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Program: The Early Shift with Ted Weiner
Aired: Saturday, December 16, 2023 @ 12:00 am
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
12 am | |
| Michael Praetorius · Lo, how a rose e'er blooming (arr. by Adam De Sorgo) Trombones of the St. Louis Symphony Cally Banham, english horn Cally Banham 888295 8412 "Cor Christmas - Cally Banham" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Comfort ye, from "Messiah" (arr. by Cally Banham) Cortango Cally Banham, english horn Cally Banham 888295 8412 "Cor Christmas - Cally Banham" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Sonata No. 14 in c#, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight" Garrick Ohlsson, piano Bridge 9250 "Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5" | |
| 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" | |
| Franz Schubert · Piano Sonata in Eb, D.568 Andras Schiff, piano Decca 440308 "Schubert: Piano Sonatas Vol. 4" | |
1 am | |
| J.S. Bach-Charles Gounod · Ave Maria Adagio Trio Kathryn Daniels, flute; Michael Daniels, cello; Linda Grieser, harp Adagio Trio 2 "Winter Gift" | |
| Traditional French · O Come, O Come Emmanuel Adagio Trio Kathryn Daniels, flute; Michael Daniels, cello; Linda Grieser, harp Adagio Trio 2 "Winter Gift" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Concerto in C for Piano, Violin, Cello & Orch., Op. 56 "Triple Concerto" London Symphony Orchestra Gordan Nikolic, violin; Tim Hugh, cello; Lars Vogt, piano LSO Live 78 "Beethoven: Symphony No. 7; Triple Concerto" | |
| Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina · "Credo," from "Hodie Christus natus est" mass Gabrieli Consort & Players Archiv Produktion 437833 "Palestrina Mass" | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Oboe Concerto in d, Op. 9, No. 2 I Musici Heinz Holliger, oboe Philips 426449 "Albinoni: 6 Concerto for Oboe" | |
2 am | |
| Traditional French · Ding Dong Merrily The Baltimore Consort Sono Luminus 90198 "Bright Day Star" | |
| William Sandys · "The Bellman's Carol" The Baltimore Consort Custer LaRue, soprano Sono Luminus 90198 "Bright Day Star" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 5 in c, Op. 67 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Live at Carnegie Hall, NYC, Oct. 11, Orpheus 1 "Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7" | |
| Jacob Clemens Non Papa · "Ave Maria" Currende Telarc 80521 "Renaissance of the Spirit" | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · "Ave Maria" Michel Piquemal Vocal Ensemble Jean-Claude Pennetier, piano ADES 13205 "Rossini - Michel Piquemal Vocal Ensemble" | |
| Johann Strauss, Jr. · Vienna Blood Waltz, Op. 354 Vienna Philharmonic (live at the 1990 New Year's Concert) Sony Classical 45808 "New Year's Concert 1990" | |
3 am | |
| Traditional English · O Come All Ye Faithful Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80226 "Christmas with the Pops" | |
| Traditional English · The First Noel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80226 "Christmas with the Pops" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62 Chicago Symphony Orchestra RCA 370198 "Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Overture to Egmont German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen Virgin 45364 "Beethoven: Overtures" | |
| William Byrd · "Puer natus est nobis" (To us a boy is born) Choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Hyperion 68281 "Christmas at St. George's Windsor" | |
| Peter Warlock · "Bethlehem Down" Choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Hyperion 68281 "Christmas at St. George's Windsor" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 97 in C Cleveland Orchestra (recorded 1957) Sony Classical 62979 "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 97-99" | |
4 am | |
| Traditional English · Coventry Carol Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Special Music 4577 "Joy to the World" | |
