
      Leopold Mozart: Symphonies

      Naxos 8.553347

      2:47 pm

      Michael Abels: "Delights and Dances"

      Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Delights & Dances

      Cedille CDR-90000141

      3:00 pm

      Jessie Montgomery: "Starburst"

      String Orchestra/Jessie Montgomery
      Jessie Montgomery Strum: Music for Strings

      Azica ACD-71302

      3:04 pm

      Napoléon Coste: "Rondeau de concert," Op. 12

      Jeffrey McFadden, g
      Popular Guitar Music

      Naxos 8.571085

      3:13 pm

      Emilie Mayer: Symphony No. 3 in C, "Military"

      Bremerhaven Phil Orch/Marc Niemann
      Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3

      Hännsler Classic HC-22016

      3:45 pm

      Ola Gjeilo: "The Road"

      I. "Hallings

      Duncan Riddell, violin; Royal Phil Orch/Rupert Gough
      Dreamweaver

      Decca 4854635

      3:47 pm

      Ola Gjeilo: "The Road"

      III. "Hardangarvidda I"

      Choir of Royal Holloway, Royal Phil Orch/Rupert Gough
      Dreamweaver

      Decca 4854635

      3:51 pm

      Ellis Marsalis: "Fourth Autumn"

      Karen Walwyn, p
      Dark Fires, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-384

      4:00 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 3

      Overture (Suite) in B-Flat: Dances

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Telemann - Tafelmusik Selections

      Archiv 429774-2

      4:15 pm

      Alan Silvestri: "A Christmas Carol"

      "The Ghost of Christmas Past"

      Page LA Studio Voices, London Voices, Hollywood Studio Sym/Alan Silvestri
      A Christmas Carol (Original Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney D-001956902

      4:20 pm

      Clara Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Robert, Op. 20

      Sarah Cahill, p
      The Future is Female, Vol. 2

      First Hand Records FHR-132

      4:34 pm

      Fela Sowande: "African Suite"

      London Sym Orch Strings/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 7

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      4:50 pm

      Ludovico Einaudi: "Experience"

      Voces8; L Somogyi, h; T Gould, v; E Denton, vc; E Bradley, mar
      Elsa Bradley, marimba,
      Nightfall

      Decca 4870458

      4:56 pm

      Justin Hurwitz: "La La Land"

      Mia & Sebastian's Theme

      Alexandre Tharaud, p
      Cinema

      Erato 5419718461

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Music of the Baroque

      Bach's Christmas Oratorio

      Recorded in concert at Symphony Center: Dame Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque chorus and orchestra with tenor Gwilym Bowen (Evangelist), soprano Yulia Van Doren, mezzo-soprano Emily Fons, and bass-baritone Michael Sumuel. Performance from November 25, 2024.

      7:23 pm

      Lars-Erik Larsson: Pastoral Suite, Op. 19

      CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi
      Northern Landscapes

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5157

      7:37 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Five "Danses champêtres," Op. 106

      Ruggiero Ricci, v; Sylvia Rabinoff, p
      Sibelius - Complete Works for Violin and Piano/Solo Works by Bach, Hindemith, Ysaÿe, Paganini

      Prompt URS-90033 (2)

      7:53 pm

      Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

      No. 2, "Allegretto grazioso"

      Royal Phil Orch/Thomas Beecham
      Grieg: Per Gynt, etc.

      EMI CDM7-69039-2

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Kabalevsky "Colas Breugnon" Overture Haydn Symphony No. 88 in G Major Weinberger Polka and Fugue from "Schwanda the Bagpiper;" Liebermann Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra; Sauter-Finegan Orchestra; Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G Major; Lisa Della Casa, soprano; Fritz Reiner, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      Lili Boulanger: "Cortège"

      Olivier Charlier, v; Emile Naoumoff, p
      Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In memoriam Lili Boulanger

      Marco Polo 8.223636

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      A Mexican Concert Fiesta’s Mexican concert starts with an overture by Spanish Mexican composer Rodolfo Halffter, and continues with a lively piece by a Mexican living composer Hebert Vázquez. Elbio Barilari will revisit the work of the 19th-century genius Ricardo Castro and end the program with Carlos Chávez’s Romantic Symphony conducted by the composer himself.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Art of Marc-André Hamelin Program 2

      Leopold Godowsky Studies on Chopin Études, Op. 25; Nikolai Medtner Piano Concerto No. 2 in C.

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.