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Program: Sunday Night Music with Keenan Harmon
Aired: Sunday, December 19, 2021 @ 10:00 pm
Hosted by Keenan Harmon
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Enjoy a variety and selection of classics throughout the night.
Playlist
10 pm | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Arioso (from Cantata BWV 156) (orch. by Leopold Stokowski) London Symphony Orchestra RCA 61267 "Bach: Stokowski" | |
| James R. Murray · Away in a Manger Eaken Piano Trio Con Brio 21345 "Eaken Trio: Most Wonderful Time" | |
| Claude Debussy · Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Philharmonic 28050 "Gershwin - Ravel - Debussy" | |
| Traditional French · Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella Glissandi Deborah Braun, harp; David Braun, violin; Doug Miller, flute Glissandi 003 "Peace" | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff · Symphony No. 2 in e, Op. 27 (iii. Adagio) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Warner Classics 97597 "Sir Simon Rattle: Russian Music" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Waltz in Db, Op. 54, No. 4 I Musici de Montreal Chandos 9484 "Borodin: Quartet No. 2; Dvorak: Serenade" | |
| Traditional Austrian · Still, Still, Still Kelly Yost, piano Channel Productions 1698 "Still...Still...Still: Christmas Piano by Kelly Yost" | |
| Giacomo Puccini · Un bel di (One fine day) from "Madama Butterfly" Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80260 "Pops Plays Puccini" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Lo, how a rose e'er blooming New Century Saxophone Quartet Channel Crossings 4698 "A New Century Christmas" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Symphony No. 5 in e, Op. 64 (iii. Waltz) Montreal Symphony Orchestra Decca 425503 "Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5" | |
11 pm | |
| Charles Ives · "A Christmas Carol" The Choral Project Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Gabriel Faure · Pie Jesu, from Requiem, Op. 48 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Branford Marsalis, soprano saxophone Sony Classical 89251 "Creation" | |
| John Jacob Niles · I Wonder as I Wander Philadelphia Orchestra RCA Gold Seal 6430-2 -RG "Joy to the World" | |
| Robert Schumann · Widmung (Dedication) (arr. by Franz Liszt) Van Cliburn, piano RCA Victor 60726 "Van Cliburn - My Favorite Encores" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Adagio in C for English Horn & Strings, K. 580a Orlando Quartet Heinz Holliger, english horn Brilliant Classics 94054 "Heiz Holliger Edition" | |
| Traditional English · We Wish You a Merry Christmas Royal Promenade Orchestra ProArte 841 "Christmas at the Pops" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 (ii. Adagio) Philharmonia Orchestra Min Kym, violin Rhino Warner Classics 560295 "Min Kym - Gone" | |
| Philip Brooks / Lewis Redner · O Little Town of Bethlehem Philadelphia Orchestra Sony 6369 "The Glorious Sound of Christmas" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Serenade No. 10 in Bb, K. 361 "Gran Partita" (iii. Adagio) Amadeus Winds L'Oiseau-Lyre 421437 "Mozart: Serenade in Bb, K. 361" | |
| Johann Pachelbel / Traditional · Pachelbel's Christmas (Canon w/Jolly Old St. Nicholas) Glissandi Deborah Braun, harp; David Braun, violin; Doug Miller, flute Glissandi 003 "Peace" | |
| Enrique Granados · Spanish Dance No. 2, Op. 5 (Oriental) Australian Guitar Duo Jacob Cordover; Rupert Boyd, guitars Disc Makers 210129 "Songs from the Forest: Australian Guitar Duo" | |
| Traditional English · What Child is This? London Symphony Orchestra Philips 416249 "A Festival of Christmas Carols" | |
| Giacomo Puccini · Humming Chorus, from "Madame Butterfly" BBC Concert Orchestra Decca 473371 "Opera Without Words" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Air, from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 Paillard Chamber Orchestra RCA Victor Gold Seal 60011 "Stressbusters, vol. 1" | |
12 am | |
