Programs · Episode
Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco
Program: Concierto
Aired: Sunday, December 16, 2018 @ 10:00 pm
Hosted by Frank Dominguez
Listen this time for music by one of the most important figures of the American Baroque, Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco, who spent 50 years as maestro di capella in the Spanish colony of Peru.
Escuche esta vez por la música de una de las figuras más importantes del barroco americano, Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco, quien pasó 50 años como maestro di capella en la colonia española de Perú.
Playlist
10 pm | |
| Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco · "Missa Octavo Tono" Florilegium; Arakaendar Bolivia Choir Channel Classics 28009 "Bolivian Baroque Vol. 3: Florilegium" | |
| Francois Boieldieu · Harp Concerto in C Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Nicanor Zabeleta, harp Deutsche Grammophon 43969 3 "Great Works for Harp" | |
| Anonymous 15th c. Spanish · "Que bonito Nino chiquito!; Angeles del zielo" The Rose Ensemble "La Nochebuena: A Spanish Renaissance Christmas" | |
| Traditional 16th century Catalán · "Fum, Fum, Fum" Orfeo-Catala Columna Musica 9129 "Nadales-Orfeó Català" | |
| Traditional 17th century Catalán · "El Desembre Congelat" Orfeo-Catala Columna Musica 9129 "Nadales-Orfeó Català" | |
| Jorge Liderman · Aires de Sefarad (Selections) Duo 46 Beth Ilana Schneider, Violin; Matthew Gould, Guitar Albany Records 829 "Jorge Liderman: Aires De Sefarad-Duo 46" | |
11 pm | |
| Gabriela Montero · Improvisation on Handel's Hallelujah Gabriela Montero, piano EMI Classics 00234 "Gabriela Montero - Baroque" | |
| Gabriela Montero · Improvisation on Vivaldi's Winter Gabriela Montero, piano EMI Classics 00234 "Gabriela Montero - Baroque" | |
| Gabriela Montero · Improvisation on Pachelbel's Canon Gabriela Montero, piano EMI Classics 00234 "Gabriela Montero - Baroque" | |
| Traditional Spanish · "A La Nanita Nana" (Sleep Now, You Little Sleepyhead) Robert DeCormier Singers & Ensemble Arabesque 6684 "Children Go Where I Send Thee" | |
| Traditional Basque · Gabriel's Message Small - Torres Guitar Duo Mark Small, Robert Torres, guitars; Barbara LaFitte, english horn; Eugene Friesen, cello; Siobhan Kelleher, bass Shadow Mountain 55882 "Winterlight II" | |
| Traditional Catalan · "El Noi de la Mare" (The Son of the Virgin) Kathleen Battle, soprano; Christopher Parkening, guitar Sony Classical 62723 "Angel's Glory" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ASV 3046 "Children's Games" | |
| Franz Gruber · "Silent Night" Vienna Symphony Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, tenors Sony Classical 89131 "The Three Tenors Christmas" | |
| Jose Feliciano · "Feliz Navidad" Vienna Symphony / Gumpold Church Choir Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, tenors Sony Classical 89131 "The Three Tenors Christmas" | |
12 am | |
| Carlos Salzedo · Concert Variations on "O Tannenbaum" Jennifer Hoult, harp CD Baby 2005 "The Eve of Christmas - Christmas Music of Carlos Salzedo" | |
| Traditional English · The First Noel New Century Saxophone Quartet Channel Crossings 4698 "A New Century Christmas" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53 "Waldstein" Nelson Freire, piano Decca 000882 402 "Beethoven: Piano Sonatas" | |
| 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" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297 "Paris" English Baroque Soloists Philips 420 93 7-2 "Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31 & 34" | |
1 am | |
| Traditional French · "Il est ne, le divin enfant" (He is born, the divine child) Sursum Corda MSR 1485 "Welcome Yule!" | |
| Franz Gruber · "Silent Night" Sursum Corda MSR 1485 "Welcome Yule!" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto a due cori No. 2 in F Academy of Ancient Music L'Oiseau-Lyre 455709 "Handel: Water Music; Royal Fireworks" | |
| Traditional English · "The First Nowell" (arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams) Washington Men's Camerata Gothic Records 49128 "Sing We Noel" | |
| Traditional American · "The Glory Manger" Washington Men's Camerata Patrick McMahan, tenor Gothic Records 49128 "Sing We Noel" | |
| Franz Schubert · Symphony No. 5 in Bb, D.485 Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam Deutsche Grammophon 427645 "Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 5 & 8" | |
