Schedule & Playlists

Playlist for Thursday, December 25, 2025

12:00 am

Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

Bach Christmas Oratorio

La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, and soloists, under the direction of Jordi Savall perform Bach's monumental oratorio for the Christmas season. Recorded live in concert in 2019 in Barcelona's Palau de la Música.

1:00 - 6:00 am

1:00 am

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248

Sinfonia "(Pastoral Symphony)"

Eteri Andjaparidze, p
CHRISTMAS PIANO MUSIC

Naxos 8.553461

1:05 am

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248

Part 1: Opening Chorus, "Jauchzet, frohlocket"

Pittsburgh Sym Brass
The Spirit Of Christmas

Four Winds FW-3022

1:13 am

Michael Praetorius: Christmas chorale motet, "Vom Himmel hoch"

Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/Richard Marlow
Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo

Conifer 51256-2

1:29 am

Michael Praetorius: Carol, "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen"

Pittsburgh Sym Brass
A Christmas Concert For Brass

Four Winds FW-3017

1:31 am

Arnold Schoenberg: "Weihnachtsmusik" (1921)

London Sinfonietta/David Atherton
Serenade, Op. 24 · Ode To Napoleon · Die Eiserne Brigade · Weihnachtsmusik

London 414171-1

1:37 am

Franz Gruber: "Silent Night, Holy Night"

Baylor University A Capella Cho/Hugh Sanders

Resmiranda 8011

1:41 am

German Trad: Carol, "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Lo, how a rose)"

Julianne Baird, s; Aulos Ensemble
A Baroque Christmas

Musicmasters 67119-2

1:44 am

Marcel Tournier: "Six Noels pour la Harpe"

Emily Mitchell, h

John Marks Records JMR-20

1:53 am

Leontovich: "Carol of the Bells"

Quebec Sym Orch/Pascal Verrot
Christmas- Weihnachten- Noel: Les chants inoubliables (Unforgettable Carols)

Analekta AN2-9125-6 (2)

2:00 am

English Trad: Carol, "We Three Kings of Orient Are"

Stephen Siktberg, g

MHS 512416

2:03 am

English Trad: Carol, "Good Christian Men, Rejoice"

Stephen Siktberg, g

MHS 512416

2:05 am

Morton Gould: "Serenade of Carols"

New Philharmonia/Morton Gould
A Musical Christmas Tree

RCA 7931-2-RG

2:19 am

Dietrich Buxtehude: "In dulci jubilo"

Netherlands Bach Society Cho/Jos van Veldhoven
Angels & Shepherds - A 17th Century Christmas

Channel Classics CCS-15198

2:25 am

Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale prelude, "In Dulci Jubilo (In sweet rejoicing)" BWV 729

Douglas Major, o
A Bach Festival

EMI/Ang CDC7-47395-2

2:28 am

Johann Michael BACH: Chorale Prelude, In dulci jubilo

Baltimore Consort
CHRISTMAS GIFT - A Dorian Holiday Celebration

Dorian DOR-90008

2:29 am

Peter Cornelius: Carol, "The Three Kings"

King's College Cho Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks

EMI/Ang CDM5-66241-2

2:32 am

Samuel Scheidt: Motet, "A Child Is Born in Bethlehem"

King's College Cho Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks

EMI/Ang CDM5-66241-2

2:35 am

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

King's College Cho Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks

EMI/Ang CDM5-66241-2

2:38 am

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

Maurice Sklar, v; Larry Dalton, p

Maurice Sklar0

2:41 am

English Trad: Carol, "We Three Kings of Orient Are"

Maurice Sklar, v; Larry Dalton, p

Maurice Sklar0

2:44 am

English Trad: Carol, "O Little Town of Bethlehem"

Maurice Sklar, v; Larry Dalton, p

Maurice Sklar0

2:47 am

English Trad: Carol, "Good King Wenceslas"

Maurice Sklar, v; Larry Dalton, p

Maurice Sklar0

2:49 am

English Trad: Carol, "I saw three ships"

St John's College Cho Cambridge/George Guest
Christmas Weekend: 16 Favourite Carols

London 421022-2

3:00 am

George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

Aria, "I know that my Redeemer liveth"

Kiri te Kanawa, s; Chicago Sym/Georg Solti
Handel: Messiah Highlights * Solti Edition

London 436609-2

3:05 am

George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

Sinfonia

Royal Phil/John Rutter
Handel: Messiah

Hendrickson Worship 56126-X (2)

3:09 am

George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

Aria, "Every Valley"

Mark Padmore, t; London Sym/Colin Davis

LSO 0607 (2)

3:11 am

George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

Chorus, "And the glory of the Lord"

English Cho and Concert/Trevor Pinnock
Messiah

DG Archiv 423630-2 (2)

3:14 am

George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

Recitative, "Thus saith the Lord"

Roderick Kennedy, br; Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Teldec 77615-2 (2)

3:16 am

George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

Aria, "But who may abide the day of His coming"

James Bowman, ct; Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
Messiah

Virgin 61330-2 (2)

3:20 am

George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

Aria. "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"

Catherine Robbin. ms; Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman
Messiah

Telarc CD-80322 (2)

3:26 am

George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

Aria, "The people that walked in darkness"

Roderick Kennedy, br; Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Teldec 77615-2 (2)

3:29 am

George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

Chorus, "For unto us a Child is born"

Ambrosian Singers; English Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras

EMI/Ang czs7-62748-2 (2)

3:33 am

George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

Pastoral Symphony

Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Messiah

CBS M2K-607 (2)

3:37 am

George Frideric Handel: Messiah

"There Were Shepherds...Glory to God"

Kathleen Battle, s, Toronto Sym & Cho/Sir Andrew Davis
Hanel: Messiah (Complete Oratorio)

EMI 49027-2

3:41 am

George Frederic Handel: "Messiah"

Aria, "Rejoice greatly"

Kerstin Avemo, s; Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs
Handel: Messiah

Harmonia Mundi HMC-901928.29 (2)

3:45 am

George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

Aria, "He shall feed His flock"

St Martin's Academy Cho, Orch/Neville Marriner

Philips 434695-2 (2)

3:49 am

George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

Chorus, "His yoke is easy"

Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
Handel: Messiah / Der Messias / Le Messie

Philips 411041-2 (3)

3:51 am

George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

Chorus, "Their sound is gone out into all lands"

His Majestie's Clerkes, Baroque Orch/Anne Heider

Narada ND-61051

4:00 am

Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How Beautifully the Morning Star Shines)" BWV 739

Harald Vogel, o

Organeum OC-19601

4:05 am

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 1, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How beautifully shines the morning star)"

Nielsen, Kraus, Hüttenlocher; Bach Ensemble/Rilling
Kantaten zum Weihnachtsfestkreis

Hänssler Classic CD-98.836 (4)

4:27 am

Michael Praetorius: Christmas chorale motet, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"

Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/Richard Marlow
Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo

Conifer 51256-2

4:39 am

German Anon 16th c: Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern

Netherlands Bach Society Cho/Jos van Veldhoven
Angels & Shepherds - A 17th Century Christmas

Channel Classics CCS-15198

4:40 am

Jean Sibelius: Five Christmas Songs, Op. 1

Monica Groop, ms; Love Derwinger, p
Songs, Volume 2

BIS CD-657

4:53 am

English Trad: Carol, What Child is this? (Greensleeves)

Pittsburgh Sym Brass
The Spirit Of Christmas

Four Winds FW-3022

5:00 am

Austrian Trad: "Three Carols"

Paul Plunkett, tr; Rudolf Lutz, o
In Dulci Jubilo

Guild GMCD-7103

5:05 am

Franz Gruber: "Silent Night, Holy Night"

Judith Lynn Stillman, p; Martin Chalifour, v

North Star NS-0024

5:09 am

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

Sumi Jo, s; Barbara Ochs, c; Cappella Coloniensis/Michael Schneider
The Christmas Album

Erato 85819-2

5:14 am

Carl Nielsen: "Dream of Silent Night"

Elizabeth Westenholz, p
Nielsen- Complete Piano Music

BIS CD-167/168 (2)

5:16 am

Trad: Carol, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Ken Bier, g, Leslie Bier, f
Christmas At Last

Bier0

5:19 am

English Trad: Carol, The First Nowell

Ken Bier, g, Leslie Bier, f
Christmas At Last

Bier0

5:21 am

English Trad: Carol, It came upon the midnight clear

Ken Bier, g, Leslie Bier, f
Christmas At Last

Bier0

5:24 am

English Trad: Carol, What Child is this? (Greensleeves)

Ken Bier, g, Leslie Bier, f
Christmas At Last

Bier0

5:27 am

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

Elgin Children's Cho/Jay Kellner

Elgin0

5:29 am

Ukrainian Trad: Carol of the Bells

Pittsburgh Sym Brass
A Christmas Concert For Brass

Four Winds FW-3017

5:31 am

Benjamin Britten: "A Ceremony of Carols," Op. 28

Westminster Abbey Cho/Martin Neary
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols

Sony SK-62615

5:54 am

English Trad: Piae Cantiones

"Christmas Song"

Pittsburgh Sym Brass
A Christmas Concert For Brass

Four Winds FW-3017

6:00 - 10:00 am

6:00 am

Hosted by Jan Weller.

6:02 am

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Christmas cantata, "Hodie"

Soloists; St Paul's Cathedral Cho, London Sym Cho & Orch/Hickox
Ralph Vaughan Williams‎: Hodie, Fantasia on Christmas Carols

EMI CDC7-54128-2

7:02 am

Johann Christoph Pez: "Concerto pastorale" in F major

Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
Simphonies des Noëls

Dorian DOR-90180

7:21 am

Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"

Grant Park Cho/Christopher Bell
Songs of the Season

Lexicon LC-2511

7:27 am

John Knowles Paine: "Christmas Gift", Op. 7

Denver Oldham, p
John Knowles Paine: Selected Piano Works

New World 80424-2 (2)

7:32 am

Traditional: "Te Deum Laudamus"

Music of the Baroque Cho & Orch/Thomas Wikman
Renaissance Christmas Vol. 1

Music of the Baroque MB-108

7:40 am

Arthur Sullivan: "Victoria and Merrie England"

Scene VI, "Christmas Revels"

RTÉ Concert Orch/Andrew Penny
Sullivan: Victoria and Merrie England

Marco Polo 8.223677

7:54 am

Traditional Welsh: Carol, "Deck the Halls"

Miró Quartet
Hearth

Pentatone PTC-5187495

8:00 am

Gustav Holst: "Christmas Day"

Solid Brass
Christmas With Solid Brass

Dorian DOR-90114

8:07 am

Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"

"Christmas Morning"

Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Sony 19439702752

8:10 am

Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"

"Christmas Breakfast"

Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Sony 19439702752

8:13 am

Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"

Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw
Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns & Carols

Telarc CD-80377

8:15 am

Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"

Manor House String Quartet
I Saw Three Ships and Other Carols

Manor House Music 002

8:17 am

Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"

Imani Winds
This Christmas

Koch KICCD-7748

8:20 am

Carolyne M. Taylor: Medley, "I Saw Three Ships"-Haydn's Allegro in F

Jeffrey Biegel, p
Classical Carols

Koch KICCD-7737

8:23 am

John Rutter: "Christmas Night"

Chicago Choral Artists/Michael Costello

Music in Chicago

8:30 am

Angela Morley: Christmas Night Medley

Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
Joy To The World

Sony SK-48232

8:40 am

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: "Noëls sur les instruments"

English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston
Christmas Concertos

Novalis 150133-2 (2)

8:58 am

Charles Ives: "A Christmas Carol"

Chanticleer
Sing We Christmas

Teldec 94563-2

9:02 am

Bohuslav Martinů: Merry Christmas 1941

St. Paul Chamber Orch Winds/Christopher Hogwood
Martinů: Sinfonietta 'La Jolla', La revue de cuisine, etc.

Decca 433660-2

9:06 am

Hugh Martin: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

Carlos Simon, p
Carlos Simon Christmas

Decca 4854781

9:09 am

Hugh Martin: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

Imani Winds
This Christmas

Koch KICCD-7748

9:12 am

Ryuichi Sakamoto: "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"

Soloists; Orch of the Swan/David Le Page, v
Light and Shadow

Signum SIGCD-915

9:19 am

Craig Courtney: "The 12 Days of Christmas: A Musicological Journey"

Pittsburgh Bach Cho; Pittsburgh Sym Brass/Brady Allred
Cantate Hodie: Sing Forth This Day!

Clarion CLR-903-CD

9:32 am

Komitas: "Kaqavik (The Partridge)"

Aizuri Quartet
Earthdrawn Skies

Azica ACD-71359

9:34 am

Dietrich Buxtehude: "Das neugeborene Kindelein"

Felix Klieser, hn; Wiener Concert-Verein
A Golden Christmas

Berlin Classics 0303074-BC

9:42 am

Samuel Barber: "Die Natali," Op. 37

Louisville Orch/Jorge Mester
The Louisville Orchestra – First Edition Encores

Albany TROY-021

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

10:00 am

Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

10:00 am

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047

Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Anthony Newman
In Gabriel's Garden

Sony SK-66244

10:13 am

John Rutter: "There is a Flower"

King's Singers
King's Singers Christmas

Signum Two SIG-0502

10:17 am

Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hansel and Gretel"

"Evening Prayer"

Kathleen Battle, s; Frederica von Stade, ms; Orch of St. Luke's/André Previn
A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert

Sony SK-48235

10:21 am

Hugh Martin: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

Choral Scholars of University College Dublin/Desmond Earley
Be All Merry

Signum SIGCD-643

10:25 am

Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for Woodwinds

BBC Concert Orch Winds/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride & Other Holiday Favorites

Naxos 8.559621

10:36 am

Traditional: "Away in a Manger"

St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
Christmas in St. Charles

St. Charles Singers (Christmas in St. Charles)

10:39 am

Peter Cornelius: "The Three Kings"

Peter Wesoloski, br; Chicago Master Singers/Alan Heatherington
He Came Here for Me

Chicago Master Singers He Came Here for Me

10:41 am

John Mindeman: "Joy" (after Handel's "Joy to the World" and "Hallelujah" Chorus)

Millar Brass Ensemble/Stephen Squires
A Jubilant Christmas

Millar Brass Ensemble (A Jubilant Christmas)

10:44 am

Traditional Danish: "Det kimer nu til julefest (Bells Ring for the Christmas Feast)"

Bella Voce/Andrew Lewis
Brighter Than The Day Is Light

Bella Voce 2014

10:47 am

James Pierpont: "Jingle Bells"

Chicago a cappella
Christmas a cappella

Cedille CDR-90000107

10:52 am

Hector Berlioz: "L'Enfance du Christ," Op. 25

Trio of the Young Ishmaelites

Paris Conservatory Orch members/André Cluytens
Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Roméo et Juliette (excerpts)

EMI CDFB5-68586-2 (2)

11:00 am

William Byrd: "The Fitzwilliam Suite"

Canadian Brass
English Renaissance Music

CBS MK-45792

11:12 am

Anonymous Medieval: Carol, "Ave Maria"

Anonymous 4
On Yoolis Night: Medieval Carols and Motets

Harmonia Mundi HMU-907099

11:15 am

Bach-Gounod: "Ave Maria"

Lise Davidsen, s; Norwegian Radio Orch/Christian Eggen
Christmas in Norway

Decca 4854358

11:18 am

Franz Schubert: "Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III)," D 839

Joshua Bell, v; Orch of St. Luke's/Michael Stern
Voice of the Violin

Sony SK-97779-2

11:24 am

Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

Suite, Op. 71a

Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
1812 Overture/ Romeo and Juliet/ The Nutcracker Suite

Decca 417400-2

11:48 am

George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

Chorus, "For unto us a child is born"

RIAS Chamber Cho, RIAS Sinfonietta/Marcus Creed
100 Christmas Classics

Capriccio C-7331

11:52 am

George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

III. "La paix"

Prague Chamber Soloists/Andrew Mogrelia
Handel: Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks

Naxos 8.571030

11:56 am

George Frideric Handel: "Gloria in Excelsis Deo"

Maurice André, tr; Jane Parker-Smith, o
Music for Trumpet and Organ

EMI CDM7-69062-2

12:00 pm

Tomás Luis de Victoria: Motet, "O magnum mysterium"

Grant Park Cho/Christopher Bell
Songs of the Season

Lexicon LC-2511

12:03 pm

Kenneth Leighton: "The Coventry Carol (Lully, Lulla)," Op 25b

Bethany Clearfield, s; Grant Park Cho/Christopher Bell
Songs of the Season

Lexicon LC-2511

12:06 pm

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

Grant Park Cho/Christopher Bell
Songs of the Season

Lexicon LC-2511

12:11 pm

Arcangelo Corelli: "Christmas Concerto" in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8

Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
Simphonies des Noëls

Dorian DOR-90180

12:26 pm

Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Suite

Septura
Christmas with Septura

Naxos 8.573719

12:37 pm

Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Roses from the South," Op. 388

Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti
2018 New Year's Concert

Sony 88985477002

12:48 pm

Traditional French: "Noël nouvelet (Sing We of Christmas)"

Apollo5
A Deep but Dazzling Darkness

Voces8 VCM-138

12:51 pm

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: "Noëls pour les instruments"

Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen
A Baroque Christmas

Nonesuch 79265-2

1:01 pm

Christopher Rouse: "Karolju"

Philharmonia Chorus, BBC Sym Orch/David Zinman
Karolju: Christmas Music

RCA 11561-2

1:31 pm

Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Go Tell It on the Mountain"

Imani Winds
This Christmas

Koch KICCD-7748

1:34 pm

Mykola Leontovych: "Carol of the Bells"

Imani Winds
This Christmas

Koch KICCD-7748

1:38 pm

Bohdan Kryvopust: "Fantasia"

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

Naxos 8.574677

1:49 pm

Franz Gruber: "Silent Night"

Vienna Boys' Cho, Cho Viennensis, Vienna Volksoper Chamber Orch/Uwe Christian Harrer
Angelic Voices: The Best of the Vienna Boys' Choir

Philips 462778-2

1:53 pm

Taylor Scott Davis: "Magnificat"

II. "Shall I Rejoice"

Voces8 Foundation Cho & Orch/Barnaby Smith
A Choral Christmas

Decca 5568937

2:00 - 7:00 pm

2:00 pm

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

2:00 pm

Malcolm Arnold: "Commonwealth Christmas Overture," Op. 64

London Phil Orch/Malcolm Arnold
Arnold: Overtures

Reference Recordings RR-48

2:20 pm

Richard Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier," Op. 59

Suite

Vienna Phil/André Previn
Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite, Intermezzo, Salome, Capriccio

DG 437790-2

2:43 pm

Leopold Mozart: Horn Concerto in D

Barry Tuckwell, hn; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Telemann, Cherubini, Förster, Weber, L. Mozart, M. Haydn, Punto, F. J. Haydn – Horn Concertos

EMI CDFB5-69395-2 (2)

2:55 pm

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

2:57 pm

Traditional English: "Here We Come A-Wassailing"

Elizabethan Singers/Louis Halsey
Sir Cristemas

Boston Skyline BSD-124

3:00 pm

Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, "Spring"

Gidon Kremer, v; Martha Argerich, p
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas / Gidon Kremer/Martha Argerich

DG 419787-2

3:24 pm

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

Barry Gordon, p
Distant Songs

Telarc CD-80330

3:31 pm

Michael Praetorius: Lutheran Mass for Christmas Morning (composite)

Proces; Intr; Kyrie; Gloria; Organ Prelude; Gradual Hymn, "Vom Himmel hoch"

Roskilde Cathedral Cho's, Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh
Praetorius: Christmas Mass

Archiv 439250-2

4:00 pm

Jean-Michel Damase: Seventeen Variations for Woodwind Quintet

Reykjavik Wind Quintet
French Wind Music

Chandos CHAN-9362

4:14 pm

Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in D minor, R. 63, "La Folia"

La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
Once Upon A Time / Il Était Une Fois...

Analekta AN2-8719

4:25 pm

Arnold Bax: "Christmas Eve"

London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson
Bax: Symphony No. 1

Chandos CHAN-8480

4:44 pm

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

Cantus
Into the Light

Signum SIGCD-723

4:51 pm

Victor Herbert: "Babes in Toyland"

"March of the Toys"

Razumovsky Sym Orch/Keith Brion
Holidays with WFMT

Naxos/WFMT (Xmas 2021)

4:56 pm

Traditional English: "The Holly and the Ivy"

Empire Brass; Nancy Allen, h; Wheeler School Handbell Ringers
Joy to the World - Music of Christmas

EMI CDC7-49097-2

5:00 pm

Frédéric Chopin: "Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante" in E-Flat, Op. 22

Louis Lortie, p
Chopin: Preludes

Chandos CHAN-9597

5:14 pm

Stevan Mokranjac: "See How the Lawless"

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

WFMT (Serbian Holy and Great Week)

5:20 pm

Traditional English: "Sussex Carol"

Bach Cho/David Willcocks; John Scott, o
Bach Choir - Family Carols from Guildford

Chandos CHAN-8973

5:21 pm

Sergei Prokofiev: "Lieutenant Kijé" Suite, Op. 60

IV. "Troika"

Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky - Lieutenant Kijé - Scythian Suite

DG 447419-2

5:25 pm

Peter Tchaikovsky: "Souvenir d'un lieu cher," Op. 42

Janine Jansen, v; Mahler Chamber Orch/Daniel Harding
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Souvenir d'un lieu cher

Decca 4780651

5:43 pm

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049

Isabelle Faust, v; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6

Harmonia Mundi HMM-902686.87

5:59 pm

Traditional French: "Noël nouvelet (Sing We of Christmas)"

Galliard Brass Ensemble
Carols for Brass

Musicmasters 67175-2

6:00 pm

Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand

Jorge Federico Osorio, p; Royal Phil Orch/Enrique Bátiz
Schumann: Piano Concerto / Jorge Federico Osorio/Enrique Bátiz

ASV CDQS-6092

6:20 pm

William Dawson: "Negro Folk Symphony"

III. Finale, "O, Le' Me Shine, Shine like a Morning Star!"

Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

DG 4865137

6:30 pm

Franz Liszt: "Années de pèlerinage:" 2nd Year, Italy

No. 7, "Après une lecture du Dante"

Jerome Lowenthal, p
Franz Liszt * Jerome Lowenthal * Années de Pèlerinage (Complete) * Christmas Tree Suite II & III

Bridge 9307-A/C (3)

6:46 pm

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183

I. "Allegro con brio"

Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25 & 29, Clarinet Concerto

DG 429221-2

6:55 pm

Adolphe Adam: "O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël"

Millar Brass Ensemble/Stephen Squires
A Jubilant Christmas

Millar Brass Ensemble (A Jubilant Christmas)

7:00 pm

7:00 pm

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

Holiday Celebration

The sound of sleigh bells means that it's winter holiday time, and music is full of representations of celebratory music. All around the world, winter holidays of a wide variety are celebrated, and their music is wonderful to listen to regardless of which one you celebrate.

8:00 pm

8:00 pm

Music of the Baroque

Handel’s "Messiah"

Dame Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra with soloists soprano Yulia van Doren, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, tenor Miles Mykkanen, and baritone Will Liverman. Recorded live in concert.

10:00 pm - 12:00 am

10:11 pm

The New York Philharmonic This Week

A "Winter Holiday" of music by Strauss II, Mozart, Grieg, Vivaldi, Vaughan-Williams, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Offenbach, Humperdinck, and more.