| Alexander Glazunov · Idylle, Op. 14, No. 1 Roumanian State Orchestra Marco Polo 8.2204 87 "Glazunov: Orchestral Works, vol. 4" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · The Nutcracker, concert suite Anastasia Dedik, piano Anastasia Dedik 888295 3296 "Anastasia Dedik - Piano" | |
| Giovanni Battista Sammartini · Pastorale in G The English Concert Archiv Produktion 435262 "Christmas Concertos" | |
| Emmanuel Chabrier · Suite pastorale Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Naxos 855424 8 "Chabrier: Orchestral Works" | |
| Traditional French · "Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella" (arr. by Stephen Paulus) The Dale Warland Singers Jeffrey Van, guitar Ten Thousand Lakes 100 "Stephen Paulus - Carols for Christmas" | |
| Stephen Paulus · "The Ship Carol" (16th century text) The Dale Warland Singers Kathy Kienzie, harp Ten Thousand Lakes 100 "Stephen Paulus - Carols for Christmas" | |
| Philip Brooks / Lewis Redner · "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (arr. by Stephen Paulus) The Dale Warland Singers Richard Killmer, oboe; Kathy Kienzle, harp Ten Thousand Lakes 100 "Stephen Paulus - Carols for Christmas" | |
1 am | |
| Dmitri Tiomkin · It's a Wonderful Life Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Telarc 88801 "It's a Wonderful Life - A Christmas Carol, etc." | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109 Robert DeGaetano, piano Crystonyx 1006 "DeGaetano Plays Beethoven" | |
2 am | |
| Howard Blake · The Snowman, based on the picture book by Raymond Briggs London Philharmonic Orchestra Chris Jarvis, narrator; Sam Oliver, treble (for "Walking in the Air") LPO 15 "Stories for Children" | |
| Girolamo Frescobaldi · Toccata Arto Noras, cello; Tapani Valtsa, organ Finlandia 919 "Masterpieces for Cello" | |
| Traditional · "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams) Choir of King's College, Cambridge David Briggs, organ Decca 414042 "King's College Choir - O Come All Ye Faithful" | |
| Traditional English · "The First Noel" Choir of King's College, Cambridge David Briggs, organ Decca 414042 "King's College Choir - O Come All Ye Faithful" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Divertimento in D, K. 136 Moscow Virtuosi RCA Victor Red Seal 60066 "Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; 3 Divertimenti" | |
3 am | |
| Michael Praetorius · "Von Himmel hoch" (From heaven on high) Chanticleer Mesa Bluemoon 2093 "A Chanticleer Christmas" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 Cologne Chamber Orchestra Naxos 8.5546 09 "J. S. Bach: Overtures (Suites) Nos. 1-4" | |
| Patric Standford · A Christmas Carol Symphony The City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 8.5570 99 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Lars-Erik Larsson · The Winter's Tale, Op. 18 (after Shakespeare) Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra CPO 777671 "Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1" | |
4 am | |
| John Rutter · Angel's Carol Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Danielle Maddon, violins; Ellen DePasquale, viola; Rafael Figueroa, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Traditional Catalan · El Noi de la Mare (The Son of the Virgin) Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Nina Bodnar, violins; Natasha Lipkina, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| George Frideric Handel · He Shall Feed His Flock, from "Messiah" Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Nina Bodnar, violins; Natasha Lipkina, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Franz Schubert · Overture to Rosamunde Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ASV 557 "Enrique Batiz Conducts Popular Overtures" | |
| Morton Gould · Serenade of Carols New Philharmonia Orchestra RCA Victor 7931 "A Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould" | |
| Benjamin Godard · Suite for Flute & Orchestra, Op. 116 London Festival Orchestra Edward Beckett, flute Black Box 1049 "Fantaisie - Romantic French Flute Music" | |
| Traditional Austrian · "Susser die glockchen" (Sweeter the bells) Theatre of Voices Harmonia Mundi 297707 9 "Carols from the Old and New Worlds" | |
