Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Friday, December 23, 2022
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Polish Trad: Carol, "Mary the Maiden"
Michael Thompson
12:03 am
Polish Trad: Carol, "Przybiezeli do Betlejem (Shepherds came to Bethlehem)"
Michael Thompson
12:05 am
Chopin, Frédéric: "Krakowiak," Op. 14
Hamburg Symphony Orchestra / Heribert Beissel, conductor
Abbey Simon, piano,p,
12:19 am
18th century American Anonymous: "The Cherry Tree Carol"
Baltimore Consort
Custer LaRue,s,
12:24 am
English Trad: Carol, "Tomorrow shall be my dancing day"
Baltimore Consort
Custer LaRue,s,
12:26 am
Anderson, Leroy: "A Christmas Festival"
Boston Pops Orch / Arthur Fiedler
12:35 am
English Trad: Carol, "O Come All Ye Faithful"
Jay Kellner
12:36 am
Pfitzner, Hans: Symphony in C, Op 46
Symphony Nova Scotia / Georg Tintner
12:54 am
Crüger, Johann: Chorale, Frohlich soll mein Herze springen
Dresden Kreuzchor / Martin Flämig, conductor
corno,
1:00 am
Storace, Bernardo: "Passagagli con Partite Pastorali"
1:05 am
Schubert, Franz: Twelve "Grazer Walzer," D 924 (Op. 91)
Till Fellner, piano,p,
1:16 am
French Trad: Carol, "Ding! Dong! merrily on high"
Paul Plunkett,tr,
1:18 am
Ferris, William: "Snowcarols" (1979)
Paul French
1:54 am
Clementi, Muzio: "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (after Piano Sonatina in C, Op 36/1) Op 36/1
Jeffrey Biegel, piano,p,
2:00 am
Grieg, Edvard: "Peer Gynt" Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Orchestra of St John's Smith Square / John Lubbock, conductor
2:05 am
Mortelmans, Lodewijk: "Morning Mood"
Belgian Radio/TV Phil / Alexander Rahbari
2:19 am
French Trad: Carol, "Angels We Have Heard on High"
Gregg Smith
2:21 am
Trad, American: Spiritual, Mary Had a Baby
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Kathleen Battle, soprano,s,
2:24 am
American Trad: Spiritual, "Rise Up, Shepherd"
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Kathleen Battle, soprano,s,
2:28 am
Whaley, Vernon M: Christmas Spiritual Medley
2:33 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Violin Sonata no.1 in D, Op.12/1
Pamela Frank, violin,v,
2:54 am
Trad, German: Personent hodie
Cambridge Singers / John Rutter, conductor
br,
3:00 am
German Trad: Carol, "In dulci jubilo"
John Rutter
3:03 am
Traditional: Carol, "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day"
John Rutter
3:05 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quintet No. 6 in E-Flat, K. 614
William Primrose,vi,
3:27 am
Austrian Trad: Carol, "Still, still, still"
Georg Ratzinger
3:29 am
Gawthrop, Daniel: Christmas Cantata, "This Child, This King"
Will Kesling
3:54 am
Mendelssohn, Felix: Carol, "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"
Rachel Van Voorhees,h,
4:00 am
Mendelssohn, Felix: Carol, "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"
BBC Philharmonic / Robin Stapleton, conductor
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano,s,
4:02 am
Mendelssohn, Felix: Carol, "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"
4:05 am
Mendelssohn, Felix: Overture, "The Fair Melusina," Op 32
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Beecham, conductor
4:15 am
Nicolai, Otto: "Weihnachtsouvertüre (Christmas" Overture)(1833)
Bamber Sym Orch / Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor
4:26 am
Pachelbel, Johann: Chorale Prelude, "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her"
Oklahoma Sym Trombone Ensemble
4:27 am
Prokofiev, Serge: Violin Concerto No. 2 in g, Op. 63
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis, conductor
Dmitri Sitkovetsky, violin,v,
4:54 am
English Trad: Carol, "Good King Wenceslas"
5:00 am
Scarlatti, Domenico: Clavier Sonata in D, Kk 491 (L 164)
Julian Gray,g,
5:05 am
Avison, Charles: Concerto Grosso #4 in a, after Domenico Scarlatti
St Martin's Academy / Neville Marriner
5:16 am
Italian Anon 13th c: "In Belleem"
5:25 am
Traditional: Carol, "Angels We Have Heard on High"
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Richard Bonynge, conductor
Joan Sutherland, soprano,s,
5:26 am
American Trad: "The Christmas Suite"
Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar,g,
5:38 am
Khachaturian, Aram: "Masquerade" Suite
Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi, conductor
5:55 am
Trad: Veni, veni, Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)
b,
6:00 - 10:00 am
6:00 am
Mornings with Dennis Moore
Including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.
