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Feliz Navidad
Program: Concierto
Aired: Sunday, December 23, 2018 @ 10:00 pm
Hosted by Frank Dominguez
We wish you Feliz Navidad with 18th century choral villancicos from New Spain by António de Salazar; a taste of Christmas in the Southwest from Conrad Susa; and traditional music of the season from Puerto Rico and Spain.
Le deseamos Feliz Navidad con villancicos navideños corales del siglo XVIII de Nueva España por António de Salazar; un sabor de Navidad en el suroeste por Conrad Susa; y música tradicional de la temporada de Puerto Rico y España.
Playlist
10 pm | |
| Antonio de Salazar · "Atencion, atencion" (Attention, Attention, Attention!) The Rose Ensemble The Rose Ensemble 6 "Celebremos El Nino - Christmas Delights from the Mexican B | |
| Antonio de Salazar · "Un ciego que contrabajo" (A blind man sings) The Rose Ensemble The Rose Ensemble 6 "Celebremos El Nino - Christmas Delights from the Mexican B | |
| Conrad Susa · "Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest" Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) (Live, December 1998) Bel Canto 99001 "What Sweeter Music..." | |
| Esteban Salas · Pastorale: "Oh nino soberano!" from the Mass in g Exaudi Choir of Cuba Jade Records 35808 "Cuban Baroque Sacred Music" | |
| Ariel Ramirez · "Gloria" from The Misa Criolla (The Creole Mass) Bilbao Choral Society, Laredo Choral Salve Jose Carreras, tenor; Ariel Ramirez, keyboard Philips 432692 "The Essential José Carreras" | |
| Traditional Puerto Rican · "Alegria" (Joy) Peninsula Women's Chorus (Palo Alto, CA) Location 1003 "Carols and Lullabies" | |
| Traditional Puerto Rican · "La Trulla" (The Caroling) Robert DeCormier Singers & Ensemble Arabesque 6684 "Children Go Where I Send Thee" | |
| Traditional Spanish · "Riu, Riu, Riu" Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra Sandra Simon, soprano Koch International 7582 "Noëls and Carols" | |
11 pm | |
| Tomas Luis de Victoria · "Beata es, Virgo Maria" (Blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary) Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge Quilisma 401 "Christmas with the Choral Scholars" | |
| Javier Busto · "Ave Maria" Phoenix Chorale Chandos 5066 "Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary" | |
| Ola Gjeilo · "Serenity" (O magnum mysterium) Phoenix Chorale Emmanuel Lopez, cello Chandos 5100 "Northern Lights" | |
| Traditional · Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet; Alon Yavnai, piano Sony 733336 "Songs Of Joy And Peace: Yo-Yo Ma" | |
| Gabriela Montero · Improvisation on Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Gabriela Montero, piano EMI Classics 64647 "Gabriela Montero: Bach and Beyond" | |
| Traditional Ukrainian · Carol of the Bells (arr. by Sergio Assad) Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin; Sergio & Odair Assad, guitars NSS Music 5 "Merry - A Holiday Journey" | |
| Traditional Catalan, Andalusian & M · "Mother's Child", "The Manger", "El Rorro" Peninsula Women's Chorus (Palo Alto, CA) Location 1003 "Carols and Lullabies" | |
| Traditional Catalan · Song of the Birds Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
| Traditional Spanish · "Hacia belen va un borrico" (Towards Bethlehem goes a donkey) (arr. Robert Shaw & Alice Parker) Roanoke College Choir (Salem, VA) Peter Colbert, baritone Roanoke College Choir "A Babe is Born" | |
| Traditional Spanish · "Spanish Carol" (Tonight a babe is born) Chanticleer Dawn Upshaw, soprano Teldec 85555 "Christmas with Chanticleer" | |
| Traditional English · "Adeste Fideles" Vienna Choir Boys; Vienna Symphony Placido Domingo, tenor RCA 3835 "Placido Domingo and The Vienna Choir Boys" | |
| Adolphe Adam · "O Holy Night" Vienna Symphony Orchestra Placido Domingo, tenor Sony 37245 "Christmas With Placido Domingo" | |
