Programs · Episode
Saturday, December 13, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Doug Rubel
Aired: Saturday, December 13, 2025 @ 8:10 am
Hosted by Doug Rubel
Playlist
8 am | |
| Gustav Holst · Christmas Day (Choral Fantasy on Old Carols) Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Swan Lake, ballet suite Montreal Symphony Orchestra Decca 443555 "Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty" | |
| Edvard Grieg · Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 San Francisco Symphony Herbert Blomstedt Decca 425857 "Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites" | |
| Phillips Brooks / Lewis Redner · "O Little Town of Bethlehem" Eileen Farrell, soprano · Luther Henderson and his Orchestra (rec. Sept. 1959) Sony Classical 60802 "Carols for Christmas Eve" | |
| Traditional English · "The First Noel" Eileen Farrell, soprano · Luther Henderson and his Orchestra (rec. Sept. 1959) Sony Classical 60802 "Carols for Christmas Eve" | |
9 am | |
| Claude Debussy · Petite Suite (orch. by Henri Busser) Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra JoAnn Falletta BeauFleuve 9286303572 "Rhapsody" | |
| Jeff Boesel - Catherine Youngblood · "Comfort and Joy" Caritas A Cappella Ensemble (from Charlotte, NC) Cathy Youngblood Caritas A Capella En embl n/a An A Cappella Christmas | |
| Traditional American · Medley of Christmas Spirituals (arr. by Joseph Jennings) Caritas A Cappella Ensemble (from Charlotte, NC) Cathy Youngblood Caritas A Capella En embl n/a "An A Cappella Christmas" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in d for Viola d'Amore, Guitar, Strings & Basso Continuo, RV 540 Norbert Blum, viola d'amore; John Williams, guitar · Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Janos Rolla Sony 46556 "Vivaldi: Concertos" | |
| Traditional · Chanukah - S'vivon, Sov, Sov, Sov Symphony Nova Scotia Howard Cable CBC 5226 "Seasons' Celebration Des Saisons" | |
| Traditional English · I Saw Three Ships (interpolated with Haydn's "Allegro in F") Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| Richard S. Willis · It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (interpolated with Chopin's Nocturne in Eb, Op. 9, No. 2) Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| Niccolo Paganini · Violin Concerto No. 2 in b, Op. 7 "La Campanella" (finale) Salvatore Accardo, violin · London Philharmonic Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 415378 "Paganini: Violin Concerto Nos. 1 & 2"" | |
10 am | |
| Javier Busto · "Ave Maria" Roanoke College Choir (Salem, VA) Dr. Jeffrey Sandborg Roanoke College Choi RCC998CD "A Babe is Born" | |
| Loki Karuna · NoteWorthy: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson | |
| Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson · Sinfonietta No. 1 for Strings (iii. Rondo: Allegro furioso) Chicago Sinfonietta Paul Freeman Cedille Records 87 "Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A Celebration" | |
| Traditional · Christmas Night Medley (arr. by Angela Morley) Boston Pops Orchestra John Williams Sony Classical 48232 "Joy To the World" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Deutsche Grammophon 429036 "Beethoven - 9 Symphonien" | |
| J.S. Bach-Charles Gounod · "Ave Maria" Thomas Hampson, baritone · Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Teldec 73135 "Christmas with Thomas Hampson" | |
| Traditional English · A Soulin' Stevan Pasero, guitar Sugo 8602 "Christmas Classics for Guitar" | |
| Traditional English · "Sussex Carol" Benjamin Bayl, organ · Choir of King's College, Cambridge Stephen Cleobury EMI Classics 73693 "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" | |
11 am | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra John Farrer ASV 794 "Dvorak: Nature, Life & Love" | |
| Christmas Medley · "What Child is This?; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Robert Shaw Telarc 80087 "The Many Moods of Christmas" | |
| Jean Sibelius · Karelia Suite Finnish Radio Symphony Jukka-Pekka Saraste RCA 7765-2 "Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 - Karelia Suite" | |
| John Rutter · "Angels' Carol" David Pulliam, organ · Winston-Salem Children's Chorus Barbara C. Beattie Raven OAR-860 "What Good News - An Old Salem Christmas" | |
| Gloria Shayne - Noel Regney · Do You Hear What I Hear? Carol Chase, piano (from Lake Wylie, SC) Carol Chase 066121 "Christmas with Carol Chase" | |
| Jackson Berkey · "Still, Still Night" Laura Neale, mezzo-soprano; Tracy Schwartz, soprano; Christine Van Arsdale, harp · VOX David Tang n/a "Charlotte Lessons and Carols 2015" recorded 12/08/15 St. John's | |