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      Playlist for Thursday, December 19, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves (1934)

      Orch/Morton Gould
      Greensleeves, The Beautiful Music Of Ralph Vaughn Williams And Eric Coates

      Quintessence PMC-7049

      12:05 am

      Peter Cornelius: "Weihnachtslieder," Op 8

      Peter Schreier, t; Norman Shetler, p
      Weihnachtslieder

      Eurodisc 69013-2-RG

      12:19 am

      German Anon 15th c: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich

      Niederaltaicher Scholars/Konrad Ruhland
      In Natali Domini: Mediaeval Christmas Songs

      Sony SK-45946

      12:21 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Piano and Strings Concerto in a

      Cyprien Katsaris, p; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/János Rolla

      Teldec 75860-2

      12:52 am

      German Trad: Personent hodie

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Christmas With The Cambridge Singers

      Collegium COLCD-111

      1:00 am

      Leroy Anderson: "Forgotten Dreams"

      Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel

      Vanguard SVC-4

      1:02 am

      Leroy Anderson: "Sleigh Ride"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Sleigh Ride!

      RCA 61373-2

      1:05 am

      Leroy Anderson: "Suite of Carols"

      BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

      Naxos 8.559357

      1:17 am

      Haydn: "Joy to the World (after Piano Sonata in D)"

      Jeffrey Biegel, p
      Classical Carols

      Koch KICCD-7737

      1:18 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker" Suite, Op. 71a

      #13, "Waltz of the Flowers"

      Martha Argerich & Nicolas Economou, p's.
      Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Etc.

      DG 449816-2

      1:24 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      #13, "Waltz of the Flowers"

      Philharmonia Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Music From The Nutcracker

      CBS MDK-44656

      1:31 am

      Jule Styne: Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

      Giovanni De Chiaro, g
      The Sounds Of Christmas On Guitar

      Centaur CRC-2262

      1:34 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Le voyage dans la lune"

      Ballet Music "(Ballet of the Snowflakes)"

      Gulbenkian Foundation Orch/Michel Swierczewski
      Offenbach Music from the Operettas

      Nimbus NI-5303

      1:45 am

      Emile Waldteufel: "Les Patineurs (The Skaters)" Waltz, Op 183

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      With Love From Vienna

      Philips 422050-2

      1:53 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "Currier and Ives Suite"

      #1, "The Whirlwind Skater"

      New Zealand Sym Orch/James Sedares

      Koch 3-7224-2

      2:00 am

      English Trad: Carol, "The First Nowell"

      Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/Richard Marlow

      Conifer CDCF-501

      2:05 am

      Rick Sowash: Piano Trio #3, "A Christmas Divertimento"

      Mirecourt Trio
      The Four Piano Trios

      Gasparo GSCD-254

      2:25 am

      English Anon 16th c: "The Boar's Head Carol"

      The Sixteen Cho/Harry Christophers
      Christmas Music From Medieval And Renaissance Europe

      Hyperion CDA-66263

      2:27 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

      2:53 am

      Johann Pachelbel: Chorale Prelude, "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her"

      Dietrich Prost, o
      Klassische Weihnachten- 100 Tracks

      Berlin Classics BC-2009-2

      3:00 am

      Beethoven: "What Child is This?" (after Beethoven's Sonata in c#, Op 27/1)

      Jeffrey Biegel, p
      Classical Carols

      Koch KICCD-7737

      3:05 am

      Bela Bartók: Rhapsody No. 1

      Ida Haendel, v; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Enescu, Bartok, Szymanowski: Works For Violin And Piano

      London 455488-2 (2)

      3:14 am

      Béla Bartók: "Rumanian Christmas Carols," Sz 57

      Zoltán Kocsis, p
      Works for Piano Solo 2

      Philips 442016-2

      3:25 am

      Roumanian Trad: Carol, Marire'ntru cei di Sus

      Basia Retchitzka, s; Orch/Robert Cornman

      Mon MF-323

      3:26 am

      Edward Elgar: "The Wand of Youth" Suite #2, Op 1b

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      Pomp and Circumstance Marches, The Wind of Youth, Three Bavarian Dances