2 am | |
| Traditional French · Ding Dong Merrily The Baltimore Consort Sono Luminus 90198 "Bright Day Star" | |
| Traditional Shetland Islands · Christmas Day in the Mornin' The Baltimore Consort Sono Luminus 90198 "Bright Day Star" | |
| Traditional English · A Wassail Tune (Chestnut) The Baltimore Consort Sono Luminus 90198 "Bright Day Star" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Cello Concerto in b, Op. 104 Berlin Philharmonic Mstislav Rostropovich, cello Deutsche Grammophon 471620 "Rostropovich - Master Cellist, legendary recordings 1956-1 | |
| Traditional English · "Here we come a-wassailing" Clare College Singers & Orchestra EMI 69950 "Carols from Clare" | |
| Traditional German · "In dulci jubilo" (arr. by John Rutter) Clare College Singers & Orchestra EMI 69950 "Carols from Clare" | |
| Traditional English · "I Saw Three Ships" Clare College Singers & Orchestra EMI 69950 "Carols from Clare" | |
3 am | |
| Anton Bruckner · Symphony No. 7 in E (iii. Scherzo) Chicago Symphony Orchestra CSO Resound 901706 "Bruckner: Symphony No. 7" | |
| Traditional · "Lullaby Medley" (arr. Mary Sallee) St. Olaf Choir St. Olaf Choir "He Comes To Us" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "For Unto Us a Child is Born" from "Messiah" St. Olaf Choir & Orchestra "He Comes To Us" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Concerto in a for Violin, Cello & Orch., Op. 102 "Double Concerto" Chicago Symphony Orchestra Isaac Stern, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony Classical 45999 "Brahms - Berg - Stern - Abbado" | |
| Robert Mayeur · Noel for Four Guitars San Francisco Guitar Quartet Brandon Yip, David Duenas, Patrick Francis, Chris Hanford, guitars Brandon Yip 574821 "Magnificat" | |
4 am | |
| Kirke Mechem · "Seven Joys of Christmas" selections Peninsula Women's Chorus (Palo Alto, CA) Location 1001 "Alleluia Psallat - The Joy of Christmas" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Concerto in d for Violin, Piano & String Orchestra Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Gidon Kremer, violin; Martha Argerich, piano Deutsche Grammophon 427338 "Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin & Piano" | |
| Traditional French · Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Traditional German · O Sanctissima (O du Frohliche) Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Traditional Welsh · Deck the Halls Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Rondo in C, K. 373 English Chamber Orchestra Cho-Liang Lin, violin Sony Classical 44913 ""Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2" | |
5 am | |
| Leroy Anderson · Suite of Carols for Brass Choir BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 855962 1 "Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride and other Holiday Favorites" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 38 in C The English Concert Archiv Produktion 427661 "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 35, 38, 39, 59" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Suite of Chorales for Advent and Christmas The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Andrew Davis, organ EMI Classics 86052 "Bach: Cantata BWV 147; Chorales & Preludes" | |
| Georges Bizet · Carmen Fantasy (arr. by Anderson & Roe) Greg Anderson, Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano 4-hands Steinway & Sons 30006 "When Words Fade" | |
6 am | |
| Vincenzo Bellini · Oboe Concerto in Eb Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Roger Lord, oboe Decca 430563 "Rossini: String Sonatas" | |
| Charles Ives · "A Christmas Carol" The Washington Master Chorale Acis 63682 "This Endris Night - Christmas with the Washington Master C | |
| Traditional French · "O come, O come Emmanuel" (interpolated with "What Child is This?") Domincan Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist (Ann Arbor, Mi Sony 541741 "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Christmas with the Domincan | |
| Traditional French · "Noe! Noe!" Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) Hickory Choral Societ y "Hickory Choral Society 2011 Christmas Concert" | |
| John Rutter · "Magical Kingdom" The Cambridge Singers; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Collegium Records 133 "A Christmas Festival" | |