6:03 am
Alice Mary Smith: Symphony in A Minor
III. Minuetto da capo. Allegretto-Trio
London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley
Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies
6:08 am
John Sheppard: Motet, "Verbum caro factum est"
Salisbury Cathedral Boy Choristers & Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh
Sheppard: Missa Cantate
6:16 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Vaughan Williams, Barber, Grainger, Fauré, Satie
6:33 am
Traditional English: Carol, "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"
Joseph Alessi, tb; Mark Lawrence, tb; Carl Lenthe, tb; M Dee Stewart, tb
Joseph Alessi, trombone,
Trombones Under The Tree
6:35 am
Traditional English: "The Holly and the Ivy"
Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier
6:38 am
Engelbert Humperdinck: Incidental music for Maeterlinck's "The Blue Bird"
Prelude ("The Christmas Dream")
Bamberg Sym Orch/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music - Märchenmusiken
6:45 am
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F
II. "Assez vif, très rythmé"
Lindsay String Quartet
Ravel, Debussy & Stravinsky: String Quartets - The Lindsays
6:52 am
Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for Woodwinds
"Angels in Our Fields"
BBC Concert Orch Winds/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride & Other Holiday Favorites
6:55 am
John Rutter: "What Sweeter Music"
Emmanuel College Cho Cambridge/Timothy Prosser
Veni, Veni, Emmanuel - Carols From Cambridge
7:02 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Flute Quartet in G, TWV 43:G6
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Telemann: Flute Quartets - Musica Antiqua Koln/Reinhard Goebel
7:11 am
John Knowles Paine: "Christmas Gift", Op. 7
Denver Oldham, p
John Knowles Paine: Selected Piano Works
7:13 am
Peter Warlock: "Bethlehem Down"
New York Polyphony
Sing Thee Nowell
7:18 am
Gunnar de Frumerie: "Pastoral Suite," Op. 13b
I. Praeludium; II. Gavotte
Kathleen Rudolph, f, CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi
Northern Landscapes
7:24 am
Francis Poulenc: Four Motets for Christmas
No. 4, "Hodie Christus natus est"
Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw
Poulenc: Choral Works
7:26 am
George Frideric Handel: "Joy to the World"
Chicago Sym Orch Brass/Barry Faldner, Thomas Weisflog, o
7:32 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61
III. Rondo: Allegro
Joshua Bell, v; Camerata Salzburg/Roger Norrington
Mendelssohn & Beethoven: Violin Concertos
7:42 am
Kim André Arnesen: "Cradle Hymn"
Kantorei/Joel Rinsema
Infinity: Choral Works
7:49 am
Alma Deutscher: "Cinderella"
Aria, "Up in the Sky"
Alma Deutscher, p
From My Book of Melodies
7:53 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Wedding Cake (Caprice-Valse)," Op. 76
Jean-Philippe Collard, p; Royal Phil/André Previn
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 1, Wedding Cake Caprice-Valse, Rhapsodie d'Auvergne, Allegro appassionato, "Africa" Fantaisie
8:03 am
Felix Mendelssohn: Octet in E-Flat, Op 20
IV. Presto
Chamber Orch of Europe Soloists/Daniel Hope, v
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto * Octet * Songs * Daniel Hope
8:10 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 133, "Ich freue mich in dir (I rejoice in you)"
Opening Chorus
Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki
Holidays with WFMT
8:15 am
Alexander Glazunov: Five Novelettes, Op 15
"Valse"
Utrecht String Quartet
Glazunov: String Quartets Vol 4
8:22 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Twenty-Four Negro Melodies," Op. 59
No. 10, "Deep River"
David Shaffer-Gottschalk, p
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor * 24 Negro Melodies Opus 59
8:30 am
Traditional English: "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
Elmer Iseler Singers & Canadian Brass
The Christmas Album
8:38 am
Franz Biebl: "Ave Maria"
Soloists; Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw
A Robert Shaw Christmas - Angels on High
8:45 am
Rebecca Dale: "Winter"
La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
