Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Saturday, December 24, 2022
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
VARIOUS, Renaissance: Medley on Von Himmel hoch
12:05 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248
Stuttgart Bach Collegium / Helmuth Rilling, conductor
12:33 am
Trad, English: The Wassail Song
Cho / Richard Westenburg
br,
12:35 am
English Trad: "Here We Come A-Wassailing"
Louis Halsey
12:38 am
Lane, Philip: "Wassail Dances" (1973)
Pro Arte Orch
12:46 am
Gruber, Franz: "Silent Night"
12:49 am
English Trad: "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
Malcolm Stewart,
Tb,
12:53 am
Trad, English: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
br,
1:00 am
Handel, George Frederic: "Messiah"
1:05 am
Handel, George Frideric: "Messiah"
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Jerry Hadley, tenor,t,
1:08 am
Handel, George Frideric: "Messiah"
Martin Pearlman,
1:12 am
Handel, George Frederic: "Messiah"
1:14 am
Handel, George Frideric: "Messiah"
Toronto Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Davis, conductor
Kathleen Battle, soprano,s,
1:20 am
Handel, George Frideric: "Messiah"
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Charles Mackerras, conductor
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone,b-br,
1:29 am
Handel, George Frideric: "Messiah"
Martin Pearlman,
1:31 am
KELLY, Bryan: "Improvisations on Christmas Carols" (1969)
Pro Arte Orch
1:43 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
Valentina Lisitsa,p,
1:54 am
Luther, Martin: Carol, "Away in a manger"
2:00 am
English Trad: "Adeste Fideles"
Czech State Phil / Peter Breiner
2:05 am
Bax, Arnold: "Christmas Eve"
London Phil / Bryden Thomson
2:23 am
Traditional: "Ding, Dong, Merrily on High"
John Rutter
2:25 am
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai: "Christmas Eve"
Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi, conductor
2:54 am
Liadov, Anatol: "Eight Russian Folksongs," Op 58 Op 58
USSR Sym Orch / Yevgeny Svetlanov
3:00 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
Valentina Lisitsa,p,
3:05 am
Reinecke, Carl: "Twelve Tone Poems"
p,
3:08 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: "The Nutcracker" Suite, Op 71a
Steven Richman, conductor
3:30 am
Spanish Trad: Carol, "Fum, fum, fum"
vc,
3:31 am
Rodrigo, Joaquín: "Villancicos y canciones de Navidad"
Enrique García Asensio
Ibarra,s,
3:35 am
Rodrigo, Joaquín: "Villancicos y canciones de Navidad"
Enrique García Asensio
Ibarra,s,
3:39 am
Herrmann, Bernard: "Currier and Ives Suite"
New Zealand Sym Orch / James Sedares
3:52 am
French Carol: Carol, "Il est né le divin enfant"
Munich Radio Orchestra
f,
4:00 am
English Trad: Carol, "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
Czech State Phil / Peter Breiner
4:05 am
Trad, English: Carol, Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Empire Brass
br,
4:08 am
Trad, English: Carol, The First Nowell
Empire Brass
br,
4:12 am
French Trad: Carol, "The holly and the ivy"
Nancy Allen, harp,h,
4:14 am
Trad, English: Carol, O Little Town of Bethlehem
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
br,
4:16 am
Rheinberger, Joseph: "Der Stern von Bethlehem", Op 164
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
br,
4:55 am
Austrian Trad: Carol, "Still, still, still"
Munich Radio Orchestra
f,
5:00 am
Gruber, Franz: "Silent Night"
vc,
5:04 am
Distler, Hugo: "Die Weihnachtsgeschichte (Christmas Story)," Op 10
Karen P Thomas
5:15 am
Respighi, Ottorino: "Trittico botticelliano"
Philharmonia Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon, conductor
5:23 am
English Trad: Carol, "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"
Robert LaRue,vc,
5:32 am
American Trad: Carol, "O Come Emmanuel"
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
5:33 am
Jolivet: "Pastorales de Noel"
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
5:47 am
PALMER, Willard A.: Sonatina on Three Christmas Carols
Henry Doktorski,accor,
5:54 am
Mathias, William: Carol, "Sir Christèmas"
Munich Radio Orchestra
f,
6:00 am
English Trad: Carol, "What Child is this? (Greensleeves)"
Robert LaRue,vc,
6:05 am
Novák, Viteslav: "Songs of a Winter Night," Op 30 Op 55
Prague Sym Orch
6:11 am
Adam, Adolphe-Charles: "Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)"
6:13 am
Anon: "Sweet was the song the Virgin sang"
Munich Radio Orchestra
f,
6:15 am
Eybler, Joseph: "Christmas Oratorio"
6:54 am
English Trad: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
Munich Radio Orchestra
f,
7:00 - 9:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
With News at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listeners' Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.