| Franz Danzi · Fantasia on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" from "Don Giovanni" Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Sabine Meyer, clarinet RCA Victor Red Seal 61976 "Danzi: Flute and Clarinet Concertos" | |
| Arcangelo Corelli · Concerto grosso in g, Op. 6, No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Buffalo Philharmonic Orch 692863 1410 "Favorite Holiday Classics" | |
| Johann Strauss, Jr. · Overture to Die Fledermaus Vienna Philharmonic (live from the 2010 New year's Concert) Decca 001398 402 "New Year's Concert 2010" | |
7 am | |
| Traditional Medley · "Veni, Veni,""Midnight Clear,""O Little Town,""Silent Night" etc Orchestra of St. Luke's; New York Choral Artists; Boys Choir of Kathleen Battle, soprano Angel 47587 "Kathleen Battle - A Christmas Celebration" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Summer" Violin Concerto from "The Four Seasons" Raglan Baroque Players Monica Huggett, violin Virgin 90803 "Vivaldi: Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione" | |
| Traditional · Wassail Song; All Through the Night Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, acoustic bass; Chris Thile, mandolin Sony 733336 "Songs Of Joy And Peace: Yo-Yo Ma" | |
| Carl Davis · A Christmas Carol (iii. Patapan & Cornhill Slide) Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra Naxos 8.5534 95 "20th Century English Ballets" | |
| Michael Fink · "What Sweeter Music" Renaissance (of Charlotte, NC) Gregg Hill, guitar Renaissance (of Charl otte 884501 2383 "Renaissance: Noel We Sing" | |
| Benjamin Britten · Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra New York Philharmonic Sony Classical 47541 "Britten: Orchestral Works" | |
| Traditional English · "The Holly and the Ivy" Choir of Westminster Abbey Deutsche Grammophon 445572 "A Choral Christmas" | |
| Irving Berlin · "White Christmas" Northwest Sinfonia Carl Tanner, tenor Bounty Prodcutions 17822 "Carl Tanner: Hear The Angel Voices" | |
| John Jacob Niles · "I Wonder as I Wander" Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Orchestra at Temple Square Telarc 80552 "A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas" | |
8 am | |
| Richard Wagner · Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg Berlin Philharmonic Philips 426271 Wagner: Overtures and Preludes" | |
| Morton Gould · Serenade of Carols New Philharmonia Orchestra RCA Victor 7931 "A Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould" | |
| Giacomo Puccini · Three Minuets Puccini Quartet ASV 909 "Puccini - Catalani: String Music" | |
| Loonis McGlohon · "Christmas Child" (arr. by Rick Bean) VOX (Live from St. John's Baptist Church, Dec. 4, 2018) Rick Bean, piano n/a Charlotte Lessons and Carols from St. John's Baptist Church | |
| Arr. F. Bock · "Peace, Peace" Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) Helen Rifas, harp; Angela Taylor, flute Hickory Choral Societ y "Magnificat" | |
| Traditional Basque · "The Infant King" Choir of Christ Church, Charlotte, NC Christ Church, Charlo tte "Advent and Christmas" | |
| Aaron Copland · Danzon Cubano Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Decca 000123 102 "Essential Aaron Copland - 12 Greatest Hits" | |
9 am | |
| Miles Hoffman · A Minute with Miles: Bach Cello Suites | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009 (v. Bourree I & II) Amit Peled, 1733 Matteo Gofriller (Casals) cello CTM Classics 582603 "Bach: The Cello Suites 1-3, vol. 1" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "And he shall purify" from "Messiah" The Brandenburg Consort; The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Brilliant Classics 92463 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Johann Joseph Fux · "Alleluia" Bologna Community Theatre Orchestra Juan Diego Florez, tenor; Ulrich Stephan Breddermann, trumpet Decca 001487 502 "Juan Diego Flórez: Santo - Sacred Songs" | |
| Michael Praetorius · "Puer natus in Bethlehem" (A boy is born in Bethlehem) Choir of Westminster Cathedral; Parley of Instruments Hyperion 66200 "Christmas Music by Michael Praetorius" | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Symphony No. 1 in D, Wq.183 English Chamber Orchestra Philips 426081 "C.P.E. Bach: 6 Symphonies" | |
| Gabriel Faure · Masques and Bergamasques Suite, Op. 112 Orchestra of the Swiss Romande Decca 452304 "Fauré: Requiem; Pelléas and Melisande" | |