| Johann Joseph Fux · "Alleluia" Bologna Community Theatre Orchestra Juan Diego Florez, tenor; Ulrich Stephan Breddermann, trumpet Decca 001487 502 "Juan Diego Flórez: Santo - Sacred Songs" | |
| Fernando Moruja · "Hodie Christus natus est" Exaudi Choir of Cuba Jade Records 36088 "A Latin American Baroque Christmas" | |
| Anonymous Spain (1722) · "A este festejo y concurso" Exaudi Choir of Cuba Jade Records 36088 "A Latin American Baroque Christmas" | |
12 am | |
| Franz Gruber · Silent Night Eaken Piano Trio Con Brio 21345 "Eaken Trio: Most Wonderful Time" | |
| James R. Murray · Away in a Manger Eaken Piano Trio Con Brio 21345 "Eaken Trio: Most Wonderful Time" | |
| Gian Carlo Menotti · "Amahl and the Night Visitors" Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Thomas Schippers Chet Allen (Amahl); Rosemary Kuhlmann (Mother); Andrew McKinley (Kaspar); David Aiken (Melchior); Leon Lishner (Balthazar) RCA Victor Gold Seal 6485 "Amahl and the Night Visitors" | |
| Traditional English · "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Westminster Cathedral, Alexandra & Cantorum Choirs Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music IMP 843 "A Festival of Carols" | |
1 am | |
| Music for the Season (arrangements by Tina Davidson, Simon Andrews and Adrienne Albert) The Newstead Trio Michael Jamanis, violin; Sara Male, cello; Xun Pan, piano Prince 9812 "The Newstead Trio - Music for the Season" | |
2 am | |
| "Bright Day Star" (Old Carols from the British Isles, Germany & Appalachia) The Baltimore Consort Custer LaRue, soprano Sono Luminus 90198 "Bright Day Star" | |
3 am | |
| "A Chanticleer Christmas" Chanticleer Mesa Bluemoon 2093 "A Chanticleer Christmas" | |
| Philip Brooks / Lewis Redner · O Little Town of Bethlehem The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble Sony 7033 "A Festival of Carols in Brass" | |
4 am | |
| "Noel Pianissimo" Duo Campion-Vachon Guy Campion, Mario Vachon, piano 4-hands Analekta 9816 "Noël Pianissimo" | |
| "The Music of Christmas" Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1957) EMI Classics 66087 "The Music of Christmas" | |
5 am | |
| "Winter Gift" Adagio Trio Kathryn Daniels, flute; Michael Daniels, cello; Linda Grieser, harp Adagio Trio 2 "Winter Gift" | |
6 am | |
| Traditional Bavarian · "Still, O Himmel" (Be Still, O Heaven) Theatre of Voices Harmonia Mundi 297707 9 "Carols from the Old and New Worlds" | |
| "Christmas with Carol Chase" Carol Chase, piano (from Charlotte, NC) Carol Chase 066121 "Christmas with Carol Chase" | |
| Anonymous 18th century English · "Adeste Fideles" Westminster Abbey Choir; English Chamber Orchestra Emma Kirkby, Michael Lees, Tom Raskin, Simon Birchall, soloists Sony Classical 62688 "Adeste Fidelis - Christmas Down the Ages" | |
7 am | |
| George Frideric Handel · "And he shall purify" from "Messiah" Chicago Sympony Orchestra & Chorus Decca 414396 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Traditional · Three French Carols (Ding Dong, O Come Emanuel, Angels We Have Heard on High) Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
| Martin Luther · "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" The Vienna Choir Boys; Johann Sonnleitner, organ Placido Domingo, tenor RCA 3835 "Placido Domingo and The Vienna Choir Boys" | |
| David Overton · Fantasia on "I Saw Three Ships" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra James Galway, flute RCA 61233 "James Galway's Christmas Carol" | |
| Samuel Barber · Die Natali, Op. 37 Royal Scottish National Orchestra Naxos 8.5591 33 "Barber: Piano Concerto" American Classics series | |
| Traditional · "Christmas Medley" (arr. by Charles Floyd) Cathedral Festival Orchestra & Choral Society, Boy Choristers, e Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano Carmen 957 "Denyce Graves - A Cathedral Christmas" | |
