Programs · Episode
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Program: The Early Shift with Ted Weiner
Aired: Thursday, December 11, 2025 @ 12:00 am
Hosted by Ted Weiner
Playlist
12 am | |
| Eduard Poldini · Dancing Doll Philip Martin, piano Helios 55410 "The Maiden's Prayer and other gems from an old piano stool" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Mark Small, Robert Torres, guitars Shadow Mountain 55882 "Winterlight II" | |
| Michele Mangani · The Dancing Doll Seunghee Lee, clarinet; Evan Solomon, piano Seunghee Lee 8881744593 "Hidden Treasures" | |
| Franz Schubert · String Quartet No. 14 in d, D.810 "Death and the Maiden" Peter Oundjian, Kikuei Ikeda, violins; Kazuhide Isomura, viola; Sadao Harada, cello · Tokyo String Quartet Vox Classics 7207 "Schubert Quartets" | |
| Josquin Des Prez · "Ave Maria" The Waverley Consort Michael Jaffe CBS Masterworks 34554 "A Renaissance Christmas Celebration with the Waverly Consort" | |
| Johann David Heinichen · Pastorale for Christmas Night Virtuosi Saxoniae Ludwig Guttler Berlin Classics 1059 "Christmas Concertos" | |
1 am | |
| Christian Sinding · Rustle of Spring Iceland Symphony Orchestra Bjarte Engeset Naxos 8.557017 "Norwegian Classical Favourites" | |
| Karl Jenkins · "Sleep, Child of Winter" from Stella Natalis Alison Balsom, trumpet · Tenebrae; Adiemus Singers Karl Jenkins Warner Classics 552553 "Karl Jenkins: Voices" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Symphony No. 4 in e, Op. 98 London Philharmonic Orchestra Wolfgang Sawallisch Warner Classics 9356521 "Brahms: Symphonies" | |
| Michael Praetorius · "Von Himmel hoch" (From heaven on high) Chanticleer Mesa Bluemoon 2093 "A Chanticleer Christmas" | |
2 am | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218 Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin · Philharmonia Orchestra Riccardo Muti EMI 62826 "Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 4" | |
| William J. Kirkpatrick · Away in a Manger Carol Chase, piano (from Lake Wylie, SC) Carol Chase 066121 "Christmas with Carol Chase" | |
| Traditional Polish · Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Carol Chase, piano (from Lake Wylie, SC) Carol Chase 066121 "Christmas with Carol Chase" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, "American" Cecily Ward, Tom Stone, violins; Ethan Filner, viola; Jennifer Kloetzel, cello · Cypress String Quartet Avie 2304 "The American Album - The Cypress String Quartet" | |
3 am | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in A, Op. 6, No. 11 Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Janos Rolla Hungaroton 133 "Handel: 4 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6" | |
| Traditional English · God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello · Delmoni String Quartet Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| John Rutter · Angels' Carol Arturo Delmoni, Danielle Maddon, violins; Ellen DePasquale, viola; Rafael Figueroa, cello · Delmoni String Quartet Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Lowell Mason · Joy to the World Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello · Delmoni String Quartet Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 4 in Bb, Op. 60 Orchestra of the 18th Century Frans Bruggen Philips 442156 "Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies" | |
4 am | |
| Traditional · "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams) Harry Meehan, organ · Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford Owen Rees Avie 2345 "Carols from Queen's" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn - Charles Wesley · "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" Harry Meehan, organ · Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford Owen Rees Avie 2345 "Carols from Queen's" | |
| Edward Elgar · Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Georg Solti Decca 452853 "Elgar: Enigma Variations" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in D for 3 Violins, BWV 1064 Rainer Kussmaul, Henk Rubingh, Thomas Hengelbrock, violins · Amsterdam Bach Soloists Brilliant Classics 94050 "Bach Edition: Complete Works" | |
| Clark McAlister · The Moon in the River Chamber Music Palm Beach Klavier 11142 "Prisms" | |