Programs · Episode
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Lauren Rico
Aired: Saturday, December 6, 2025 @ 12:00 pm
Hosted by Lauren Rico
Playlist
12 pm | |
| Morton Gould · Latin-American Symphonette Morton Gould and His Orchestra (rec. May 10, 1960, NYC) RCA Victor 61505 "Copland - Appalachian Spring; The Tender Land Gould - Fall Riv | |
| George Frideric Handel · Sinfonia, from "Messiah" Le Concert des Nations (The Concert of Nations) Jordi Savall Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "For Unto Us a Child is Born" from "Messiah" Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reiai de Catalunya (The Royal Jordi Savall Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Charles Gounod · Faust, ballet music Rotterdam Philharmonic David Zinman Philips 422 286-2 "A Night at the Ballet" | |
| Thomas Pastatieri · "Alleluia" Thomas Hampson, baritone · Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Teldec 9031-73135 "Christmas with Thomas Hampson" | |
| Traditional · Brass Interlude Medley of Carols RCA Victor Brass Ensemble Richard Westenburg RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Traditional English · "The Wassail Song" (arr. by Stephen Paulus) The Dale Warland Singers Dale Warland Augsberg 4-11 "Christmas Echoes, vol. 1" | |
| Eric Coates · London Suite (1933) East of England Orchestra Malcolm Nabarro ASV 2053 "Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite" | |
1 pm | |
| Howard Goodall · "Stille Nacht" (Silent Night) (text by Josef Mohr) Catrin Finch, harp · The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford Stephen Darlington Gift of Music 1155 "Winter Lullabies" | |
| Adolphe Adam · "O Holy Night" (Cantique de Noel) (arr. by Howard Goodall) Catrin Finch, harp · The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford Stephen Darlington Gift of Music 1155 "Winter Lullabies" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Darmstadt Overture in a, TWV 55:a2 Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute · Jerusalem Chamber Orchestra Jean-Pierre Rampal Sony Classical 48184 "Jean-Pierre Rampal: The Great Flute Concertos" | |
| Traditional · Three German Carols (In dulci jubilo; Silent Night; Hark the Herald...) (arr. by Carl Della Peruti) Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
| Traditional English · Sussex Carol David Burgess, guitar; Pamela Sklar, flute; Phyllis Lanini, oboe; Zdenek Prouza, cello Musical Heritage 512636 "An International Christmas" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Symphony No. 3 in c, Op. 78 "Organ" (3rd-4th mvts) Vincent Warnier, organ · Lyon National Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Naxos 573331 "Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 'Organ'" | |
2 pm | |
| Vince Guaraldi · Christmas Time is Here, from "Charlie Brown Christmas" Imani Winds Koch International 7748 "This Christmas with Imani Winds" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Waltz of the Snowflakes, from The Nutcracker New York Philharmonic Kurt Masur Teldec 94571 "Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Concerto in F for Violin, Piano & Orchestra, Hob. XVIII:6 Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin; Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano · Slovak National Symphony Orchestra Theodore Kuchar Centaur Records 3742 "Haydn & Hummel Concertos" | |
| Traditional French · "Noe! Noe!" Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) J. Don Coleman Hickory Choral Socie y "Hickory Choral Society 2011 Christmas Concert" | |
| John Calkin · "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (arr. by Jay Rouse) James R. Jones, piano; Nancy Hamff, flute; da Capo Brass · Choir of Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte James R. Jones Myers Park United Me hodi 8882956725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Divertimento in D, K. 136 Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Petra Mullejans Harmonia Mundi 901809 "Mozart: Divertimenti" | |
3 pm | |
| Traditional · "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge Aidan Oliver Quilisma 401 "Christmas with the Choral Scholars" | |
| James Clemens · "Jingle a capella" Chicago a cappella Patrick Sinozich Cedille Records 107 "Christmas a cappella: Songs from Around the World" | |
| Igor Stravinsky · Pulcinella Suite Mahler Chamber Orchestra Pablo Heras-Casado Harmonia Mundi 902653 "Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Falla: Master Peter's Puppet Show | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Dance of the Reed Flutes, from The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Traditional French · What is This Lovely Fragrance? Valarie Alexandra Valois, piano (of Charlotte, NC) Eroica 3091 "Deck the Halls - Valarie Alexandra Valois" | |
| James Pierpont · Jingle Bells (w/ Beethoven's Bagatelle op. 33, No. 2) Pamela Howland, piano Pamela Howland 6135579621 "Christmas with Beethoven - 9 Classic Carols" | |
| Antonio Salieri · Concerto in C for Flute, Oboe & Orchestra Clementine Hoogendoom, flute; Pietro Borgonovo, oboe · I Solisti Veneti Claudio Scimone Erato 88176 "Antonio Salieri: Concertos" | |
4 pm | |
| Traditional · Three French Carols (Ding Dong, O Come Emanuel, Angels We Have Heard on High) Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
| Carlos Salzedo · Short Fantasy on a Catalan Carol (Fum, Fum, Fum) Angel Romero, guitar · The Canadian Brass RCA Victor 62683-2 "Canadian Brass - Noel" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in Bb, Op. 6, No. 7 I Solisti Italiani Denon 6305 "Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6" | |
| Henry John Gauntlett · "Once in Royal David's City" Matthew Martin, organ · The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Daniel Hyde King's College Choir KGS0060 "In the Bleak Midwinter - Christmas Carols from King's" | |
| Traditional French · "Angels, from the Realms of Glory" The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Daniel Hyde King's College Choir KGS0060 "In the Bleak Midwinter - Christmas Carols from King's" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Czech Suite, Op. 39 North German Radio Symphony Orchestra John Eliot Gardiner Deutsche Grammophon 437506 "Brahms - Dvorak" | |