| Victor Herbert · Babes in Toyland, selections Eastman-Dryden Orchestra Arabesque 6547 "Victor Herbert: L'encore" | |
| Traditional Austrian · "Still, Still, Still" Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Thomas Hampson, baritone Teldec 9031-7 3135 "Christmas with Thomas Hampson" | |
| Traditional Czech · "Come, All Ye Shepherds" (arr. by Stephen Mager) Arcangeli Chamber Chorus & Orchestra Arcangeli 657988 0008 "Joy For Every Age - Christmas Carol Settings by Stephen Ma | |
8 am | |
| Christmas Medley · "What Child is This?; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Telarc 80087 "The Many Moods of Christmas" | |
| Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane · Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Dallas Wind Symphony Reference Recordings 126 "Horns for the Holidays" | |
| Johnny Marks · The Most Wonderful Day of the Year (in the style of Mendelssohn) Duo Campion-Vachon Guy Campion, Mario Vachon, piano 4-hands Analekta 9816 "Noël Pianissimo" | |
| Christopher Dedrick · The Angel Choir and the Trumpeter Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Suite of Chorales for Advent and Christmas The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Andrew Davis, organ EMI Classics 86052 "Bach: Cantata BWV 147; Chorales & Preludes" | |
| Charles Ives · "A Christmas Carol" The Choral Project Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Traditional · "Snowflakes" Domincan Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist (Ann Arbor, Mi Sony 541741 "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Christmas with the Domincan | |
| Franz Biebl · "Ave Maria" Oregon Repertory Singers Koch International 7362 "The Glory of Christmas" | |
| Peter Warlock · Bethlehem Down, a carol for strings The City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 8.5570 99 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
9 am | |
| Miles Hoffman · A Minute with Miles: Tenors | |
| Traditional French · "Il est ne, le divin enfant" (He is born, the divine child) The Abbey Road Ensemble Roberto Alagna, tenor EMI Classics 56176 "Our Christmas Songs for You" | |
| Peter Cornelius · "The Three Kings" Toronto Symphony & Toronto Children's Choir Ben Heppner, tenor CBC SMCD-M 100 "Choral Concert - Celebration Chorale" | |
| Traditional English · "Adeste Fideles" National Philharmonic Orchestra; The London Voices Luciano Pavarotti, tenor Decca 460400 "The Greatest Chrsitmas Show on Earth" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · The Nutcracker, ballet suite New York Philharmonic Sony Classical 63303 "The Joy of Christmas with Leonard Bernstein" | |
| Traditional English tunes · Medley: "I Saw Three Ships," "First Noel," "Holly and the Ivy" Orchestra of St. Luke's; New York Choral Artists Kathleen Battle, soprano Angel 47587 "Kathleen Battle - A Christmas Celebration" | |
| Traditional · Angels Rejoice! medley Early Light Consort, Asheville, NC Early Light 3306 "Christmas Past" | |
| William Byrd · "O magnum mysterium" (O great mystery) Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge Quilisma 401 "Christmas with the Choral Scholars" | |
| Ferdinand Ries · Variations on a Portuguese Hymn, Op. 152, No. 1 (actually the English carol, "Adeste Fideles") Uwe Grodd, flute; Matteo Napoli, piano Naxos 857203 8 "Ferdinand Ries: Works for Flute & Piano" | |
11 am | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Dance of the Reed Flutes, from The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy, from The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Chinese Dance, from The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Arabian Dance, from The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Russian Dance (Trepak), from The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Steven Sametz · "Noel canon" Chanticleer Teldec 94563 "Sing We Christmas" | |
