A Chicagoland Holiday Preview

Grab your calendar and a warm beverage as WFMT previews select Chicago area performances for the holiday season.

Maya Kherani, soloist in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel’s Messiah sings “Rejoice greatly.”

Playlist

Reena Esmail: “The Year’s Midnight” from A Winter Breviary
St. Martin’s Voices/Andrew Earis

Benjamin Britten: “Balulalow” from A Ceremony of Carols
Victoria Meteyard, soprano
Camilla Pay, harp
Tenebrae/Nigel Short

O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. Stephen Paulus)
Stephen Colburn, oboe
Marguerite Lynn Williams, harp
Chicago Master Singers/Alan Heatherington

John Rutter: Angel’s Carol
Erin Freund, harp
St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt

George Frideric Handel (orch. Davis): “There were shepherds abiding in the field…Glory to God in the highest!” from Messiah
Erin Wall, soprano
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis

Handel: “His yoke is easy” from Messiah
Apollo Chorus of Chicago/Stephen Alltop

Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in C, R. 82
Avi Avital, mandolin
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
Patrick Sepec, cello

Heinrich Schütz: Sei gegrüsset, Maria
Kimberly McCord, soprano
Joseph Schlesinger, countertenor
Music of the Baroque/William Jon Gray

Johann Sebastian Bach: Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Traditional Irish: Sheep Under the Snow
Traditional Irish: Apples in Winter
Traditional Irish: Little Christmas Reel
Traditional English: Blow, Northern Wind
Susanna Perry Gilmore, fiddle
Brian Kay, lute & vocals
Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Dance of the Tumblers from The Snow Maiden
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin

Johann Strauss, Jr.: Champagne Polka
Johann Strauss Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green

John Williams: “Somewhere in My Memories” from Home Alone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams