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Program: The Early Shift with Ted Weiner
Aired: Saturday, December 17, 2016 @ 11:30 pm
Hosted by Ted Weiner
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Host Ted Weiner keeps you company during the wee hours seven days a week. Enjoy a great variety and engaging selection of classics throughout the night.
Playlist
11 pm | |
| Carlos Salzedo · Short Fantasy on a Catalan Carol (Fum, Fum, Fum) The Canadian Brass Angel Romero, guitar RCA Victor 62683- 2 "Canadian Brass - Noel" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Let the Merry Bells Ring Round The Canadian Brass RCA Victor 62683 "Canadian Brass - Noel" | |
12 am | |
| Richard Wagner · Siegfried Idyll members of the Vienna Philharmonic Decca 000897 802 "Wagner: Overtures; Siegfried Idyll" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Gloria in excelsis Deo Maurice Andre, trumpet; Jane Parker-Smith, organ of Eglise St. Pierre Le Jeune, Strasbourg EMI Classics 636560 2 "Trumpet & Organ" | |
| Michel Corrette · Christmas Symphony No. 2 in D Arion Early-Music.com 7768 "Corrette: Symphonies des Noels" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 45 in f# "Farewell" Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra Nimbus 7041-2 "Great Haydn Symphonies" | |
| Traditional French · Masters in This Hall Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; Jurij Konje, percussion Telarc 80446 "Dream Season - The Christmas Harp" | |
| Traditional English · God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; Jurij Konje, percussion Telarc 80446 "Dream Season - The Christmas Harp" | |
1 am | |
| Johann Christian Bach · Sextet in C for Oboe, 2 Horns, Violin, Cello & Fortepiano The English Concert Archiv Produktion 423385 "J.C. Bach: 3 Quintets; Sextet" | |
| Michael Praetorius · Five Christmas Hymns The Waverley Consort CBS Masterworks 34554 "A Renaissance Christmas Celebration with the Waverly Conso | |
| Edvard Grieg · Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite Ulster Orchestra Chandos 8524 "Greig: Symphonic Dances" | |
| Giuseppe Tartini · Sonata Pastorale in A Trio Settecento Rachel Barton Pine, violin; David Schrader, harpsichord; John Mark Rozendaal, cello Cedille Records 099 "An Italian Sojourn" | |
2 am | |
| arr. by Daniel Hughes · Medley of Carols (Deck the Hall; Ding, Dong Merrily on High; Carol of the Bells) The Choral Project Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Henry Purcell · King Arthur Suite Tafelmusik Sony Classical 66169 "Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre" | |
| Traditional Medley · Medley of Carols Ayako Shinozaki, harp Sony 62677 "Silent Night - Beautiful Christmas Melodies" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Sonata in Bb for Piano & Violin, K. 454 Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano Deutsche Grammophon 000710 202 "Mozart: The Violin Sonatas" | |
3 am | |
| Traditional German · "In dulci jubilo" The Choir of Worcester College, Oxford Classica Communicatio ns 1020 "Christmas From Oxford" | |
| Joseph Fiala · Oboe Concerto in Bb Polish Chamber Philharmonic Ingo Goritzki, oboe Claves 509018 "Oboe Concertos from Bohemia" | |
| Traditional English · Good King Wenceslas (arr. by Morton Gould) New Philharmonia Orchestra RCA Victor 7931 "A Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould" | |
| Traditional English · The First Nowell New Philharmonia Orchestra RCA Victor 7931-2 -RG "A Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould" | |
| Traditional English · Adeste Fideles New Philharmonia Orchestra RCA Victor 7931 "A Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould" | |
| Franz Schubert · Rosamunde, Overture & incidental music Berlin Philharmonic Sony 768616 2 "Schubert: The Symphonies" | |
4 am | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Rejoice Greatly" from "Messiah" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Renee Fleming, soprano Decca 000519 302 "Sacred Songs" | |
| Hector Berlioz · "The Shepherds' Farewell" (from "L'enfance du Christ") Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; London Voices Renee Fleming, soprano Decca 000519 302 "Sacred Songs" | |
| Max Bruch · Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 Montreal Symphony Orchestra James Ehnes, violin CBC 5222 "Max Bruch: Concerto No. 2; Scottish Fantasy" | |
| Nigel Hess · A Christmas Overture Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Collegium Records 133 "A Christmas Festival" | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Symphony No. 1 in G, Wq. 182 The English Concert Archiv Produktion 415300 "C.Ph.E. Bach: Die Sinfonien fur Streicher" | |
5 am | |
| John Jacob Niles · I Wonder as I Wander Ensemble Galilei Sono Luminus 92173 "Surrounded by Angels" | |
| Traditional Scottish · Away in a Manger Ensemble Galilei Sono Luminus 92173 "Surrounded by Angels" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b Ian Hobson, Claude Hobson, pianos Arabesque 6654 "The Complete Piano Variations of Johannes Brahms" | |
| Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck · "Hodie Christus natus est" (Today Christ is born) Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) Bel Canto 9801 "Sing We Noel" | |
| Traditional French · "Il est ne, le divin enfant" (He is born, the divine child) Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) Bel Canto 9801 "Sing We Noel" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Overture in e, TWV 55:e1, from "Tafelmusik" Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Harmonia Mundi 902042 "Telemann: The Complete Tafelmusik" | |
6 am | |
| Traditional · Wexford Carol Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Nina Bodnar, violins; Natasha Lipkina, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147 Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Nina Bodnar, violins; Natasha Lipkina, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Richard S. Willis · It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Aaron Copland · Appalachian Spring Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80078 "Copland: Appalachian Spring; Rodeo; Fanfare for the Common | |
| Lowell Mason · Joy to the World Eaken Piano Trio Con Brio 21345 "Eaken Trio: Most Wonderful Time" | |
| Robert Mayeur · Noel for Four Guitars San Francisco Guitar Quartet Brandon Yip, David Duenas, Patrick Francis, Chris Hanford, guitars Brandon Yip 574821 "Magnificat" | |
| Franz Schubert · Five German Dances, D.89 Moscow Virtuosi RCA Victor 60452 "Schubert: Symphony No. 5" | |
7 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Trio Sonata in d, BWV 527 The King's Consort Katharina Spreckelsen, oboe; David Woodcock, violin Hyperion 66843 "Bach: Six Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-530" | |
| Giovanni Gastoldi · In you there is joy The Baltimore Consort Sono Luminus 90198 "Bright Day Star" | |
| Michel Corrette · Christmas Symphony No. 6 in A Arion Early-Music.com 7768 "Corrette: Symphonies des Noels" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Viola Concerto in D (arr. from BWV 1053, 169, 49) Furor Musicus Antoinette Lohmann, viola Edition Lilac 501389 68 "J.S. Bach - Reconstructions and Transcriptions for Strings | |
| Josquin Des Prez · "Ave Maria" Westminster Choir Westminster Choir 1009 "Noel | |
| William Byrd · "Ave Maria" Stile Antico Harmonia Mundi 807517 "Puer natus est - Tudor Music for Advent and Christmas" | |
8 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Keyboard Concerto in F, BWV 1057 (after Brandenburg No. 4) Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord Naive 20011 "Bach: Art of the Fugue; Keyboard Concertos" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · "In dulci jubilo" cantata Collegium Musicum 90 & Choir Helen Groves, soprano; Caroline Trevor, alto; James Oxley, tenor; Simon Birchall, bass Chandos 754 "Christmas Concertos and Cantatas" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Flute Sonata in Eb, BWV 1031 Joshua Smith, flute; Jory Vinikour, harpsichord Delos 3402 "J.S. Bach Sonatas for Flute & Harpsichord" | |
| Tomas Luis de Victoria · "Ave Maria" Tallis Scholars Gimell 010 "Christmas Carols and Motets" | |
| Philippe Verdelot · "Ave Maria" Tallis Scholars Gimell 010 "Christmas Carols and Motets" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia, from Cantata BWV 174 "I love the Highest with my whole mind" Netherlands Bach Collegium Brilliant Classics 94050 "Bach Edition: Complete Works" | |
9 am | |
| Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky · Christmas Sonata Academy of Ancient Music Decca 410179 "Christmas Concertos" | |
| Johann Pachelbel · Canon Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Buffalo Philharmonic Orch 692863 1410 "Favorite Holiday Classics" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 132 "Prepare the way, prepare the course" Concentus musicus of Vienna Sebastian Hennig, soprano; Rene Jacobs, alto; Marius van Altena, tenor; Max van Egmond, bass Teldec 69943 "J. S. Bach: The Sacred Cantatas" | |
| Anonymous · Greensleeves and pudding pies Toronto Consort WSHU "The Seasons of Sunday Baroque - Winter" | |
| Jean Mouton · "Ave Sanctissima Maria" (Hail most holy Mary) Theatre of Voices Harmonia Mundi 907136 "Jean Mouton - Josquin Des Prez" | |
| Jean Mouton · "Nesciens Mater" (Virgin Mother) Theatre of Voices Harmonia Mundi 907136 "Jean Mouton - Josquin Des Prez" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Keyboard Concerto in f, BWV 1056 Les Violons du Roy Alexandre Tharaud, piano Virgin Classics 70913 "JS Bach: Keyboard Concertos" | |
10 am | |
| Dietrich Buxtehude · "Das neugeborene Kindelein" (The Newborn Babe) Regensburg Cathedral Choir; Munich Resident Chamber Orchestra Dhm Deutsche Harmonia 77049- 2 "Christmas Carols" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Hungaroton 31018 "Bach: Four Orchestral Suites" | |
| William Cornysh · "Ave Maria Mater Dei" New York Polyphony Avie 2141 "I Sing The Birth" | |
| Thomas Ashewell · "Gloria" from "Ave Maria" mass Huelgas Ensemble Harmonia Mundi 901922 "La Quinta Essentia" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042 Chamber Orchestra of Europe Salvatore Accardo, violin Philips 416 41 3-2 "JS Bach: The Violin Concertos; Double Concerto" | |
12 pm | |
| Emmanuel Chabrier · Suite pastorale Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Naxos 855424 8 "Chabrier: Orchestral Works" | |
| Traditional English · Good King Wenceslas (arr. by Morton Gould) New Philharmonia Orchestra RCA Victor 7931 "A Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould" | |
| Traditional English · The First Nowell New Philharmonia Orchestra RCA Victor 7931-2 -RG "A Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould" | |
| Traditional English · Adeste Fideles New Philharmonia Orchestra RCA Victor 7931 "A Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould" | |
| Richard Strauss · Der Rosenkavalier Suite Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80371 Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite" | |
| Mel Torme / Robert Wells · The Christmas Song Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane · Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
1 pm | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Concerto in Eb for 2 Pianos & Orch., K. 365 London Symphony Orchestra Andre Previn, Radu Lupu, pianos EMI Classics 65180 "Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20, etc." | |
| Michael Praetorius · Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming Pamela Howland, piano HM Classics 9607 "Pamela Howland - Lo, How a Rose" | |
| Traditional English · What Child is This? Pamela Howland, piano HM Classics 9607 "Pamela Howland - Lo, How a Rose" | |
| Traditional French · O Come, O Come Emmanuel Pamela Howland, piano HM Classics 9607 "Pamela Howland - Lo, How a Rose" | |
| Leo Delibes · Coppelia, ballet suite Philadelphia Orchestra Sony Classical 46550 "Chopin: Les Sylphides - Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Suite" | |
| Traditional · While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Danielle Maddon, violins; Ellen DePasquale, viola; Rafael Figueroa, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| John Rutter · Angel's Carol Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Danielle Maddon, violins; Ellen DePasquale, viola; Rafael Figueroa, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · Adeste Fideles Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
2 pm | |
| Edward German · Welsh Rhapsody Scottish National Orchestra EMI Classics for Plea sure 67753 "Music of the Four Countries" | |
| Kirke Mechem · "Seven Joys of Christmas" selections Peninsula Women's Chorus (Palo Alto, CA) Location 1001 "Alleluia Psallat - The Joy of Christmas" | |
| Maurice Ravel · Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose) Philharmonia Orchestra Sony Classical 63056 "Ravel; Debussy; Satie" | |
| Traditional · "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams) St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Simon Johnson, organ Decca 002405 602 "Carols with the St. Paul's Cathedral Choir" | |
| Traditional English · "Gaudete" (Rejoice) St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Decca 002405 602 "Carols with the St. Paul's Cathedral Choir" | |
| Adolphe Adam · "O Holy Night" (arr. by John Rutter) St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Simon Johnson, organ Decca 002405 602 "Carols with the St. Paul's Cathedral Choir" | |
