Programs · Episode
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Doug Rubel
Aired: Saturday, December 6, 2025 @ 8:10 am
Hosted by Doug Rubel
Playlist
8 am | |
| Traditional English · The Holly and the Ivy Chad Lawson, piano Hillset Records 8597070690 "Chad Lawson - A Solo Piano Christmas" | |
| Edward Pola / George Wyle · It's the Most Wonderful Time of Year Chad Lawson, piano Hillset Records 8597070690 "Chad Lawson - A Solo Piano Christmas" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 88 in G Vienna Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein Deutsche Grammophon 413777 "Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 88 & 92 "Oxford" | |
| Traditional English · "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Choir of Christ Church, Charlotte, NC Benjamin Hutto Christ Church, Charl tte n/a "Advent and Christmas" | |
| John Seagard · "Mary's Wonder" Davidson College Chorale (Live, December 1, 2014) Christopher Gilliam "Davidson Holiday Gala 2014" | |
9 am | |
| Joseph Curiale · Call of the Mountain, from "Gates of Gold," suite Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Joseph Curiale Orchard Road Music 5637259993 "Awakening" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16 (1st mvt.) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek Supraphon 111992 "Brahms: Serenades" | |
| Chris Dedrick · "Sweet Songs of Christmas" The Charlotte Children's Choir; Brass Charlotte Sandy R. Holland Charlotte Children's Choi 8253466506 "A Holiday Collection - The Charlotte Children's Choir" | |
| Traditional · Angels Rejoice! medley Early Light Consort, Asheville, NC Early Light 3306 "Christmas Past" | |
| Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint · Symphonie Concertante in G, Op. 13 Miriam Fried, Jaime Laredo, violins · London Symphony Orchestra (rec. June 30, 1973) Paul Freeman Sony Classical 1907586215 "Black Composers Series 1974-1978" | |
| Traditional · Christmas Carols for Strings (arr. by Marc Belanger) I Musici de Montreal Yuli Turovsky Chandos 9098 "Tchaikovsky: Children's Album; L. Mozart: Toy Symphony" | |
10 am | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · The Creatures of Prometheus, Act II music Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Helios 55196 "Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus" | |
| Mel Torme - Robert Wells · "The Christmas Song" (arr. by John Rutter) The Bach Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra John Rutter Decca 001609202 "The Colors of Christmas" | |
| Traditional · A Christmas Medley (arr. by Clarice Assad) Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin; Raymond Mase, trumpet; Fred Cherry, cello; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano NSS Music 5 "Merry - A Holiday Journey" | |
| Loki Karuna · NoteWorthy: William Banfield | |
| William Banfield · Symphony No. 6 "Four Songs for Five American Voices" (i. If Bernstein Wrote It) Akron Symphony Orchestra Alan Balter Telarc 80409 "American Voices - The African American Composers' Project" | |
| Charles Ives · "A Christmas Carol" The Choral Project Daniel Hughes Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Traditional Spanish · To a Virgin Meek and Mild (arr. by Anna Laura Page) Valarie Alexandra Valois, piano (of Charlotte, NC) Eroica 3091 "Deck the Halls - Valarie Alexandra Valois" | |
| Traditional Welsh · "Deck the Hall" American Boychoir James Litton Ocaso n/a "On Christmas Day" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Cricket Symphony (Concerto in G) La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider CPO 777267-2 "Telemann - Concertos" | |
11 am | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Octet in Eb, Op. 20 (1st mvt.) St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Pinchas Zukerman Philips 412212 "Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto" | |
| Traditional French · Masters in this Hall Pittsburgh Symphony Brass Four Winds 3017 "A Christmas Concert for Brass" | |
| Traditional English · "The Yorkshire Wassail Song" Theatre of Voices Paul Hillier Harmonia Mundi 2977079 "Carols from the Old and New Worlds" | |
| Traditional Medley · Hark! the herald angels sing; Angels we have heard on high Nancy Allen, harp · Empire Brass EMI Classics 31538 "Joy to the World - Music of Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" David Pulliam, organ · Winston-Salem Children's Chorus Barbara C. Beattie Raven OAR-860 "What Good News - An Old Salem Christmas" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb, K. 595 (finale) Mitsuko Uchida, piano · The Cleveland Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida Decca 001549802 "Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 27" | |
| 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" | |
| Lowell Mason · Joy to the World (arr. by Dorothy Lewis-Griffith) Dorothy Lewis-Griffith, piano ZENT Records 4007 "A Christmas Celebration at the Piano" | |
| Michael Praetorius · Lo, how a rose e'er blooming (arr. by Seth Frack) Ashley Hall, trumpet; Steve Sutton, trumpet; Seth Frack, trombone; Sean Devlin, trombone; Brent Harvey, tuba · The Ardmore Brass Quintet, Winston-Salem, NC | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia, from Cantata BWV 169 "My heart shall possess God alone" E. Power Biggs, organ · Gewandhaus Orchestra Hans-Joachim Rotzsch Sony Classical 62829 "Bach: Sinfonias and Orchestral movements from Cantatas" | |