Programs · Episode
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Phil Vavra
Aired: Thursday, December 11, 2025 @ 4:00 pm
Hosted by Phil Vavra
Playlist
4 pm | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Trumpet Concerto in Eb Ole Edvard Antonsen, trumpet · English Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Tate EMI Classics 54897 "Trumpet Concertos" | |
| Traditional · Jolly Old Saint Nicholas Tom Burge, trombone and friends | |
| Jeff Tyzik · A Christmas Overture - Variations on Deck the Halls Brass Band of Battle Creek Richard Evans MSR 1425 "A Christmas Festival" | |
| Carlos Salzedo · Short Fantasy on a Catalan Carol (Fum, Fum, Fum) Angel Romero, guitar · The Canadian Brass RCA Victor 62683-2 "Canadian Brass - Noel" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Concerto in e for Recorder, Flute & strings, TWV 52:e1 Michala Petri, recorder; William Bennett, flute · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Iona Brown Philips 410041 "Telemann: Suite - 2 Double Concertos" | |
| Traditional French · "Ding Dong! Merrily On High" Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) David Pegg Bel Canto 1093 "Christmas with the Bel Canto Company" | |
| Traditional English · "Coventry Carol" Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) David Pegg Bel Canto 1093 "Christmas with the Bel Canto Company" | |
| Traditional English · "We Wish a Merry Christmas" Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) David Pegg Bel Canto 1093 "Christmas with the Bel Canto Company" | |
| Max Bruch · Violin Concerto No. 1 in g, Op. 26 (finale) Rachel Barton Pine, violin · BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Litton Avie 2375 "Elgar - Bruch: Violin Concertos" | |
| Carl Davis · A Christmas Carol (iii. Patapan & Cornhill Slide) Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra John Pryce-Jones Naxos 8.553495 "20th Century English Ballets" | |
5 pm | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 "Italian" (1st mvt.) The Concert of Nations Jordi Savall Alia Vox 9955 "Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 'Italian' 1833 &134 versions" | |
| Traditional French · "Il est ne, le divin enfant" (He is born, the divine child) Barbara Hendricks, soprano · Stockholm Chamber Orchestra; Eric Ericson Choir Eric Ericson EMI Classics 29360 "Barbara Hendricks Sings Christmas" | |
| Traditional German · "O du froliche" (O How Joyful) Barbara Hendricks, soprano · Stockholm Chamber Orchestra; Eric Ericson Choir Eric Ericson EMI Classics 29360 "Barbara Hendricks Sings Christmas" | |
| Giovanni Paisiello · Mandolin Concerto in Eb Ugo Orlandi, mandolin · I Solisti Veneti Claudio Scimone Erato 88165 "Concerti per Mandolini" | |
| Traditional English · "Good King Wenceslas" James O'Donnell, organ of Westminster Cathedral · Westminster Cathedral, Alexandra & Cantorum Choirs David Hill IMP 843 "A Festival of Carols" | |
| Traditional English · "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music · Westminster Cathedral, Alexandra & Cantorum Choirs David Hill IMP 843 "A Festival of Carols" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Warner Classics 955 "Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Suites" | |