      Nimbus NI-5136

      3:42 am

      Frank Taylor: "Toy" Symphony

      Raymond Lewenthal, p; Ensemble
      Toy Symphonies & Other Fun

      Seraphim S-60365

      3:53 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (after Sonata in C, K. 545)

      Jeffrey Biegel, p
      Classical Carols

      Koch KICCD-7737

      4:00 am

      Richard WILLIS: Carol, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"

      Robert Decormier Singers/Robert DeCormier
      Christmas Eve

      Arabesque Z-6527

      4:03 am

      English Trad: "The Boar's Head Carol"

      Robert Decormier Singers/Robert DeCormier
      Christmas Eve

      Arabesque Z-6527

      4:05 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Dances of Galánta"

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Antal Dorati • Kodály • Bartók

      Mercury 432005-2

      4:20 am

      English Trad: Carol, O Come All Ye Faithful

      London Brass
      Christmas with the London Brass

      Teldec 46443-2

      4:23 am

      German Trad: Carol, "In dulci jubilo"

      London Brass; Leslie Pearson, o
      Christmas With London Brass

      Teldec 46443-2

      4:25 am

      Franz Gruber: Carol, "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)"

      London Brass
      Christmas With London Brass

      Teldec 46443-2

      4:29 am

      Welsh Trad: Carol, "Deck the Hall"

      Oregon Repertory Singers/Gilbert Seeley
      The Glory of Christmas * Oregon Repertory Singers

      Koch 3-7362-2

      4:30 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 110, "Unser Mund sei voll Lachens (May our mouth be filled with laughter)"

      Soloists; Leipzig Thomaner Cho, New Bach Collegium Musicum/Rotzsch

      Berlin Classics 0021002-BC

      4:54 am

      John Reading: Carol, "O Come, All Ye Faithful"

      Aaron Brask, fh

      Last Horn LH-1001

      5:00 am

      African Trad: Carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

      Kathln Battle, s; Frdrca von Stade, ms; Cho, Orch of St Luke's/André Pre
      A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert

      Sony SK-48235

      5:05 am

      African Trad: Carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

      Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
      We Wish You A Merry Christmas

      CBS MK-39093

      5:09 am

      Craig Courtney: "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

      Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Jerold D Ottley

      Intersound CDS-3494

      5:20 am

      French Trad: Carol, "The holly and the ivy"

      New York Choral Artists/Joseph Flummerfelt
      Come, All Ye Faithful

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49908-2

      5:22 am

      Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "In nativitate Domini"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      5:31 am

      Franz Liszt: "Tasso, lamento e trionfo," Symphonic Poem No. 2 (1849)

      Prague Radio Sym Orch/ Macura

      Supraphon 111112-2

      5:53 am

      George Frideric Handel: Hymn, "Joy to the World"

      New York Choral Artists/Joseph Flummerfelt
      Come, All Ye Faithful

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49908-2

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Mornings with Lisa Flynn

      Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

      6:03 am

      Richard Allison: "Go from my window"

      Baltimore Consort
      Watkins Ale: Music of the English Renaissance

      Dorian DOR-90142

      6:06 am

      Thomas Morley: "Joyne Hands"

      Baltimore Consort
      Watkins Ale: Music of the English Renaissance

      Dorian DOR-90142

      6:08 am

      John Dowland: "The King of Denmark's Galliard"

      Baltimore Consort
      The Food of Love

      Sono Luminus DSL-92234

      6:10 am

      Rebecca Dale: "Winter"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Elle

      Analekta AN2-8754

      6:17 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in F, Op. 35, No. 4 (G 512)

