Programs · Episode
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Program: Night Music with Frank Dominguez
Aired: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 @ 9:00 pm
Hosted by Frank Dominguez
Playlist
9 pm | |
| Carlo Monza · String Quartet in g "Night Entertainment" Fabio Biondi, Andrea Rognoni, violins; Stefano Marocchi, viola; Alessandro Andriani, cello · Europa Galante Naive 7541 "Opera in Music - Carlo Monza Quartets" | |
| Mel Torme - Robert Wells · The Christmas Song Boston Pops Orchestra Keith Lockhart BSO Classics 1305 "A Boston Pops Christmas - Live from Symphony Hall" | |
| arr. by Daniel Hughes · Medley of Carols (Deck the Hall; Ding, Dong Merrily on High; Carol of the Bells) The Choral Project Daniel Hughes Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · We Three Kings Canadian Brass Philips 426835 "Canadian Brass - The Christmas Album" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 (orch. by Edmund Rubbra) Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony Classical 63287 "Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| Daniel Tunkel · "The Lord hath been mindful of us," from Hallel Cantata Chicago a cappella Cedille 225 "Miracles of Miracles - Music for Hanukkah" | |
| Traditional · Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) Sergio & Odair Assad, guitars Sony 733336 "Songs Of Joy And Peace: Yo-Yo Ma" | |
| Traditional Irish · Wexford Carol (arr. by Jeff Scott) Daniel Ching, William Fedkenheuer, violins; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello · Miro Quartet Pentatone PTC 518749 "Hearth" | |
10 pm | |
| Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco · Concerto Italiano, Op. 31 (ii. Arioso) Tianwa Yang, violin · Southwest German Radio Orchestra, Baden-Baden & Freiburg Pieter-Jelle de Boer Naxos 573135 "Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Violin Concertos" | |
| Stephen Paulus · "Splendid Jewel" Chicago a cappella Patrick Sinozich Cedille Records 107 "Christmas a cappella: Songs from Around the World" | |
| Ottorino Respighi · Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3 (i. Italiana) Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Jesus Lopez-Cobos Telarc 80309 "Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances Suites" | |
| 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" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Sonata No. 13 in Bb, K. 333 (ii. Andante cantabile) Heidi Lowy, piano Musicians Showcase 1040 "Heidi Lowy: Mozart Piano Sonatas, Volume IV" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Pifa; "There were shepherds..."..."Glory to God" from Messiah Judith Nelson, soprano (recititives) · Academy of Ancient Music; Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxfo Christopher Hogwood L'Oiseau-Lyre 430488 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Richard S. Willis / Edmund H. Sear · "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" Eileen Farrell, soprano · Luther Henderson and his Orchestra (rec. Sept. 1959) Sony Classical 60802 "Carols for Christmas Eve" | |
| Wilhelm Stenhammar · Sentimental Romance No. 1 Tobias Ringborg, violin · Swedish Chamber Orchestra Niklas Willen Naxos 8.554287 "Swedish Romantic Violin Concertos" | |
| Franz Gruber · Silent Night Dorothy Lewis-Griffith, piano ZENT Records 4007 "A Christmas Celebration at the Piano" | |
| Edouard Lalo · Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 (iv. Andante) Shlomo Mintz, violin · Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta Brilliant Classics 94070 "Lalo; Vieutemps; Saint-Saëns" | |
| Traditional French · Il est ne, le divin enfant Washington Saxophone Quartet Americus 20111060 "Tis the Season" | |
11 pm | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Violin Concerto in g, BWV 1056 (ii. Largo) Itzhak Perlman, violin · Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Itzhak Perlman EMI Classics 47073 "J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos" | |
| William Byrd · "Rorate caeli" (Drop down, heavens...) Stile Antico Harmonia Mundi 807517 "Puer natus est - Tudor Music for Advent and Christmas" | |
| Pietro Locatelli · Concerto Grosso in Eb, Op. 4, No. 10 (i. Adagio) Concerto Cologne Teldec 94551 "Locatelli: Concerti Grossi" | |
| Giovanni Maria Nanino · "Hodie nobis caelorum Rex" (Today our heavenly King) Chanticleer Mesa Bluemoon 2093 "A Chanticleer Christmas" | |
| Cesar Franck · Piano Concerto No. 2 in b, Op. 11 (ii. Adagio) Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, piano · Nouvel Symphony Orchestra of the Belgian Radio & TV Edgar Doneux Koch Schwann 311 111 "Franck: Concerto & Variations" | |
| Traditional German · "In dulci jubilo" (In sweet rejoicing) The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Daniel Hyde King's College Choir KGS0060 "In the Bleak Midwinter - Christmas Carols from King's" | |
| Franz Liszt · Liebestraum (Love's Dream) No. 3 Yundi Li, piano Deutsche Grammophon 000085102 "Yundi Li - Liszt" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Behold, a rose is blooming Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra Frederick Fennell Kosei 2811 "Fanfare and Allegro" | |
| John Ireland · The Holy Boy Julian Lloyd Webber, cello · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Philips 442530 "English Idyll" | |
| Sidney Lanier · Blackbirds Paula Robison, flute; Samuel Sanders, piano Pergola 1034 "By the Old Pine Tree" | |
| Franz Schubert · "Heavenly Father" (Ave Maria) (adapted by Richard Proulx) Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Columbia Symphony Orchestra Jerold Ottley Sony Classical 35958 "Mormon Tabernacle Choir: The Ultimate Christmas Collection" | |
| Domenico Scarlatti · Sonata in f, K. 19 (L. 383) Dubravka Tomsic, piano PMG 160 106 "Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas" | |