7:01 am
Elizabeth DiSavino: Suite of English Carols
Solid Brass
Christmas With Solid Brass
7:09 am
Elizabeth DiSavino: Suite of French Carols
Solid Brass
Christmas With Solid Brass
7:15 am
Traditional English: "The Holly and the Ivy"
Imani Winds
This Christmas
7:19 am
Kim Porter: "Christmas Eve"
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers
Carol of the Bells
7:23 am
Arnold Bax: "Christmas Eve"
London Phil/Bryden Thomson
Bax: Symphony No. 1
7:43 am
Pietro Yon: Carol, "Gesù bambino"
Eaken Piano Trio
Home for the Holidays
7:48 am
Victor Herbert: "Babes in Toyland"
"March of the Toys"
Razumovsky Sym Orch/Keith Brion
Holidays with WFMT
7:53 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
Waltz of the Flowers
New York Phil/Kurt Masur
Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes * New York Philharmonic * Masur
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:00 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
#14, Pas de deux
Milwaukee Sym Orch/Andreas Delfs
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
8:06 am
Traditional Spanish: Carol, "Canta, ríe, bebe"
Las Avemarianas Children's Chorus w/orch
Christmas carols
8:10 am
Peter Heidrich: Variations on "Happy Birthday"
Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer, v
Happy Birthday
8:23 am
Hector Berlioz: "L'Enfance du Christ," Op. 25
The Shepherds' Farewell
Tenebrae, London Sym Orch/Sir Colin Davis
Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ * Sir Colin Davis
8:28 am
Charles-Marie Widor: Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1
Finale, "Toccata"
Pierre Cochereau, o
Widor: Symphonie Pour Orgue N° 10 "Romane" / Pierre Cochereau
8:35 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248
Part 1: Opening Chorus, "Jauchzet, frohlocket"
Frankfurt Vocal Ensemble, Concerto Köln/Ralf Otto
100 Christmas Classics
8:45 am
Brian Sibley: "And Yet Another Partridge in A Pear Tree (A Cautionary Tale for Christmas)"
Penelope Keith & Timothy Graball, actors; Orch
9:00 - 11:00 am
9:00 am
From King's College Cambridge University
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
A program of Ukrainian music with Myroslav Mykhailenko, piano; Nazarii Mykhailenko, baritone;Julia Perekhozhuk, violin; and Anna Knight, piano. Works by Mykola Lysenko, Myroslav Skoryk,Isaak Berkovich, Frédéric Chopin, Yakiv Stepovyi, and Vitaly Filipenko.
12:00 - 2:00 pm
12:00 pm
From the Metropolitan Opera
Mozart's The Magic Flute - Abridged English-languge version
Joélle Harvey (Pamina), Aleksandra Olczyk (Queen of the Night), Ben Bliss (Tamino), Joshua Hopkins (Papageno), Soloman Howard (Sarastro), Rodell Rosel (Monostatos);Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Duncan Ward.
2:00 - 4:00 pm
2:00 pm
Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
2:01 pm
Franz Gruber: "Silent Night"
Imani Winds; Jason Moran, p; James Genus, db; Nate Smith, dr
This Christmas
2:10 pm
Elizabeth Poston: "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree"
King's College Cho Cambridge/David Willcocks
Christmas Music from King's
2:12 pm
Elizabeth Maconchy: "Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!"