      London Festival Orch/Ross Pople
      Boccherini: Six Symphonies Op. 35

      Hyperion CDA-66903

      6:30 am

      Traditional Serbian: Stichera, "Heaven and Earth"

      St. Stephen of Dečani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijević
      Serbian Christmas

      WFMT (Serbian Christmas)

      6:33 am

      Traditional Serbian: Stichera, "The Magi, Kings of Persia"

      St. Stephen of Dečani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijević
      Serbian Christmas

      WFMT (Serbian Christmas)

      6:36 am

      Howard Blake: "Walking in the Air" from "The Snowman"

      Barry Gordon, p
      Distant Songs

      Telarc CD-80330

      6:43 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Le roi malgré lui" (1887)

      "Fête polonaise"

      Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
      Chabrier: España, Suite pastorale, etc.

      DG 447751-2

      6:52 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Serenata in vano"

      Diamant Ensemble
      Carl Nielsen: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

      Dacapo 8.226064

      7:02 am

      Thomas Arne: Overture No. 4 in F

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Arne: Eight Overtures

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 4759117

      7:10 am

      Traditional English: "Gloucestershire Wassail"

      Quadriga Consort
      Winter's Delights - Early Christmas Music & Carols from the British Isles

      Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88875075722

      7:14 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "The Bells," Op. 35

      I. "The Silver Sleigh Bells"

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      Destination Rachmaninov: Arrival

      DG 4836617

      7:22 am

      John Rutter: "All Bells in Paradise"

      St. Paul's Cathedral Cho/Andrew Carwood
      Carols with St Paul's Cathedral Choir

      Decca 4789225

      7:28 am

      Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"

      Musica Anima Chamber Orch/Arnie Roth
      Renaissance Holiday

      American Gramaphone AG-298-2

      7:32 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"

      III. "Allegro molto vivace"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      7:41 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op. 43

      IV. "Marche miniature"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on Bald Mountain and Other Russian Showpieces

      RCA 61958-2

      7:44 am

      Andreas Hammerschmidt: "Freude, Freude, große Freude"

      Soloists; Vox Luminis/Lionel Meunier
      Philippe Froeliger, tenor,
      Heinrich Schütz - Weihnachtshistorie

      Ricercar RIC-467

      7:51 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, "Gradus ad Parnassum"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro vivace"

      Chineke! Orch members
      Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

      Decca 4853322

      8:02 am

      Friedrich von Flotow: "Martha"

      Overture

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Hans Vonk
      Overtures to Comic Opera

      Ars Vivendi 2100136

      8:11 am

      John Ireland: "A Downland Suite" (1932)

      Minuet

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music for Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      8:17 am

      John Jacob Niles: "I Wonder As I Wander"

      Cantus
      Into the Light

      Signum SIGCD-723

      8:20 am

      Traditional Catalan: Carol, "Fum, fum, fum"

      Burning River Brass
      Twas the Night Before Christmas

      Azica ACD-71319

      8:22 am

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

      "Christmas Jig"; "Wexford Bells"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries 2

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      8:29 am

      Francesco Geminiani: Concerto grosso in D, Op. 3, No. 1

      Capella Istropolitana/Jaroslav Krček
      Geminiani: Concerti Grossi, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.553019

      8:41 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: "I finti nobili"

      Overture

      Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 4

      Naxos 8.573459

      8:48 am

      Edgar Meyer: "Winter's Chill"

      Modern Mandolin Quartet; Edgar Meyer, db
      Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite

      Windham Hill 11108-2

      8:55 am

      Traditional Canadian: "Huron Carol (Twas in the moon of winter)"

      Chicago a cappella
      Holidays a Cappella Live

      Chicago A Cappella CAC-2005

      9:01 am

      Ernst von Dohnányi: "Pastorale" (Hungarian Christmas Song)

      Barry Snyder, p
      Dohnányi: Piano Works

      Pro Arte CDD-240

      9:08 am

      George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody

      Andrew von Oeyen, p; Prague Phil/Emmanuel Villaume
      Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Gershwin: Piano Concertos

      Warner 0190295908485

      9:25 am

      Marcel Tournier: "Six Noëls pour la harpe"

      No. 5

      Emily Mitchell, h
      Rejoice! A String Quartet Christmas Vol. 3

      John Marks Records JMR-20

      9:26 am

      Stephen Paulus: Three Nativity Carols

      No. 1, "The Holly and the Ivy"

      Washington Master Chorale/T Colohan; SN Key, ob; S Robinson, h
      This Endris Night

      Acis APL-63682

      9:30 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Joy to the World"

      Voces8 Foundation Cho & Orch/Barnaby Smith
      A Choral Christmas

      Decca 5568937

      9:36 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Valse-Fantaisie"

      Radio France Phil/Paavo Järvi
      Ballets Russes

      Virgin 45609-2

      9:45 am

      Louise Farrenc: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 33

      IV. Finale. "Vivace"

      Neave Trio
      Her Voice: Piano Trios by Farrenc, Beach, and Clarke

      Chandos CHAN-20139

      9:54 am

      James Horner: "Legends of the Fall"

      The Ludlows

      Lindsey Stirling, v; Czech Phil/Robert Ziegler
      James Horner: The Classics

      Sony 85772

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday Music

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      10:00 am

      Dietrich Buxtehude: Chaconne in E minor

      Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Keri-Lynn Wilson
      Danzón

      Dorian XCD-90254

      10:07 am

      Dietrich Buxtehude: "Puer natus in Bethlehem," BuxWV 217

      Nicholas Danby, o
      Buxtehude - The Organ

      Virgin 91139-2

      10:08 am

      Traditional Spanish: Carol, "Hacia Belén va un borrico"

      Chanticleer
      Chanticleer Sings Christmas

      Warner 0190295228781

      10:12 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 1

      Philharmonia Baroque/Nicholas McGegan
      Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, 1-6

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907014

      10:24 am

      Aram Khachaturian: Toccata (1932)

      Jean-Paul Gasparian, p
      Origins

      Naïve V-8444

      10:30 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Fidelio," Op. 72

      Overture

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

      RCA 68976-2

      10:38 am

      Arvo Pärt: "Festina Lente"

      I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen
      Arvo Pärt: Fratres / I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen

      Telarc CD-80387

      10:47 am

      Ólafur Arnalds: "Saudade (When We Are Born)"

      Joseph Ehrenpreis & Harry Long Ngo, g's
      saman

      Etymology [saman]

      10:49 am

      Traditional Kalabari: "Ibike (Do a Good Thing)"

      Joseph Ehrenpreis, g
      Sunrise in Africa

      Joseph Ehrenpreis (Sunrise in Africa)

      10:53 am

      Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

      II. Giuoco delle coppie

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      11:01 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: "Siciliano," Op. 42, No. 2

      Stephen Hough, p
      The Piano Album 1

      Virgin 59509-2

      11:03 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: "Sicilienne"

      Quynh Nguyen, p
      The Flower of France - Piano Works of Germaine Tailleferre

      Music & Arts MA-1306

      11:06 am

      Sofiane Pamart: "Sicilia"

      Sofiane Pamart, p
      Planet Gold

      Urban PIASU-166D

      11:13 am

      Bohdan Kryvopust: "Fantasia"

      Solomiya Ivakhiv, v; Lviv National Phil Sym Orch/S Khorovets
      Ukrainian Christmas

      Naxos 8.574677

      11:25 am

      Eric Coates: "The Three Elizabeths"

      I. "Halcyon Days"

      Eastman-Rochester Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell
      Country Gardens and Other Favorites

      Mercury 434330-2

      11:35 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in C minor

      London Phil Orch/Georg Solti
      Haydn: Symphony No. 104 'London', Symphony No. 95