| Traditional · "Carols for the Choirs" medley (arr. Carolyn Jennings) St. Olaf Choir & Orchestra St. Olaf Choir "He Comes To Us" | |
| Traditional · "Pat-a-Drummer" (Patapan) (arr. by Katherine K. Davis) Cantus Cantus 1211 "Christmas with Cantus" | |
| Traditional German · "How great our joy" (While By My Sheep) (arr. by John Rutter) Cambridge Singers & Orchestra Collegium Records 503 "The Christmas Star" | |
10 am | |
| Traditional American · Shenandoah (arr. by Brandon Ridenour) Canadian Brass Opening Day 7382 "Stars and Stripes - Canadian Brass Salute America" | |
| Maurice Ravel · Pavane for a Dead Princess Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Branford Marsalis, soprano saxophone Sony Classical SK 892 51 "Creation" | |
| Jerry Herman · We Need a Little Christmas (in style of Beethoven) The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christm | |
| Victor Herbert · March of the Toys, from "Babes in Toyland" Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 60700 "Fiedler's Favorite Marches" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · March, from The Nutcracker Philadelphia Orchestra Sony Legacy 87771 "The Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time" | |
| Christmas Medley · "O Sanctissima; Joy to the World; Away in a Manger; Fum, Fum, Fum; March of the Kings" Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Telarc 80087 "The Many Moods of Christmas" | |
| Nicola Porpora · Cello Concerto in G European Union Chamber Orchestra Giovanni Sollima, cello Helios 55005 "Concertos for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies" | |
| Traditional 18th century French · "Quelle est cette odeur agreable" (What is this fragrance?) Chanticleer Teldec 94563 "Sing We Christmas" | |
11 am | |
| George Whitefield Chadwick · Jubilee, from Symphonic Sketches Eastman-Rochester Orchestra Mercury Living 434337 "Howard Hanson Conducting the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · "Three Kings of Orient" Cambridge Singers & Orchestra Collegium Records 503 "The Christmas Star" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia, from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra James Galway, flute RCA 61233 "James Galway's Christmas Carol" | |
| Franz Gruber - Traditional · "Silent Night" - "Sleep, Little Jesus" Domincan Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist (Ann Arbor, Mi Sony 541741 "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Christmas with the Domincan | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Gloria" RV 589 (i. Gloria in excelsis Deo) Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; The Academy of Ancient Decca 000691 802 "Essential Choral Classics" | |
| John Rutter · "Gloria" (finale) Choir Of King's College, Cambridge; City of Birmingham Symphony EMI Classics 5 5795 2 2 "Rutter: Gloria" | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff · Symphony No. 2 in e, Op. 27 (iii. Adagio) London Symphony Orchestra EMI Classics 64530 "Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos. 1-3, etc." | |
| Traditional English · "Gloucestershire Wassail" The Waverley Consort Virgin Classics Verit as 55193 "A Waverly Consort Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · "The Wassail Song" Peninsula Women's Chorus (Palo Alto, CA) Location LDR-10 01 "Alleluia Psallat - The Joy of Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · "The Boar's Head Carol" The Chieftains; The Voice Squad RCA Victor 60824- 2 "The Chieftains: The Bells of Dublin" | |
| Traditional English · "Past Three O'Clock" Clare College Singers & Orchestra EMI 69950 "Carols from Clare" | |
12 pm | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Les petits riens (The Little Trifles), ballet, K. 299b Chicago Sinfonietta Centaur Records 2062 "The Mozart Family Album" | |
| Traditional Austrian · "Susser die glockchen" (Sweeter the bells) Arsys Bourgogne Naive 5319 "Christmas Songs Around the World" | |
| Traditional Austrian · "Kling, Glockchen, Kling" (arr. Stephen Mager) Arcangeli Chamber Chorus & Orchestra Arcangeli 657988 0008 "Joy For Every Age - Christmas Carol Settings by Stephen Ma | |