King's College Cho Cambridge/David Willcocks
Christmas Music from King's
2:14 pm
Traditional English: Carol, "Tomorrow shall be my dancing day"
King's College Cho Cambridge/David Willcocks
Christmas Music from King's
2:19 pm
Malcolm Arnold: "Commonwealth Christmas Overture"
London Phil Orch/Malcolm Arnold
Arnold: Overtures
2:40 pm
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Thomas Allen, br; Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orch/Matthew Best
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Flos Campi, Mystical Songs
2:54 pm
Jeffrey Reid Baker: "Christmasscenen" (after Robert Schumann)
Jeffrey Reid Baker, p
A Composer's Christmas
3:04 pm
Traditional French: "D'où viens-tu, bergère"
Chanticleer
Chanticleer Sings Christmas
3:07 pm
Traditional Spanish: Carol, "Hacia Belén va un borrico"
Chanticleer
Chanticleer Sings Christmas
3:12 pm
Angela Morley: Christmas Night Medley
Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
Joy To The World
3:24 pm
Alfred Burt: "A Christmas Bouquet"
Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
Joy To The World
3:37 pm
Raymond Warren: "Wexford Bells: Suite on Old Irish Tunes"
"Christmas Jig"; "Wexford Bells"
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
British Light Music Discoveries 2
3:43 pm
Valentin Silvestrov: Two Christmas Lullabies
Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava
Silvestrov: To Thee We Sing
3:54 pm
Vince Guaraldi: "Christmastime is Here"
Vince Guaraldi, p, Monty Budwig, Bass, Colin Bailey, Drums
A Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Favorite opera singers' recordings of music for Christmas.
5:00 - 7:00 pm
5:00 pm
The 2022 St. Olaf Christmas Festival
Promise of Peace
First held in 1912, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival is one of the oldest musical celebrations of Christmas in the United States. Led by five conductors, it features more than 500 student musicianswho are members of the collegeâs world-renowned choirs and orchestra. Recorded in Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Anton Armstrong, artistic director.
6:54 pm
John Hopkins: "We Three Kings of Orient Are"
Robin Bullock, g; Amy White, h; Al Petteway, per
A Midnight Clear: A Celtic Christmas
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari
Latin American Christmas Carols. Elbio Barilari features a selection of "villancicos," or Christmas carols, from Spain and Latin America.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren
Jean Redpath (April 28, 1937 – August 21, 2014) with harpist Sue Richards recorded at the Byron Colby Barn, Grayslake, Illinois on December 11, 1999.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Merry Christmas! Let's have a party and remember holidays of yore.
9:00 pm
Traditional: "Midnight Special"
Leadbelly
Midnight Special
9:02 pm
Stan Rogers: At Last, I'm Ready for Christmas
Stan Rogers
From Coffee House to Concert Hall
9:05 pm
The Early Mays: I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time (Stanley)
The Early Mays
Out Under the Sky
9:09 pm
Folkapotamus: Lake Shore Limited
Folkapotamus
Whispered Words
9:14 pm
Kate Rusby: "The Christmas Goose"
Kate Rusby
The Frost is All Over
9:19 pm
Golden Bough: “Mrs. Fogarty’s Christmas Cake” (C. Frank Horn)
Golden Bough
Christmas in a Celtic Land
9:23 pm
Kiltartan Road: "Deck the Halls/Carol of the Field Mice" (Trad./Grahame & Sobol)
Kirtartan Road, feat. Andrew Bird
Kiltartan Road Christmas - Joy In the Morning
9:28 pm
Odetta: "Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow"
Odetta
Christmas Spirituals
9:29 pm
Connie Kaldor: "We're Gonna Sing"
Connie Kaldor
Prairie Christmas
9:33 pm
Jim Infantino & Jonatha Brooke: The Holly and the Ivy
Jim Infantino & Jonatha Brooke
Snow Angels
9:35 pm
Bruce Cockburn: I Saw Three Ships (trad)
Bruce Cockburn
Christmas
9:40 pm
Lee Murdock: "The Christmas Ship"
Lee Murdock
Fertile Ground
9:45 pm
Susan Piper: "Aunt Miriam’s Suitcases”
Susan Piper
New On the Planet
9:50 pm
Red Grammer: "Strangely Wrapped Gift"
Red Grammer
Soul Man in a Techno World
9:55 pm
Kevin Briody: "Walnuts and Rice"
Kevin Briody
When No One's Watching
9:59 pm
Maggie Sansone: Good King Wenceslas
Maggie Sansone
Sounds of the Season II
10:00 pm
Sultans of String: Sing for Kwanzaa (Bona/McKhool)
Sultans of String, feat. Richard Bona & Waleed Abdulhamid
Christmas Caravan
10:03 pm
Steve Goodman: Winter Wonderland (Bernard)
Steve Goodman
Artistic Hair
10:06 pm
The Bobs: Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
The Bobs
Too Many Santas!