      Decca 417330-2

      11:57 am

      Traditional: "The One-Horned Cow; Patsy Jouhey's; Killavil Jig"

      Danial Hope, v; AIR Ensemble
      Irish Roots

      DG 4865806

      12:00 pm

      Andrew Wainwright: Rhapsody on "St. Francis"

      Millar Brass Ensemble/Stephen Squires
      Rhapsody on St. Francis (single)

      Millar Brass Ensemble

      12:12 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55

      IV. Finale, Theme and Variations

      La Scala Orch/Lovro von Matačić
      Lovro von Matačić - Artist Profile

      EMI CDZB5-68739-2 (2)

      12:35 pm

      Johann Helmich Roman: Sinfonia No. 20 in E minor

      Drottningholm Chamber Orch/Stig Westerberg
      Johan Helmich Roman: The Drottningholm Music

      Discofil SCD-1019

      12:45 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10

      IV. Finale, "Allegro agitato"

      Harold Wright, cl; Hawthorne String Quartet
      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet, Petite Suite, Ballade, Spirituals

      Koch 3-7056-2

      12:54 pm

      Benjamin Godard: "Suite de trois morceaux," Op 116, No. 3, Valse

      No. 3, "Valse"

      William Bennett, f; English Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford
      Celebration for Flute

      ASV CDDCA-652

      1:00 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor

      Verdi Quartett
      Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Complete String Quartets

      CPO 555345-2

      1:21 pm

      Traditional Bohemian: Carol, "Lasst alle Gott uns loben"

      Windsbacher Knabenchor/Ludwig Böhme
      In Dulci Jubilo

      Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 19658710702

      1:24 pm

      Traditional German: Carol, "In dulci jubilo"

      Windsbacher Knabenchor/Ludwig Böhme
      In Dulci Jubilo

      Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 19658710702

      1:28 pm

      Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D

      Canon

      English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard
      Pachelbel's Canon & Other Baroque Favorites

      CBS MDK-44650

      1:35 pm

      Jane Antonia Cornish: "Sunglitter"

      Vicky Chow, p
      Sierra

      Cantaloupe CA-21174

      1:42 pm

      Arthur Sullivan: Cello Concerto in D

      III. Finale, "Molto vivace"

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; London Sym Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Sullivan, Herbert: Cello Concertos

      EMI CDC7-47622-2

      1:50 pm

      Herbert Clarke: Valse Brillante, "Sounds from the Hudson"

      Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger
      Carnaval

      CBS MK-42137

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      2:00 pm

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Christmas Eve"

      Suite

      Odense Sym Orch/Eduard Serov
      Rimsky-Korsakov: Opera Suites Vol. 3

      Kontrapunkt 32261

      2:30 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in F, K. 57

      Willi Boskovsky, v; Lili Kraus, p
      Mozart: Sonatas for Violin and Piano

      EMI CHS7-63873-2 (6)

      2:41 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in F, R. 490

      Sergio Azzolini, bn; L'Aura Soave Cremona
      Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos Volume 2

      Naïve OP-30518

      2:53 pm

      Michael Praetorius: "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen"

      German Boys Choir
      A Classic Christmas - Songs of Praise

      Naxos 8.555292

      2:56 pm

      Jean Sibelius: "Finlandia," Op. 26

      Hymn Tune

      Cantus
      The COVID-19 Sessions

      Signum SIGCD-819

      3:00 pm

      Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14

      Gil Shaham, v; New York Phil/David Robertson
      1930's Violin Concertos Vol. 1

      Canary Classics CC-12 (2)

      3:25 pm

      George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches

      No. 2, "Noël"

      Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Hanson Conducts Chadwick, MacDowell & Peter

      Mercury 434337-2

      3:35 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Gaspard de la nuit"

      Inna Faliks, p
      Sound of Verse

      MSR Classics MS-1333

      3:58 pm

      Jacobus Gallus: "Canite tuba in Sion"

