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Program: Classical Music with Lauren Rico
Aired: Saturday, December 2, 2023 @ 12:00 pm
Hosted by Lauren Rico
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Host Lauren Rico brings you classics for the weekend.
Playlist
12 pm | |
| Johannes Brahms · Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a Cleveland Orchestra (recorded 1964) Sony 37777 "Brahms: Symphony No. 3" | |
| 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" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 45 in f# "Farewell" CBC Vancouver Orchestra CBC 5057 "Haydn: Overtures & Symphonies" | |
| Sheldon Cohen · "Halleluja Chanukah" New Horizon Singers; Pacific Pops Orchestra Quicksilver Records 012157 1902 "Joy of Chanukah" | |
| Traditional English tunes · Medley: "I Saw Three Ships," "First Noel," "Holly and the Ivy" Orchestra of St. Luke's; New York Choral Artists Kathleen Battle, soprano Angel 47587 "Kathleen Battle - A Christmas Celebration" | |
1 pm | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto a due cori No. 2 in F English Chamber Orchestra Novalis 150 10 2-2 "Handel: Royal Fireworks Music" | |
| Traditional French · "Angels We Have Heard on High" Westminster Choir Daniel Beckwith, organ Gothic Records 49047 "Christmas with the Westminster Choir" | |
| Traditional French · "O come, O come Emmanuel" Westminster Choir; Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia Gothic Records 49047 "Christmas with the Westminster Choir" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "Gloria sing all our voices" from Cantata BWV140 Westminster Choir Daniel Beckwith, organ Gothic Records 49047 "Christmas with the Westminster Choir" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Sinfonia Concertante in Eb for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon, K. 297b London Chamber Orchestra Gordon Hunt, oboe; Michael Collins, clarinet; Michael Thompson, horn; Meyrick Alexander, bassoon Virgin 90818 "Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante" | |
| Traditional · "Little Dreydl" (arr. by Steve Barnett) Chicago a cappella Cedille 225 "Miracles of Miracles - Music for Hanukkah" | |
| Lowell Mason · "Joy to The World" (arr. by Stephen Paulus) The Dale Warland Singers Marie Spar, soprano Ten Thousand Lakes 100 "Stephen Paulus - Carols for Christmas" | |
| Traditional French · "Masters in this Hall" Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra at Temple Square Telarc 80552 "A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas" | |
2 pm | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in D for 3 Violins, BWV 1064 Tafelmusik Jeanne Lamon, Linda Melsted, David Greenberg, violins Sony Classical 66264 "Bach: Violin Concertos BWV 1041, 1042, 1043, 1064r" | |
| Ferdinand Ries · Variations on a Portuguese Hymn, Op. 152, No. 1 (actually the English carol, "Adeste Fideles") Uwe Grodd, flute; Matteo Napoli, piano Naxos 857203 8 "Ferdinand Ries: Works for Flute & Piano" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Carnival of the Animals Academy of London Anton Nel, Keith Snell, pianos; Robert Bailey, cello Virgin Classics 90786 "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf" | |
| John H. Hopkins · We Three Kings of Orient Are (arr. by Paul Libman) The Klezmonauts Satire Records 0175 "Oy to the World - A Klezmer Christmas" | |
| Dan Locklair · "Shepherds, Rejoice! Lift Up Your Eyes" Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) Bel Canto 99001 "What Sweeter Music..." | |
| Dan Forrest · "The Work of Christmas" Choir of Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte Myers Park United Met hodi 888295 6725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |
3 pm | |
| Bedrich Smetana · Dance of the Comedians, from "The Bartered Bride" Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Orfeo 180891 "Galakonzert aus Prag" | |
| Martin Luther · A Mighty Fortress is Our God Edward Gerhard, guitar Virtue 1920 "Christmas" | |
| Traditional · Three French Carols (Ding Dong, O Come Emanuel, Angels We Have Heard on High) Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Piano Concerto No. 2 in G, Op. 44 Minnesota Orchestra Stephen Hough, piano Hyperion 67711 "Tchaikovsky: The Three Piano Concertos" | |
| Traditional · "My father lit candles for me" The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble Western Wind 1818 "The Chanukkah Story" | |
| Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane · Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Ronn McFarlane, lute; Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba Flowerpot Productions 012021 "A Star in the East" | |
4 pm | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Violin Concerto in d Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Viktoria Mullova, violin Philips 432077 "Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos" | |
| Franz Gruber · Silent Night (w/ Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata) Pamela Howland, piano Pamela Howland 613557 9621 "Christmas with Beethoven - 9 Classic Carols" | |
| Traditional · "The First Noel" / Pachelbel's Canon (arr. Michael Clawson) Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) Hickory Choral Societ y "A Christmas Collection" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Horn Concerto No. 4 in Eb, K. 495 Seattle Symphony Orchestra John Cerminaro, horn Crystal Records 515 "Cerminaro Plays Mozart" | |
| Traditional · "Joyful Chanukah" New Horizon Singers; Pacific Pops Orchestra Quicksilver Records 012157 1902 "Joy of Chanukah" | |
| Traditional French · "Noel Nouvelet" Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra Sandra Simon, soprano Koch International 7582 "Noëls and Carols" | |
| Traditional Spanish · "Riu, Riu, Riu" Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra Sandra Simon, soprano Koch International 7582 "Noëls and Carols" | |