| Traditional German · "Zu Bethlehem geboren" (Born at Bethlehem) Regensburg Cathedral Choir RCA Victor Red Seal 60736 "In Dulci Jubilo - Christmas with James Galway" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Concerto No. 5 in D, K. 175 Chamber Academy of the Salzburg Mozarteum Andras Schiff, piano Decca 448140 "Mozart: Piano Concertos" | |
| Daniel Read · "While Shepherds Watched" (Sherburne) Theatre of Voices Harmonia Mundi 297707 9 "Carols from the Old and New Worlds" | |
| Heinrich Schutz · "O All Ye Nations" The Choir of The Lutheran Church of the Holy Comforter, Belmont, "Holy Comforter Christmas" | |
| Joseph Schnabel · "Transeamus usque Bethlehem" (Let us journey to Bethlehem) Berlin Handel Chorus / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 413671 "The Heavens are Sounding" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · All Through the Night Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Nina Bodnar, violins; Natasha Lipkina, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · I Saw Three Ships (interpolated with Haydn's "Allegro in F") Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| Traditional English · We Wish You a Merry Christmas Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
1 pm | |
| Joseph Lanner · The Suitors Waltz, Op. 103 Vienna Philharmonic (live New Year's Concert 1991) Deutsche Grammophon 431628 "New Year's Concert in Vienna 1991" | |
| Vince Guaraldi · Skating, from "Charlie Brown Christmas" Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Vince Guaraldi · "Christmas Time is Here" from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; School for the Creative & Performing Telarc 80538 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Franz Liszt · Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb London Philharmonic Orchestra Ozan Marsh, piano Vox 7191 "Ozan Marsh Plays Franz Liszt" | |
| Traditional Ukrainian · "Carol of the Bells" Handel & Haydn Society Coro 16117 "Joy to the World - An American Christmas" | |
| Stephen Paulus · "Snow Has Fallen" Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) Helen Rifas, harp Hickory Choral Societ y "Magnificat" | |
| Dan Locklair · "Christ Was Born in Bethlehem" Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) Bel Canto 99001 "What Sweeter Music..." | |
| Traditional English 15th century · "Adam Lay Ybounden" Quink Vocal Ensemble Telarc 80202 "Carols Around the World" | |
| Victor Hely-Hutchinson · A Carol Symphony (i. Allegro energetico: Adeste fideles) The City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 855709 9 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Philip Brooks / Lewis Redner · "O Little Town of Bethlehem" Musica Sacra Deutsche Grammophon 429732 "Carols for Christmas Eve" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn - Charles Wesley · "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" The City of Prague Philharmonic; Crouch End Festival Chorus Silva 6026 "Christmas Choral Classics" | |
2 pm | |
| Johannes Brahms · Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Henryk Szeryng, violin (pron. sharing) Philips 446194 "Brahms: Violin Concerto; Double Concerto" | |
| J.S. Bach-Charles Gounod · Ave Maria Maurice Andre, trumpet; Jane Parker-Smith, organ of Eglise St. Pierre Le Jeune, Strasbourg EMI Classics 636560 2 "Trumpet & Organ" | |
| Franz Biebl · "Ave Maria" Chanticleer Chanticleer 8803 "Our Heart's Joy - A Chanticleer Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · "Good King Wenceslas" The Christ Church Cathedral Choir of Men & Boys, Indianapolis James Diaz, organ Four Winds 3003 "Sing, Choir of Angels" | |
3 pm | |
| Richard Strauss · Dance of the Seven Veils, from "Salome" New York Philharmonic (Live at Avery Fisher Hall, October 1, 200 Deutsche Grammophon 477643 5 "Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Death and Transfiguation, etc." | |
| Christmas Medley · "What Child is This?; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Telarc 80087 "The Many Moods of Christmas" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in G, Op. 6, No. 1 New Bach Collegium Musicum, Leipzig LaserLight 15668 "Classical Journey, vol. 3: England" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Pas de Deux, from The Nutcracker Stevan Pasero, guitar Sugo 8501 "The Nutcracker Suite for Guitar" | |
| Traditional English · The Cherry Tree Carol Mark O'Connor, violin; Brent Mason, guitar and friends OMAC Records 16 "An Appalachian Christmas" | |
