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Tonight’s “Christmas Memories” broadcast with Studs Terkel was first offered on WFMT in 1961, so this is our annual broadcast of that perennial favorite. Here then, voices and memories of childhood Christmases. (12/22/1961)
Candice Agree scours performances from the European Broadcasting Union and from commercial recordings to find seasonal music from far and wide. More information
Guest conductor Patrick Dupré Quigley, founder and artistic director of the vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire, leads a Music of the Baroque chorus in music for the holiday season.
The Christmas section of Handel’s great oratorio is performed by the Baroque-specialist musicians of Tafelmusik.
“The Film Score: Music for the Winter Holidays,” hosted by Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips, features music from holiday favorites and other wintry classics.
Sacred and secular music to honor the winter solstice and year-end holidays.