5 pm | |
| A Chanticleer Christmas | |
6 pm | |
| Maurice Ravel · La Valse (arr. by Lucien Garban) Leon Fleisher, Katherine Jacobson, piano 4-hands Sony 506416 "Four Hands" | |
| Leroy Anderson · Suite of Carols for String Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 855962 1 "Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride and other Holiday Favorites" | |
| Darius Milhaud · La Creation du Monde (Creation of the World) Live at Lugano, Switzerland, June 12, 2014 Eduardo Hubert, piano; Dora Schwarzberg, Michael Guttman, violins; Nora Romanoff, viola; Mark Drobinsky, cello Warner Classics 550557 "Martha Argerich & Friends - Live from Lugano 2014" | |
| Patric Standford · A Christmas Carol Symphony (1st mvt.) The City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 8.5570 99 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Girolamo Frescobaldi · Balletto No. 3 Webb Wiggins, harpsichord built by Nicolaus DeQuoco in 1694, Florence, Italy Friends of Music 10209 "Variazioni - Webb Wiggins plays 17th c. Harpsichords" | |
7 pm | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Horn Quintet in Eb, K. 407 Quadriga Quartet Wilhelm Bruns, natural horn Profil 5046 "Mozart: Horn Concertos; Horn Quintet" | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · Symphony No. 8 in d London Symphony Orchestra RCA 6781 "Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8" | |
| Traditional Medley · Medley of Carols Ayako Shinozaki, harp Sony 62677 "Silent Night - Beautiful Christmas Melodies" | |
8 pm | |
| Modest Mussorgsky · Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by Sergei Gorchakov) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Philharmonic 39 "Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 114: "Ah, dear Christians, be comforted" Netherlands Bach Collegium Knut Schoch, tenor; Bas Ramselaar, bass; Sytse Buwalda, alto; Ruth Holton, soprano Brilliant Classics 94050 "Bach Edition: Complete Works" | |
9 pm | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Overture to The Impresario Staatskapelle Dresden RCA Victor Red Seal 56698 "Mozart Overtures" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Christmas Oratorio, Op. 12 The Pacific Mozart Ensemble Frederick Hohman, organ of The Holy Name of Jesus R.C. Church, San Francisco, CA Pro Organo 7040 "A Saint-Saëns Sort of Christmas" | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · String Sonata No. 5 in Eb Camerata Bern Deutsche Grammophon 413310 "Rossini: Sonaten fur Streicher" | |
10 pm | |
| Violeta Parra · Gracias a la vida Mercedes Sosa, Soprano Universal Latino 272594 7 "Siempre: Una vida en canciones: Mercedes Sosa" | |
| Giuseppe Verdi · "Have mercy, dear friends..." from Ernani Robert Wagner Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic Placido Domingo, tenor Deutsche Grammophon 719102 "Truly Domingo" | |
| Flory Jagoda · Ocho Kandelikas Pink Martini Heinz Records n/z "Joy to the World Part 1: Pink Martini" | |
| Joaquin Rodrigo · Four Sephardic Songs: Respondemos, Una pastora yo ami, Nani, nani, Morena me llaman" Barbara Fink, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Spiri, piano Harmonia Mundi 902133 "Canciones Espanolas: Granados, Falla, Rodrigo: Fink, Spiri | |
| Georges Bizet · Carmen Suite, arr. by Pepe Romero Los Romeros angel, Celedonio, Celin, Pepe Romero, guitars Philips 412609 "Bizet: Carmen; Falla: 3 Dances" | |
| Anonymous · Sephardic Songs: Buena Semana, Il Bastidor, Las Hermanas, Reina y Cautiva, Yo Hanino, Tu Hanina La Rodinella Dorian Discovery 80130 "A Song of David: Music of the Sephardim and Renaissance" | |
| Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco · Alghe Jodi Maso, piano Naxos 8.5558 56 "Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Music" | |
11 pm | |
| Joaquin Nin-Culmell · Chansons populaires sephardiques: La rosa enflorece, Adoneau, Eloenu, Secretos quero descuvrir Alberto Jona, baritone; Oscar Alessi, piano Nuova Era n/a "Oyf'n Prip'chok: Jewish Melodies of the 20th Century" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 30 in D, K. 202 English Chamber Orchestra EMI Classics 59017 "Mozart: Symphonies 29, 30, 33, 34, 38, 39" | |
| Anonymous · Sephardic Songs: Dame la mano; Una matica de ruda; Poco le das La Nef Dorian Discovery 80128 "La Nef: Music for Juana la loca" | |
| Manuel de Falla · Homenaje, from Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela Sono Luminus 90210 "Music of Manuel de Falla" | |