| Martin Luther · "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" The Vienna Choir Boys; Johann Sonnleitner, organ Placido Domingo, tenor RCA 3835 "Placido Domingo and The Vienna Choir Boys" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24 "Spring" (1st mvt.) Gidon Kremer, violin; Martha Argerich, piano Deutsche Grammophon 419787 "Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 4 & 5" | |
4 pm | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "Wake, Awake, For Night is Flying" from Cantata BWV 140 Domincan Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist (Ann Arbor, Mi Sony 541741 "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Christmas with the Domincan | |
| Traditional French · "Let Us Listen to the Morning Songs" Robert DeCormier Singers & Ensemble Arabesque 6684 "Children Go Where I Send Thee" | |
| Peter Warlock · "Bethlehem Down" Chanticleer Mesa Bluemoon 2093 "A Chanticleer Christmas" | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · Overture to Semiramide National Philharmonic Orchestra Decca 443850 "Rossini: 14 Overtures" | |
| Traditional · Christmas Night Medley (arr. by Angela Morley) Boston Pops Orchestra Sony Classical 48232 "Joy To the World" | |
| Gerald Finzi · Five Bagatelles Todd Levy, clarinet; Jeannie Yu, piano Avie 2367 "Rhapsodie - 20th Century Clarinet Classics" | |
| Traditional German · Three German Carols (Vom Himmel Hoch; In dulci jubilo; Josef, liber Josef mein) Bielfeld Children's Choir Gerhard Bunk, organ EMI Classics 62576 "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - Bielfelder Kinderchor" | |
5 pm | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in d for Viola d'Amore, Lute, Strings & Orchestra, RV 540 The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Yo-Yo Ma, baroque cello Sony Classical 90916 "Vivaldi's Cello" | |
| David Overton · Fantasia on "I Saw Three Ships" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra James Galway, flute RCA 61233 "James Galway's Christmas Carol" | |
| Michael Davis · "Sing, Choir of Angels" (medley) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir; The Candian Brass BWE Classics 0196 "A Christmas Gloria" | |
| Traditional Catalan · Song of the Birds Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra Koch International 7582 "Noëls and Carols" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Sonata No. 16 in C, K. 545 Elizabeth Rich, piano Connoisseur Society 4250 "Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas - Voume 4" | |
| Leroy Anderson · "A Christmas Festival" Boston Pops Orchestra; Tangelwood Festival Chorus Sony Classical 48232 "Joy To the World" | |
| Johann Strauss, Jr. · Vienna Blood Waltz, Op. 354 New York Philharmonic Sony Classical 46710 "Bernstein Favorites - Waltzes" | |
6 pm | |
| Robert Schumann · Piano Concerto in a, Op. 54 Berlin Philharmonic Maurizio Pollini, piano Deutsche Grammophon 427771 "Schumann: Piano Concerto" | |
| Christopher Dedrick · The Angel Choir and the Trumpeter Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Traditional Medley · We Three Kings; Ukrainian Bell Carol Peter Blanchette, archguitar Archguitar Music n/a "Archguitar Christmas" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker Chicago Symphony Orchestra RCA 370198 "Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "Jauchzet, frohlocket" (Rejoice, exult) from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists Deutsche Grammophon 001493 002 "The Complete Christmas Celebration" | |
9 pm | |
| Traditional German · Three German Carols (O Tannenbaum; Holy Night; The Christmas Tree is a Beautiful Tree) Bielfeld Children's Choir Gerhard Bunk, organ EMI Classics 62576 "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - Bielfelder Kinderchor" | |
| James Kevin Gray · "Sleep, Little Tiny Baby" & "Silent Night" Young Voices of the Carolinas (Live from St. John's Baptist Chur Monty Bennett, organ; Bill Gouge, piano n/a Charlotte Lessons and Carols from St. John's Baptist Church | |
| Traditional English · "An Angel Bright" The Beggar Boys Jayne Tankersley, soprano "The Darkest Midnight - A Celtic Nativity" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Viola Concerto in G Orchestra of St. Luke's Louise Schulman, viola Musicmasters 60210 "Telemann: Don Quixote Suite; Viola Concerto, etc." | |