| Anonymous Medieval French · "Nowell: Dieu vous garde" Tallis Scholars Gimell 010 "Christmas Carols and Motets" | |
| Traditional French · "Noel Nouvelet" Cantus Cantus 1211 "Christmas with Cantus" | |
| arr. by Daniel Hughes · Medley of Carols (Deck the Hall; Ding, Dong Merrily on High; Carol of the Bells) The Choral Project Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Traditional German · O Tannenbaum Empire Brass EMI Classics 31538 "Joy to the World - Music of Christmas" | |
12 pm | |
| Traditional English · "The Holly and the Ivy" The Choir & Orchestra of Clare College, Cambridge Decca 001001 802 "The Christmas Spirit" | |
| Traditional English · "Gloucestershire Wassail" The Waverley Consort Virgin Classics Verit as 55193 "A Waverly Consort Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · "I Saw Three Ships" Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra Sandra Simon, soprano Koch International 7582 "Noëls and Carols" | |
| Johnny Marks · Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (arr. by Richard Hayman) Boston Pops Orchestra BSO Classics 1305 "A Boston Pops Christmas - Live from Symphony Hall" | |
| Leroy Anderson · "Sleigh Ride" (lyrics by Mitchell Parrish) (arr. by Alexander L'Estrange) The King's Singers Signum Classics 459 "The King's Singers - Christmas Songbook" | |
| James Pierpont · Jingle Bells Tom Burge, trombone and friends | |
| Alfred Burt · "Caroling, Caroling" The Choral Project Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Traditional Irish · "Wexford Carol" Musica Intima ATMA Classique 2577 "O Nata Lux" | |
| Traditional Hebrides · Taladh Chriosda (Christ Child Lullaby) Silverwood Quartet Andra Bohnet, flute Flying Frog 402 "To Drive the Cold Winter Away" | |
| Traditional Irish · "Le Caoinle na n'Aingeal" (The Candles of the Angels) Danu "Danu: Christmas in Ireland - An Nollaig in Eirinn" | |
| Traditional · "A Christmas Fantasy" medley (arr. by Gordon Langford) Huddersfield Choral Society; Black Dyke Mills Band Chandos 4541 "Christmas Fantasy" | |
| Lowell Mason · Joy to the World Empire Brass EMI Classics 31538 "Joy to the World - Music of Christmas" | |
| John Rutter · "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Singers James Galway, flute RCA 61233 "James Galway's Christmas Carol" | |
| John Rutter · "Angel's Carol" Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) Helen Rifas, harp Hickory Choral Societ y "Magnificat" | |
| John Rutter · "Gloria" (1st mvt.) VOX; Brass Ensemble (Live at St. John's Baptist Church, Dec. 8, Dr. Catherine Hicks, organ n/a "Charlotte Lessons and Carols 2015" recorded 12/08/15 St. J | |
| Traditional English · "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) Hickory Choral Societ y "A Christmas Collection" | |
1 pm | |
| Kola Owolabi · "Hodie, Christus natus est" Renaissance (of Charlotte, NC); Ballantyne Brass Renaissance (of Charl otte 884501 2383 "Renaissance: Noel We Sing" | |
| Philip Brooks / Lewis Redner · O Little Town of Bethlehem Philadelphia Orchestra Sony 6369 "The Glorious Sound of Christmas" | |
| Traditional French-Canadian · "'Twas in the moon of winter time" Cambridge Singers Collegium Records 503 "The Christmas Star" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "He shall feed his flock" from "Messiah" Academy of Ancient Music Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano; Ailish Tynan, soprano EMI Classics 68156 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Glory to God" from "Messiah" Academy of Ancient Music Ailish Tynan, soprano EMI Classics 68156 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "And the glory of the Lord" from "Messiah" Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Choir Tafelmusik Media 1016 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Traditional Medley · Hark! the herald angels sing; Angels we have heard on high Empire Brass Nancy Allen, harp EMI Classics 31538 "Joy to the World - Music of Christmas" | |