      Chanticleer
      Chanticleer Sings Christmas

      Warner 0190295228781

      4:00 pm

      Traditional: Carol, "Angels We Have Heard on High"

      Cantus
      Into the Light

      Signum SIGCD-723

      4:07 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Birds"

      Royal Liège Phil Orch/John Neschling
      Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances, The Birds

      BIS 2540

      4:29 pm

      Max Bruch: Romance in F, Op. 85

      Gérard Caussé, vi; Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano
      Concerto For Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra/ 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano/ Romance for Viola and Orchestra

      Erato 45483-2

      4:39 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Concertante" Quartet No. 3 in C

      Arabella String Quartet
      Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets

      Naxos 8.574360

      4:48 pm

      Alfred Burt: "A Christmas Bouquet"

      Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      Joy To The World

      Sony SK-48232

      5:00 pm

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

      Berlin Phil/Seiji Ozawa
      Prokofiev: 7 Symphonies, Lieutenant Kijé

      DG 435026-2

      5:16 pm

      Mikhail Glinka: Variations on a Theme of Mozart

      Susanna Mildonian, h
      Harp Recital

      Pavane ADW-7215

      5:22 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1053

      II. "Siciliano"

      Hae Won Chang, p; Camerata Cassovia/Robert Stankovsky
      Bach for Meditation

      Naxos 8.557650

      5:29 pm

      Michael Praetorius: Chorale, "Vom Himmel hoch"

      Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/Richard Marlow
      Michael Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo

      Conifer 51256-2

      5:45 pm

      Xavier Montsalvatge: "Cinco canciones negras"

      Tabea Zimmermann, vi; Javier Perianes, p
      Cantilena

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902648

      5:57 pm

      Traditional English: "The First Nowell"

      Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw
      A Robert Shaw Christmas - Angels on High

      Telarc CD-80461

      6:00 pm

      Johannes Brahms: "Zigeunerlieder," Op 103

      RIAS Chamber Cho/Uwe Gronostay; Phillip Moll, p
      Brahms: Liebesliederwalzer, Zigeunerlieder, 4 Quartette Op. 92

      Koch 3-1616-2

      6:18 pm

      Luzzasco Luzzaschi: Canzone

      New York Kammermusiker
      Renaissance Tour Of Europe / New York Kammermusiker

      Dorian DOR-90133

      6:21 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 2 in D

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Handel: Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks

      DG 435390-2

      6:31 pm

      Arturo Márquez: Violin Concerto, "Fandango"

      II. "Plegaria (Chaconne)"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
      Fandango

      Platoon [Fandango]

      6:42 pm

      Pietro Locatelli: Concerto grosso in F minor, Op. 1, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto"

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      A Baroque Feast

      Analekta AN2-9811

      6:59 pm

      Traditional Moravian: Carol, Angel Tidings

      Cho & Orch of Clare College Cambridge/John Rutter
      Carols from Clare

      EMI CDM7-69950-2

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Invitation to the Dance, Part III. This third installment of our series on dance music will center on the charmed life of George Balanchine, the chief choreographer of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. We will listen to the music that inspired Balanchine to choreograph his iconic dance movements including works by JS Bach, Maurice Ravel, Peter Tchaikovsky, and Balanchine’s longtime friend, Igor Stravinsky.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Holidays with Cantus

      One of the nation’s few full-time vocal ensembles, Cantus is widely known for its trademark vocal blend, innovative programming, and diverse repertoire. In a special visit to the WFMT studios, the gentlemen of Cantus join Louise Frank to share a warm and inviting mix of music for the holidays.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Pärt "Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten;" Gabriella Smith "Lost Coast" (New York Premiere); Copland "Quiet City;" John Adams "City Noir;" Gabriel Cabezas, cello; Ryan Roberts, english horn; Christopher Martin, trumpet; John Adams, conductor.