| Agustin Barrios · Villancico de navidad (Christmas Carol) Alexander-Sergei Ramírez, guitar Deutsche Grammophon 47153 2 "Confesion" | |
| Traditional · Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) (with counterpoint) Yo-Yo Ma, cello 1 & 2 Sony 733336 "Songs Of Joy And Peace: Yo-Yo Ma" | |
| Gustav Holst · In the Bleak Mid-Winter The National Flute Choir (Charlotte, NC) ALRY Publications R-27 "Here We Come a'Fluting" | |
| Edvard Grieg · Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Berlin Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon 410026 "Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2" | |
| Adolphe Adam · "O Holy Night" Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia; The Philadelphia Singers Benita Valente, soprano RCA Red Seal 6559 "Gloria! Gloria!" | |
10 pm | |
| Benjamin Britten · "A Boy Was Born" Westminster Choir Gothic Records 49047 "Christmas with the Westminster Choir" | |
| Maurice Ravel · Modere, from Noble and Sentimental Waltzes Angela Jia Kim, piano Miro 837075 9942 "Dances and Fantasies" | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · String Quartet No. 2 in a (ii. Romance) Music Group of London EMI Classics 65100 "Vaughan Williams: Chamber Music" | |
| Herbert Howells · "Here is the Little Door" Chanticleer Teldec 94563 "Sing We Christmas" | |
| Michael Haydn · "Heiligste Nacht" (Holy Night) Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Opera Orchestra Philips 412551 "Merry Christmas - Vienna Boys' Choir" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 6 in F "Pastorale" (ii. Scene by the brook) Revolutionary & Romantic Orchestra Archiv Produktion 001408 302 "Beethoven: 9 Symphonies" | |
| Arcangelo Corelli · Pastorale, from Concerto grosso in g, Op. 6, No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" The English Concert Archiv Produktion 000527 102 "The Baroque Christmas Album" | |
| Gabriel Faure · Piano Trio in d, Op. 120 (ii. Andantino) Renaud Capucon, violin; Gautier Capucon, cello; Nicholas Angelich, piano Virgin Classics 70875 "Fauré: Complete Chamber Music for Strings & Piano" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · "Weihnachten" (Christmas) Arsys Bourgogne Naive 5319 "Christmas Songs Around the World" | |
| Traditional Irish · "Wexford Carol" Brigham Young Women's Chorus BYU Records 415 "Celebration of Christmas - Carol of Joy" | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff · Variation No. 18 from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Maxim Vengerov, violin; Ian Brown, piano EMI Classics 57916 "Vengerov: Kreisler; Sarasate; Wieniawski" | |
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| Henry Purcell · Overture to "Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge" Bournemouth Sinfonietta Chandos 8424 "Purcell: Twelve Overtures" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" from Cantata BWV 147 Munich Radio Orchestra; Regensburg Cathedral Choir James Galway, flute RCA Victor Red Seal 60736 "In Dulci Jubilo - Christmas with James Galway" | |
| Jacob Handl de Gallus · "O magnum mysterium" Cantus Cantus Recordings 1102 "Cantus - Tidings" | |
| Domenico Scarlatti · Sonata in F, K. 542 Konstantin Scherbakov, piano Naxos 8.5548 42 "Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol. 7" | |
| William J. Kirkpatrick · Away in a Manger Pamela Howland, piano HM Classics 9603 "December Classics" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Wind Serenade in d, Op. 44 (iii. Andante con moto) Philharmonia Orchestra Chandos 6678 "Antonin Dvorak: Serenades" | |
| John Goss · "See amid the winter's snow" (arr. David Willcocks) Renaissance (of Charlotte, NC) (recorded Dec. 21, 2002 at Holy C J. Michael Grant, organ Renaissance (of Charl otte "A Renaissance Nowell - Renaissance of Charlotte" | |
| Joachim Raff · Hymn to St. Elisabeth, from "From Thuringia" suite CSSR State Philharmonic Marco Polo 8.2231 94 "Raff: Aus Thuringen" | |
| Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck · "Hodie Christus natus est" (Today Christ is born) Vasari Singers Naxos 857303 0 "A Winter's Light" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Cello Concerto No. 1 in C, Hob.VIIb:1 (ii. Adagio) Kremerata Baltica Marie Elisabeth Hecker, cello Profil 8031 "Cello Fiesta!" | |
| Traditional Medley · Medley (The First Noel; O Come, All Ye Faithful) Ayako Shinozaki, harp Sony 62677 "Silent Night - Beautiful Christmas Melodies" | |