| Traditional English · God Rest, Ye Merry Gentlemen Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Special Music SCD-45 77 "Joy to the World" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, cantata, Op. 112 (after Goethe) Vienna Philharmonic; Vienna State Opera Chorus Deutsche Grammophon 419779 "Beethoven: Symphony No. 6" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Piano Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 26 (finale) Domus Susan Tomes, piano Virgin Classics 61615 "Brahms - Mahler: Piano Quartets" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216 English Chamber Orchestra Joshua Bell, violin Decca 000420 302 "Joshua Bell: Bruch, Mendelssohn, Mozart Violin Concertos" | |
| Edward Gerhard · Variations on Pachelbel's Canon Edward Gerhard, guitar Virtue 1920 "Christmas" | |
5 am | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" (ii. Andante con variazioni) Itzhak Perlman, violin; Martha Argerich, piano (Live from Saratoga, July 30, 1998) EMI Classics 56815 "Argerich & Perlman: Music from Saratoga" | |
| Traditional Medley · Medley of Carols Ayako Shinozaki, harp Sony 62677 "Silent Night - Beautiful Christmas Melodies" | |
| Stephen Foster · Beautiful Dreamer Jeff Bradetich, double bass; Judi Rockey Bradetich, piano Music For All To Hear 9101 "Classics For All To Hear" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Largo (Goin' Home), from Symphony No. 9 "New World" (arr. by Matthew Sullivan) Quintet of the Americas XLNT 18008 "Quintet of the Americas - Souvenirs" | |
| Traditional Irish · Women of Ireland The City of Prague Philharmonic Silva 1097 "Dr. Strangelove - Music From the Films of Stanley Kubrick" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Comfort ye, from "Messiah" (arr. by Cally Banham) Cortango Cally Banham, english horn Cally Banham 888295 8412 "Cor Christmas - Cally Banham" | |
| Michael Praetorius · Lo, how a rose e'er blooming (arr. by Adam De Sorgo) Trombones of the St. Louis Symphony Cally Banham, english horn Cally Banham 888295 8412 "Cor Christmas - Cally Banham" | |
| Katherine Davis · The Little Drummer Boy (arr. by Adam De Sorgo, Cally Banham) (with a little Ravel Bolero!) Cortango Cally Banham, oboe Cally Banham 888295 8412 "Cor Christmas - Cally Banham" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Sonata No. 2 in F, K. 280 (1st mvt.) Heidi Lowy, piano Musicians Showcase 1026 "Heidi Lowy: Mozart Piano Sonatas, Volume I" | |
| Christopher Tye · "While shepherds watched" The Choir of Christ Church, Oxford Victoria Davies, harp Gift of Music 1098 "A Tudor Christmas" | |
6 am | |
| Traditional · Come, you shepherds (in the style of Bach) CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra Naxos 8.5503 01 "Christmas Goes Baroque" | |
| Traditional German · "Shepherds, awake!" Konrad Plaickner Chorus & Orchestra LaserLight 15 279 "Christmas in the Alps" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Piano Concerto No. 1 in d, Op. 15 (ii. Adagio) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Nicholas Angelich, piano Virgin Classics 18998 "Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1" | |
| Traditional English · The First Noel Philadelphia Orchestra Sony 6369 "The Glorious Sound of Christmas" | |
| Traditional French · O Come, O Come Emmanuel Philadelphia Orchestra Sony 6369 "The Glorious Sound of Christmas" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Oboe d'amore Concerto in A, BWV 1055 Academy of London Ray Still, oboe d'amore Virgin Classics 59686 "Strauss; Bach; Marcello - Oboe Concertos" | |
| Morten Lauridsen · "Sure on this Shining Night" (poem by James Agee) Choir of Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte James R. Jones, piano Myers Park United Met hodi 888295 6725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |
| Dan Forrest · "The Hands That First Held Mary's Child" Choir of Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte James R. Jones, piano Myers Park United Met hodi 888295 6725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Spanish Dance, from The Nutcracker Stevan Pasero, guitar Sugo 8501 "The Nutcracker Suite for Guitar" | |
| Chris Coletti · Bach's Bells Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |