Programs · Episode
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Program: Classical Music with Lauren Rico
Aired: Saturday, December 21, 2024 @ 12:00 pm
Hosted by Lauren Rico
Playlist
12 pm | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049 David Shostac, Susan Greenberg, flutes; Bonnie Douglaas, violin · Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Gerard Schwarz EMI Seraphim 69015 "Bach: Brandeburg Concertos Nos. 1 - 4" | |
| Felix Bernard · Winter Wonderland (in style of Beethoven) The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | |
| Anton Bruckner · "Ave Maria" The Turtle Creek Chorale Timothy Seelig Reference Recordings 67 "The Times of Day" | |
| Nigel Hess · A Christmas Overture Royal Philharmonic Orchestra John Rutter Collegium Records 133 "A Christmas Festival" | |
| Anton Arensky · Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a English String Orchestra William Boughton Nimbus 5347 "Respighi's Aincient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3, etc." | |
| arr. by David Harris · Dance of the Latkes Queens (after the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Tchaikovsky's Nutcarcker) Glenn Dickson, clarinet · Shirim, Klezmer ensemble Newporrt Classic 85640 "Klezmer Nutcracker" | |
| Charles Ives · "A Christmas Carol" Kansas City Chorale Charles Bruffy Nimbus 5413 "Nativitas" | |
| Daniel Hooper · "A Garland of Carols" The Choral Project Daniel Hughes Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
1 pm | |
| John Harbison · Little Fantasy on "The Twelve Days of Christmas" The Canadian Brass BWE Classics 0196 "A Christmas Gloria" | |
| George Gershwin · Piano Concerto in F (1st mvt.) Joshua Pierce, piano · Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Kirk Trevor MSR 1265 "This Is Gershwin" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Gloria" RV 589 (i. Gloria in excelsis Deo) Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini Naive 30485 "Vivaldi: Gloria" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Gloria" RV 589 (iii. Laudamus te) Anna Simboli, Alena Dantcheva, sopranos · Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini Naive 30485 "Vivaldi: Gloria" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Violin Concerto in E, RV 270 (Christmas concerto) Angele Dubeau, violin · La Pieta Angele Dubeau Analekta 28730 "Angèle Dubreau & La Pietà : Noel" | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · English Folk Song Suite (original 1923 arrangement includes the Sea Songs March) Royal Northern College of Music Wind Ensemble Timothy Reynish Chandos 9697 "British Wind Band Classics" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Sing Unto God" from "Judas Maccabaeus" Benjamin Hutto, organ · Choir of Christ Church, Charlotte, NC Benjamin Hutto Christ Church, Charl tte "Hymns and Anthems - Christ Church, Charlotte" | |
| Victor Herbert · March of the Toys, from "Babes in Toyland" Rochester Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel ProArte 841 "Christmas at the Pops" | |
| David Overton · Fantasia on "I Saw Three Ships" James Galway, flute · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra James Galway RCA 61233 "James Galway's Christmas Carol" | |
2 pm | |
| Mykola Leontovych · Carol of the Bells Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Carmen Dragon EMI Classics 66087 "The Music of Christmas" | |
| Alexander Borodin · Symphony No. 3 in a Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi Deutsche Grammophon 435 757-2 "Borodin Orchesterwerke" | |
| 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 Deutsche Grammophon 001493002 "The Complete Christmas Celebration" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Let the Merry Bells Ring Round The Canadian Brass RCA Victor 62683 "Canadian Brass - Noel" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "And the glory of the Lord" from "Messiah" Chicago Sympony Orchestra & Chorus Sir Georg Solti Decca 414396 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Frederic Chopin · Piano Concerto No. 2 in f, Op. 21 (1st mvt.) Bella Davidovich, piano · London Symphony Orchestra Sir Neville Marriner Philips 410042 "Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2" | |
| Mykola Leontovych · Carol of the Bells (arr. by Paul Libman) The Klezmonauts Satire Records 0175 "Oy to the World - A Klezmer Christmas" | |
| Traditional Spiritual · Christmas Medley (arr. by Johnie Dean) The American Spiritual Ensemble Everett McCorvey The American Spiritu l En 8845012147 "The Spirit of the Holidays" | |
| William J. Kirkpatrick · "Away in a Manger" Barbara Hendricks, soprano · Stockholm Chamber Orchestra; Eric Ericson Choir Eric Ericson EMI Classics 29360 "Barbara Hendricks Sings Christmas" | |
3 pm | |
| Richard Strauss · Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28 Berlin Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel Deutsche Grammophon 001891302 "Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, etc." | |
| Joseph Achron · Hebrew Dance Gil Shaham, violin; Orli Shaham, piano Canary Classics 10 "Nigunim - Hebrew Melodies" | |
| Paul McCartney · "Wonderful Christmastime" Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge Aidan Oliver Quilisma 401 "Christmas with the Choral Scholars" | |
| Traditional · "Pat-a-Drummer" (Patapan & Drummer Boy) (arr. by Katherine K. Davis) Cantus Cantus 1211 "Christmas with Cantus" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Trumpet Concerto No. 2 in D Niklas Eklund, baroque trumpet · Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble Nils-Erik Sparf Naxos 8.554375 "The Art of the Baroque Trumpet, vol. 4" | |
| Traditional English · "Joys Seven" Benjamin Bayl, organ · Choir of King's College, Cambridge Stephen Cleobury EMI Classics 73693 "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" | |
| Traditional · Joy to the World (interpolated with Haydn's Sonata in D) Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| John Calkin · I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (interpolated with Mozart's Sonata in C, K. 545) Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| Traditional · "O Tannenbaum;" "Adeste Fideles" Benita Valente, soprano; The Philadelphia Singers · Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Michael Korn RCA Red Seal 6559 "Gloria! Gloria!" | |
4 pm | |
| Morton Gould · Serenade of Carols New Philharmonia Orchestra Morton Gould RCA Victor 7931 "A Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould" | |
| Edward Elgar · Three Bavarian Dances, Op. 27 Bournemouth Sinfonietta Norman Del Mar Chandos 8371 "Elgar: Miniatures" | |
| Traditional · "O ir kleyne likhtelekh" (O you little candles) The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble Western Wind 1818 "The Chanukkah Story" | |
| Gustav Holst · Christmas Day (Choral Fantasy on Old Carols) Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
| Franz Biebl · "Ave Maria" Cantus Cantus Recordings 1204 "Cantus - Comfort and Joy: Volume One" | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · Overture to William Tell Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc 80116 "William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures" | |