Each day this week at 5:00 pm, Candice Agree invites you to celebrate the season with a musical holiday journey, filled with carols, holiday folk melodies, and classical Christmas traditions from far and wide.
Recordings are courtesy of the European Broadcasting Union, of which Classical WFMT is proud to be an Associate Member.
Traditional (arr. Kirill Grigoryevich Stetsenko): Good evening to you, Master
Platon Maiboroda Academic Choir of Ukrainian Radio; Viktor Skoromnyi, conductor
Traditional (arr. Kirill Grigoryevich Stetsenko): A New Joy Has Been Revealed
Platon Maiboroda Academic Choir of Ukrainian Radio; Viktor Skoromnyi, conductor
Traditional (arr. Oleksandr Yakovchuk): Heaven and Earth Now Are Celebrating
Khreshcatyk Chamber Choir, Larysa Bukhonska, conductor
Traditional (arr. Kirill Grigoryevich Stetsenko): Oh, the Grey Cuckoo
Choir of the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music: Pavlo Muravskyi, conductor
Traditional/Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych: Carol of the Bells
Platon Maiboroda Academic Choir of Ukrainian Radio; Yuliia Tkach, conductor
Traditional: Eu hei de m’ir ao presépio/ Natal de Elvas (I must go to the Nativity Scene/Christmas in Elvas)
Lisbon Chamber Choir: Teresita Gutierrez Marques, conductor
Pedro de Cristo: Ay mi Dios
Lisbon Chamber Choir: Teresita Gutierrez Marques, conductor
Traditional: Olhei para o céu (I looked at the sky)
Coro Autêntico: Gonçalo Lourenço, conductor
Traditional: Ó meu menino (Oh, my little boy)
Gulbenkian Chorus: Jorge Matta, conductor
Zoltán Kodály: Angels and Shepherds
Cantemus Choir of Nyíregyháza: Dénes Szabó, conductor
Péter Tóth: Vivo. Sing merrily, zithers! from Christmas Cantata
Hungarian Radio Children’s Chorus, Budapest; Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest: János Kovács, conductor
Gregorian Chant (arr. Zoltán Kodály): Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Pécs Chamber Choir: Aurél Tillai, conductor
Leevi Madetoja: Cast Away All Your Everyday Worries
Helsinki Chamber Choir: Timo Nuoranne, conductor
Pekka Juhani Hannikainen: Shine, oh you little Christmas stars
Dominante: Seppo Murto, conductor
Traditional: For Shepherds at Night
Key Ensemble: Teemu Honkanen, conductor
Jean Sibelius: Give me no splendor
Ville Urponen, organ; Helsinki Chamber Choir: Timo Nuoranne, conductor
Michael Haydn: Excerpt from Lauft ihr Hirten, MH 217 (Run, Ye Shepherds, to the Light)
Bettina Meiners, soprano; Collegium Vocale of the Salzburg Bach Society; Andreas Gassner, organ; Müllner Instrumental Ensemble: Albert Hartinger, conductor
Melchior Rauchenbacher: Selections from Sonata Pastoralis:
Andreas Gassner, organ; Müllner Instrumental Ensemble: Albert Hartinger, conductor
Traditional: Es wird scho glei dumpa (it’s about to go downhill)
Phil Blech Wien: Anton Mittemayr, conductor
Leopold Mozart: Musikalische Schlittenfahrt, Divertimento (Musical sleighride)
Phil Blech Wien: Anton Mittemayr, conductor