Elle
8:52 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in C, R 425
Avi Avital, m; Venice Baroque Orch
Vivaldi
9:03 am
Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Yeomen of the Guard"
Overture
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures
9:09 am
Traditional: "Veni, veni, Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)"
Choir of Clare College Cambridge/Graham Ross
Veni Emmanuel: Music for Advent
9:16 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony in E-Flat, Wq 183/2
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Bach, C P E: Symphonies, Harpsichord Concerto
9:29 am
Traditional English: "Here We Come A-Wassailing"
Elizabethan Singers/Louis Halsey
The Elizabethan Singers - Sir Cristemas
9:32 am
Traditional French: Carol, "Il est né le divin enfant"
Paula Robison, f, Eliot Fisk, g
Mountain Songs: A Cycle Of American Folk Music
9:35 am
Edward Thomas: "The Bells of Christmas"
Julie Andrews, s; Young Americans, Orch/Irwin Kostal
Firestone Presents Your Favorite Christmas Music Vol. 4
9:40 am
Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wiener Blut," Op. 354
Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
New Year's Concert 1990 Vienna Philharmonic Zubin Mehta
9:51 am
Mel Tormé: "The Christmas Song"
The King's Men
Twelve Days of Christmas
9:54 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 93 in D
Finale, "Presto ma non troppo"
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
Haydn: Symphonies 93-104
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
10:00 am
Midday Music
Including "New Releases" this hour, "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am, and "Impromptu" at 12:00 pm.
10:01 am
Traditional English: Carol, "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night"
King's College Choir, Cambridge, Royal Philharmonic/James Morgan
Christmas Carols at King's
10:04 am
Traditional English: Carol, "The Holly and the Ivy"
King's College Choir, Cambridge, Royal Philharmonic/James Morgan
Christmas Carols at King's
10:07 am
Traditional French: Carol, "Shepherds in the Field Abiding"
King's College Choir, Cambridge, Royal Philharmonic/James Morgan
Christmas Carols at King's
10:11 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A (BWV 1055)
Alina Ibragimova, v; Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen
Violin Concertos
10:26 am
Otto Nicolai: "Weihnachtsouvertüre (Christmas" Overture)
Bavarian Radio Cho, Bamberg Sym Orch/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
NIcolai * 4 Overtures * Symphony in D
10:38 am
Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"
Kirsten Johnson, p
Florence Price: Piano Music
10:49 am
Valerie Coleman: Concerto for Wind Quintet
"Afro; Danza"
Imani Winds
Imani Winds: The Classical Underground
11:01 am
Bernard Herrmann: "Currier and Ives Suite"
New Zealand Sym Orch/James Sedares
Bernard Herrmann * The Devil and Daniel Webster
11:15 am
Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"
Bay Brass
Sound the Bells!
11:23 am
Ariel Ramírez: "Misa Criolla"
II. Gloria (Carnavalito & Yaraví)
Daniel Hope, v; Palau de la Música Vocal Quartet; soloists; Zürich Chamber Orch
Michael Metzler, percussion,
Hope
11:31 am
Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"
Prelude to Act 1
Philadelphia Orch/Christian Thielemann
Thielemann - Wagner
11:42 am
Samuel Wesley: Rondo on "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"
Ian Hobson, p
The London Piano School, Volume I: Georgian Classicists
11:51 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Romance and Pastorale
Nash Ensemble
Ralph Vaughan Williams * The Early Chamber Music * The Nash Ensemble
12:00 pm
12:30 pm
Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Trumpet Concerto in C, R. 537
Charles Geyer & Barbara Butler, tr's; Music of the Baroque Orch/Thomas Wikman
With Clarion Voice
12:37 pm
Herbert Howells: "Sing Lullaby"
Westminster Cathedral Cho/James O'Donnell
Adeste fideles - Christmas music from Westminster Cathedral
1:00 - 3:00 pm
1:00 pm
Music for the Afternoon
Including the "Afternoon Masterwork" at 2:00 pm.
1:01 pm
Harold Darke: "In the Bleak Midwinter"
Choir of King's College Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury; Henry Websdale, o
A Festival of Lessons & Carols: The Centenary Service
1:05 pm
Judith Weir: "O mercy divine"
Guy Johnston, vc; Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
A Festival of Lessons & Carols: The Centenary Service
1:11 pm
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37b
September-December
Vassily Primakov, p
Tchaikovsky * The Seasons, Op 37-bis * Grand Sonata, Op 37 * Vassily Primakov, Piano
1:27 pm
Robert Russell Bennett: Christmas Medley No. 1
Robert Shaw Chorale, Orch/Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra - A Festival Of Carols
1:39 pm
Ottorino Respighi: "Trittico botticelliano"
II. "The Adoration of the Magi"
St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
Respighi
1:49 pm
Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"
Act 2 Instrumental Suite
Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
Purcell: The Fairy Queen & The Prophetess - Orchestral Suites
2:00 pm
Benjamin Britten: "A Ceremony of Carols," Op. 28
National Girls' Choir of Great Britain/Esther Jones; Vicky Lester, h
A Festival of Britten
2:25 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G, Op. 49, No. 2
András Schiff, p
Ludwig van Beethoven * Andras Schiff * The Piano Sonatas Vol 3
2:36 pm
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Concertante" Quartet No. 3 in C
Arabella String Quartet
Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets
2:44 pm
Randol Alan Bass: "Gloria"
Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
Holiday Pops
3:00 - 7:00 pm
3:00 pm
Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
Including "The Unrush Hour" and "Christmas Around the World" at at 5:00 pm.
3:00 pm
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
Suite, Op. 71a
Martha Argerich & Nicolas Economou, p's
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, The Nutcracker Suite
3:23 pm
Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella"
Suite
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps/Pulcinella Suite / Leonard Bernstein
3:49 pm
Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestral Works: Vaughan Williams/ Elgar, Etc.
4:00 pm
Michael Praetorius: Christmas chorale motet, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"
Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/Richard Marlow
Michael Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo
4:14 pm
Giuseppe Sammartini: Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 5, No. 6, "Christmas"
Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
Simphonies des Noëls
4:30 pm
Dimitri Tiomkin: "It's a Wonderful Life"
Main Title through Father's Death
Royal Phil Orch/David Newman
Sundance Film Music Series Vol. 1
4:46 pm
Gustav Holst: "St Paul's Suite," Op. 29, No. 2
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Holst: Orchestral Works
5:07 pm
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Two-Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 17
Martha Argerich, p; Nelson Freire, p
Argerich, Freire - On two pianos
5:29 pm
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Christmas Eve"
Suite
Odense Sym Orch/Eduard Serov
Rimsky-Korsakov: Opera Suites Vol. 3 / Serov, Odense SO
6:00 pm
Traditional Jewish: "Chanukah"
Rachel Van Voorhees, h
Jewish Favorites * Rachel Van Voorhees, Harp
6:00 pm
Traditional Jewish: "My Little Dreydl"
Rachel Van Voorhees, h
Jewish Favorites * Rachel Van Voorhees, Harp
6:01 pm
Traditional Jewish: "Candles Burning"
Rachel Van Voorhees, h
Jewish Favorites * Rachel Van Voorhees, Harp
6:05 pm
Leó Weiner: Serenade for small orchestra, Op. 3
Budapest Festival Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Sir Georg Solti, Budapest Festival Orchestra - The Last Recording
6:27 pm
Stephen Paulus: "Christmas Dances"
Taylor Festival Choir/Robert Taylor
So Hallow'd the Time
6:45 pm
Frederick Delius: "Life's Dance"
Royal Phil/Norman Del Mar
Delius: Paris ∙ Dance Rhapsody No. 1 ∙ Life's Dance ∙ Piano Concerto / Philip Fowke/Norman Del Mar
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Fit for a King. Giving credit where credit is due — to the people that commissioned glorious pieces of music from Handel, Haydn, Scarlatti, and Walton.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Sounds Classical
Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael are joined by other voices from WFMT to celebrate the holidays and share musical memories.
9:00 - 11:00 pm
9:00 pm
The New York Philharmonic This Week
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K. 482; Yefim Bronfman, piano; Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
Christmas Memories (12/22/1961).A perennial favorite — Studs's holiday compendium of voices and memories of childhood Christmases originally aired in 1961.
11:52 pm
Traditional English: "The Holly and the Ivy"
Choir of Royal Holloway; 12 Ensemble/Ola Gjeilo, p
Winter Songs
11:56 pm
John Jacob Niles: "I Wonder As I Wander"
Washington Saxophone Quartet
Tis the Season