| Richard S. Willis / Edmund H. Sears · "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" Vienna Philharmonic Leontyne Price, soprano Decca 000338 602 "Christmas with Leontyne Price" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · "We Three Kings of Orient Are" Vienna Philharmonic Leontyne Price, soprano; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Decca 000338 602 "Christmas with Leontyne Price" | |
| Traditional French · Il Est Ne; Masters in This Hall; Noel Nouvelet Adagio Trio Kathryn Daniels, flute; Michael Daniels, cello; Linda Grieser, harp Adagio Trio 2 "Winter Gift" | |
| John Jacob Niles · "I Wonder as I Wander" Cambridge Singers Collegium Records 106 "Christmas Night - Carols of the Nativity" | |
| Traditional English · What Child is This? Christine Van Arsdale, harp "Hush-a-bye, Sweet Baby Jesus - Christmas Lullabies" | |
| Traditional English · "Coventry Carol" Tallis Scholars Gimell 010 "Christmas Carols and Motets" | |
| Vince Guaraldi · Christmas Time is Here, from "Charlie Brown Christmas" Pamela Howland, piano HM Classics 9606 "Carols For a Blue Christmas" | |
| Mel Torme - Robert Wells · "The Christmas Song" (arr. by John Rutter) The Bach Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Decca 001609 202 "The Colors of Christmas" | |
| Jule Styne · Let it Snow Eaken Piano Trio John Eaken, violin; Nancy Baun, cello; Gloria Whitney, piano Naxos 8.5547 14 "Home for the Holidays" | |
| Traditional · Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) Sergio & Odair Assad, guitars Sony 733336 "Songs Of Joy And Peace: Yo-Yo Ma" | |
2 pm | |
| Traditional German · Three German Carols (Vom Himmel Hoch; In dulci jubilo; Josef, liber Josef mein) Bielfeld Children's Choir Gerhard Bunk, organ EMI Classics 62576 "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - Bielfelder Kinderchor" | |
| Traditional German · "O du froliche" Regensburg Cathedral Choir Deutsche Grammophon 413671 "A Christmas Concert" | |
| Traditional English · "The First Noel" Ambrosian Singers; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Choir of the Arts Educational School, Tring Park Royal Philharmonic 28560 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Traditional 16th century German · "Personent Hodie" The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge Sony 503770 "The Great British Carol Collection" | |
| Traditional English · "Good King Wenceslas" Choir of Westminster Abbey Deutsche Grammophon 445572 "A Choral Christmas" | |
| Traditional Welsh · "Deck the Hall" Westminster Choir Gothic Records 49047 "Christmas with the Westminster Choir" | |
| William Billings · "Shiloh" (Methinks I see a Heav'nly Host) His Majestie's Clerkes Harmonia Mundi 907048 "A Land of Pure Delight" | |
| Traditional Spiritual · "See dat Babe" (arr. by Stacey Gibbs) Charlotte Contemporary Ensemble (Live at St. John's Baptist Chur n/a "Charlotte Lessons and Carols 2015" recorded 12/08/15 St. J | |
| Traditional American · Medley of Christmas Spirituals Chanticleer Chanticleer 8803 "Our Heart's Joy - A Chanticleer Christmas" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "Jauchzet, frohlocket" (Rejoice, exult) from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 The Netherlands Bach Society Channel Classics 30809 "Bach: Christmas Oratorio" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Christmas Oratorio (finale) Pittsburgh Symphony Brass Timothy Adams, timpani; Richard Webster, organ Four Winds 3022 "The Spirit of Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · "A Wassail Suite" The Waverley Consort Virgin Classics Verit as 55193 "A Waverly Consort Christmas" | |
| Traditional French · "Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella" (arr. Stephen Mager) Arcangeli Chamber Chorus & Orchestra Arcangeli 657988 0008 "Joy For Every Age - Christmas Carol Settings by Stephen Ma | |