10:09 pm
Taylor Ashton: Santa's Song (I Don't Believe in Myself)
Taylor Ashton
10:14 pm
Irene Kelley: Toymaker's Dream
Irene Kelley
Goodnight, Little One
10:18 pm
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
March
Classiks on Toys
Snoopy's Nutcracker
10:20 pm
Tom Paxton: "Intro to Marvelous Toy/Marvelous Toy"
Tom Paxton
The Compleat Tom Paxton
10:27 pm
Megon McDonough: "The Christmas Guitar"
Megon McDonough
Just One Angel
10:31 pm
Bohola: A Child's Christmas in Wales (Thomas)[Excerpt]
Bohola
A Childhood Christmas
10:32 pm
James Lee Stanley: "Deck the Halls with Sugar Plum Faeries"
James Lee Stanley
A Beachwood Christmas
10:37 pm
Fred Small: "Not In Our Town"
Fred Small
Only Love
10:42 pm
Rabbi Joe Black w/Maxwell Street Klezmer Band: Candle Blessings (trad.)
Rabbi Joe Black w/Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Eight Nights of Joy
10:44 pm
Amy Carol Webb: "Ma'oz Tsur" (Trad.)
Amy Carol Webb
Breaking Light: Songs for the Season
10:47 pm
Joni Mitchell: "River"
Cantus
Into the Light
10:51 pm
Emmylou Harris: The First Noel
Emmylou Harris
An Americana Christmas
10:54 pm
Riders in the Sky: Corn, Water and Wood (Elliot/Waldman)
"Ranger Doug" Green, Fred “Too Slim” LaBour, “Woody Paul” Chrisman, Joey Miskulin
Christmas the Cowboy Way
10:58 pm
Joemy Wilson: "Silent Night" (instrumental)
Joemy Wilson
Gifts
11:00 pm
Gordon Lightfoot: Song for a Winter's Night
Gordon Lightfoot
Gord's Gold
11:03 pm
Simon & Garfunkel: Wednesday Morning 3 a.m.
Simon & Garfunkel
Wednesday Morning 3 a.m.
11:05 pm
Aarktica: Christmas in Prison (Prine)
Aarktica
single
11:08 pm
Christy Moore: Fairytale of New York (McGowan)
Christy Moore
Smoke & Strong Whiskey
11:12 pm
James Curley: My Last Silent Night
James Curley
Manufactured Meaning
11:17 pm
Sultans of String, feat. Crystal Shawanda: Jesous Ahatonhia (Huron Carol)
Sultans of String, feat. Crystal Shawanda
Christmas Caravan
11:21 pm
Christine Lavin & The Mistletones: "The Christmas/Kwanzaa/Solstice/Chanukah/Ramadan/Boxing Day Song"
Christine Lavin, Gregory Clark, Julie Gold, Ervin Drake, Emily Bindiger, David Lutken
Runaway Christmas Tree
11:24 pm
John McCutcheon: "Christmas in the Trenches"
John McCutcheon
Winter Solstice
11:29 pm
Ira Antelis & Friends: "We Sing for Ukraine"
Cheryl Wilson, Olha Tsvyntarna, Pavel Roytman, Lynn Jordan, Jeff Morrow, Joanie Pollato, et al.
We Sing for Ukraine - single
11:33 pm
Arnie Brown: "Shche ne vmerla Ukrayina" (Ukrainian National Anthem)
Arnie Brown
digital single
11:36 pm
Peter Ostroushko: “Shchedryk/Carol of the Bells” (Trad./ Mykola Leontovych/Peter J. Wilhousky)
Ostroushko w/Ruth Mackenzie, Tatiana Riabokin, and the Nowytski Sisters
Heartland Holiday Life at the Fitzgerald
11:47 pm
Harry Belafonte: "Scarlet Ribbons" (Evelyn Danzig and Jack Segal)
Harry Belafonte w/Millard Thomas, guitar
Greatest Hits (disc 1 of 3)
11:49 pm
Justyna, Sara and Irene Kelley: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Martin & Blane)
Justyna, Sara and Irene Kelley
Kelley Family Christmas
11:54 pm
Laura Love: "I Still Believe (Unplugged)"
Laura Love
She Loved Red
11:59 pm
Andrew Beyer: "The Midnight Special - cigar box slide"
Andrew Beyer
Midnight Special Collection