3 pm | |
| Traditional · "Medley of Christmas Songs" Orchestra of St. Luke's; American Boychoir; Christmas Concert Ch Kathleen Battle, soprano; Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano Sony Classical 48235 "A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert" | |
| Traditional · "Carols for the Choirs" medley (arr. Carolyn Jennings) St. Olaf Choir & Orchestra St. Olaf Choir "He Comes To Us" | |
| Traditional Spanish Medley · Song of the Birds; Fum, Fum, Fum; En Belen Tocan a Fuego Peter Blanchette, archguitar Archguitar Music n/a "Archguitar Christmas" | |
| Traditional Irish · "The seven rejoices of Mary" Anonymous 4 Andrew Lawrence-King, psaltery Harmonia Mundi 292732 5 "Wolcum Yule - Celtic and British Carols and Songs" | |
| Traditional Irish · "The Wren Song" The Baltimore Consort Custer LaRue, soprano Sono Luminus 90198 "Bright Day Star" | |
| Irving Berlin · "White Christmas" (arr. by Robert Rice) The King's Singers Signum Classics 459 "The King's Singers - Christmas Songbook" | |
| Steve Nelson - Jack Rollins · Frosty the Snowman Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Albert Hague · You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Gloria Shayne - Noel Regney · "Do You Hear What I Hear?" The City of Prague Philharmonic; Crouch End Festival Chorus Silva 6026 "Christmas Choral Classics" | |
| Traditional French · "Ding Dong! Merrily On High" Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford Avie 2345 "Carols from Queen's" | |
| Traditional English · "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" (arr. by John Rutter) Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) Helen Rifas, harp Hickory Choral Societ y "Magnificat" | |
| Traditional English · "Sussex Carol" The Choir of New College, Oxford Gift of Music 1075 "Carols for Christmas Morning" | |
| Traditional Shetland Islands · Christmas Day in the Mornin' The Baltimore Consort Sono Luminus 90198 "Bright Day Star" | |
| Traditional English · "Past Three O'Clock" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Singers James Galway, flute RCA 61233 "James Galway's Christmas Carol" | |
| Pietro Yon · "Gesu Bambino" National Philharmonic Orchestra; Wandsworth Boys' Choir Luciano Pavarotti, tenor Decca 460400 "The Greatest Christmas Show on Earth" | |
4 pm | |
| Carolina Live Hour 1 | |
5 pm | |
| Carolina Live Hour 2 | |
6 pm | |
| A Chanticleer Christmas | |
9 pm | |
| George Frideric Handel · "The trumpet shall sound" from "Messiah" Academy of Ancient Music Matthew Rose, bass; David Blackadder, trumpet EMI Classics 68156 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Giovanni Maria Nanino · "Hodie nobis caelorum Rex" (Today our heavenly King) Chanticleer Mesa Bluemoon 2093 "A Chanticleer Christmas" | |
| Traditional · "Pat-a-Drummer" (Patapan & Drummer Boy) (arr. by Katherine K. Davis) Cantus Cantus 1211 "Christmas with Cantus" | |
| Robert MacGimsey · "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" Clark Atlanta University Choir Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano NPR 0006 "Denyce Graves: Angels Watching Over Me" | |
| Alexander Glazunov · Les Chanteurs de Noel La Pieta Analekta 28730 "Angèle Dubreau & La Pietà: Noel" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · We Three Kings (interpolated with Beethoven's "Fur Elise") Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| Traditional French · "Masters in this Hall" (arr. by Gustav Holst) The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Simon Lawford, organ Nimbus 7021 "Make We Joy - Music for Christmas by Holst & Walton" | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · "Fantasia on Christmas Carols" The Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia Stephen Varcoe, baritone; Stephen Orton, cello Collegium Records 121 "Christmas Day in the Morning" | |
| Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky · Sonata Natalis (Christmas Sonata) Academy of Ancient Music Decca 410179 "Christmas Concertos" | |
| Traditional Medley · Sussex Carol; Gaude Maria V. Gabrielum Peter Blanchette, archguitar Archguitar Music n/a "Archguitar Christmas" | |
| Traditional German · Von Himmel hoch Smithsonian Chamber Players FoM 12-025 "Sweet Was the Song" | |
10 pm | |
| Traditional · Medley of Six Carols New York Choral Society; Empire Chamber Ensemble Jessye Norman, soprano Philips 420180 "Christmastide - Jessye Norman" | |
| Johannes Brahms · "O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf" Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) Bel Canto 9801 "Sing We Noel" | |
| Mark Hayes · Midnight Noel from Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte Brian Winegardner, trumpet; James R. Jones, piano Myers Park United Met hodi 888295 6725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |
| Jackson Berkey · "Still, Still Night" VOX Laura Neale, mezzo-soprano; Tracy Schwartz, soprano; Christine Van Arsdale, harp n/a "Charlotte Lessons and Carols 2015" recorded 12/08/15 St. J | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Three Choruses, from "Gloria" RV 589 The English Concert & Choir Archiv Produktion 423386 "Vivaldi: Gloria" | |
| Traditional French · "O come, O come Emmanuel" (interpolated with "What Child is This?") Domincan Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist (Ann Arbor, Mi Sony 541741 "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Christmas with the Domincan | |
| Traditional Italian · "How Unto Bethlehem?" Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Telarc 80377 "Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols" | |
| Alan Hovhaness · Symphony No. 49 "Christmas Symphony" (iv. The Star, watchman Tell Us of the Night) Northwest Sinfonia Crystal Records 811 "Hovhaness Treasures" | |
11 pm | |
| Traditional American · "Go Tell It On the Mountain" Stockholm Chamber Orchestra; Eric Ericson Choir Barbara Hendricks, soprano EMI Classics 29360 "Barbara Hendricks Sings Christmas" | |
| Walter Kent · I'll Be Home for Christmas Eaken Piano Trio John Eaken, violin; Nancy Baun, cello; Gloria Whitney, piano Naxos 8.5547 14 "Home for the Holidays" | |
| Franz Schubert · "Heavenly Father" (Ave Maria) Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Columbia Symphony Orchestra Sony Classical 35958 "Mormon Tabernacle Choir: The Ultimate Christmas Collection | |
| Traditional Medley · Medley (The First Noel; O Come, All Ye Faithful) Ayako Shinozaki, harp Sony 62677 "Silent Night - Beautiful Christmas Melodies" | |
| Michael Praetorius · Five Christmas Hymns The Waverley Consort CBS Masterworks 34554 "A Renaissance Christmas Celebration with the Waverly Conso | |
| Traditional Medley · We Three Kings; Ukrainian Bell Carol Peter Blanchette, archguitar Archguitar Music n/a "Archguitar Christmas" | |
| Gabriel Faure · Ave Maria Joshua Bell, violin; Steven Isserlis, cello; Francis Grier, organ Sony 374318 "Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell & Friends" | |
| Traditional German · "In dulci jubilo" Westminster Cathedral, Alexandra & Cantorum Choirs IMP 843 "A Festival of Carols" | |
| Traditional · "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (arr. by Dale Warland) The Dale Warland Singers Gothic Records 49208 "Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers" | |
| Meredith Willson · "It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas" (arr. by Alexander L'Estrange) The King's Singers Signum Classics 459 "The King's Singers - Christmas Songbook" | |
| Mel Torme - Robert Wells · "The Christmas Song" (arr. by John Rutter) The Bach Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Decca 001609 202 "The Colors of Christmas" | |