| Traditional American · "Judea" (A Virgin Unspotted) Theatre of Voices Harmonia Mundi 297707 9 "Carols from the Old and New Worlds" | |
| Daniel Read · "While Shepherds Watched" (Sherburne) Theatre of Voices Harmonia Mundi 297707 9 "Carols from the Old and New Worlds" | |
5 am | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Symphony in A, Op. 35, No. 3, G.511 Cantelina Chandos 8414 "Boccherini: Seven Symphonies" | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · "Fantasia on Christmas Carols" Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Choir of Winchester Cathedral Decca 444130 "Christmas Fantasy" | |
| Franz Lehar · Gold and Silver Waltzes Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80547 "Viennafest" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Spanish Dance, from The Nutcracker Stevan Pasero, guitar Sugo 8501 "The Nutcracker Suite for Guitar" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Russian Dance (Trepak), from The Nutcracker Stevan Pasero, guitar Sugo 8501 "The Nutcracker Suite for Guitar" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy, from The Nutcracker Stevan Pasero, guitar Sugo 8501 "The Nutcracker Suite for Guitar" | |
| Aaron Copland · El Salon Mexico Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Argo 440639 "Copland: Billy the Kid - Rodeo" | |
6 am | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Oboe Concerto in Bb, Op. 7, No. 3 I Musici Heinz Holliger, oboe Philips 000724 802 "Albinoni: Concerti, Op. 7 and Sonatas, Op. 2" | |
| Richard Addinsell · A Christmas Carol, suite from the 1951 film Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Ambrosian Singers Telarc 88801 "It's A Wonderful Life - A Christmas Carol - Miracle on 34t | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Symphony No. 6 in b, Op. 74 "Pathetique" (iii. Allegro molto vivace) Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80681 "Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6; Romeo & Juliet" | |
| Traditional French · "Il est ne, le divin enfant" (He is born, the divine child) The Dale Warland Singers Gothic Records 49208 "Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "Sheep May Safely Graze" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Singers; Chapel Choir of King' James Galway, flute RCA 61233 "James Galway's Christmas Carol" | |
| Hector Berlioz · "The Shepherds' Farewell" (from "L'enfance du Christ") Corydon Orchestra & Singers Hyperion 22067 "Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Havanaise, Op. 83 London Symphony Orchestra Nicola Benedetti, violin Deutsche Grammophon 000615 402 "Nicola Benedetti" | |
7 am | |
| Leroy Anderson · Suite of Carols for Woodwinds BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 855962 1 "Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride and other Holiday Favorites" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239 "Serenata Notturna" Academy of Ancient Music L'Oiseau-Lyre 411 72 0-2 "Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, etc." | |
| Traditional English · While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Chad Lawson, piano Hillset Records 859707 0690 "Chad Lawson - A Solo Piano Christmas" | |
| Walter Kent · I'll Be Home for Christmas Chad Lawson, piano Hillset Records 859707 0690 "Chad Lawson - A Solo Piano Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · "I Saw Three Ships" Nova Voce (Charlotte, NC) Audry McConnell, piano Nova Voce "Nova Voce: Candlelight Carols" | |
| John Rutter · "Angel's Carol" Nova Voce (Charlotte, NC) Audrey McConnell, piano Nova Voce "Nova Voce: Candlelight Carols" | |
| Bedrich Smetana · The Moldau, from Ma Vlast (My Country) Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80265 "Smetana: Má Vlast" | |
| Nigel Hess · A Christmas Overture Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Collegium Records 133 "A Christmas Festival" | |
8 am | |
| Christmas Medley · "O Sanctissima; Joy to the World; Away in a Manger; Fum, Fum, Fum; March of the Kings" Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Telarc 80087 "The Many Moods of Christmas" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Variations on "Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen" from Mozart's "The Magic Flute" WoO 46 Jacqueline du Pre, cello; Daniel Barenboim, piano Warner Classics 91934 "Jacqueline Du Pré - Great Recordings" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Winter" Violin Concerto from "The Four Seasons" Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra Francisco Fullana, violin Avie 2485 "Vivaldi: The Four Seasons" | |
| Giuseppe Verdi · Macbeth, ballet music Berlin Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon 457627 "Verdi: Overtures & Preludes" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · We Three Kings (w/ Beethoven's Fuer Elise) Pamela Howland, piano Pamela Howland 613557 9621 "Christmas with Beethoven - 9 Classic Carols" | |
| Traditional English · Good King Wenceslas (w/ Beethoven's Sonata Op. 49, No. 2, Mvt. 1) Pamela Howland, piano Pamela Howland 613557 9621 "Christmas with Beethoven - 9 Classic Carols" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn (arr. D. Overton) · 6 Christmas Pieces Munich Radio Orchestra James Galway, flute RCA Victor Red Seal 60736 "In Dulci Jubilo - Christmas with James Galway" | |
9 am | |
| Miles Hoffman · A Minute with Miles: Practicing | |
| Traditional · Jolly Old St. Nicholas (in style of Bach & Vivaldi) CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra Naxos 8.5503 01 "Christmas Goes Baroque" | |
| John Harbison · Little Fantasy on "The Twelve Days of Christmas" The Canadian Brass BWE Classics 0196 "A Christmas Gloria" | |
| 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" | |
| George Gershwin · An American in Paris Dallas Symphony Orchestra Delos 3216 "Dayful of Song" | |
| John Rutter · "Donkey Carol" The Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia Collegium Records 121 "Christmas Day in the Morning" | |
| James R. Murray · "Away in a Manger" (arr. by Richard Westenburg) Musica Sacra Deutsche Grammophon 429732 "Carols for Christmas Eve" | |
| Mykola Leontovych · "Carol of the Bells" Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra at Temple Square Telarc 80552 "A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas" | |
| Loonis McGlohon · Christmas Child (arr. by Michael Myers) Lenoir Sax Robert George, soprano sax; Jenny Lanier, alto sax; Michael Myers, baritone sax; Patrick Young, tenor sax Lenoir Sax 888295 8507 "Lenoir Sax - Merrily on High" | |
| Florence Price · Fantasie Negre (1929) Joanna Goldstein, piano Centaur Records 3631 "Nasty Women - Piano Music in the Age of Women's Suffrage" | |
10 am | |
| Traditional French · "Shepherds in the field abiding" (arr. Charles Wood) The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Simon Preston, organ Decca 001001 802 "The Christmas Spirit" | |
| Traditional English · Coventry Carol Carol Chase, piano (from Charlotte, NC) Carol Chase 066121 "Christmas with Carol Chase" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Glory to God" from "Messiah" Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Choir Tafelmusik Media 1016 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Piano Concerto in G, Hob.XVIII:4 Cologne Chamber Orchestra Sebastian Knauer, piano Naxos 857048 5 "Haydn: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4, 9, 11" | |
| Traditional Czech · "Rocking Carol" Chanticleer Mesa Bluemoon 2093 "A Chanticleer Christmas" | |
| Philip Brooks / Lewis Redner · O Little Town of Bethlehem Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| William Allen Knight, words/Henry L · "Come, My Heart" Ensemble led by Henry Lebedinsky (Recorded at St. John's Baptist Abigail Haynes Lennox, soprano Recorded at St. John's Baptist Church, Charlotte, Dec. 2, 2 | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50 Berlin Philharmonic Itzhak Perlman, violin EMI Classics 49567 "Beethoven: Violin Concerto" | |
| Traditional French · "Ding Dong! Merrily On High" Westminster Cathedral, Alexandra & Cantorum Choirs IMP 843 "A Festival of Carols" | |
| Traditional English · "Sussex Carol" The Choir of Westminster Cathedral James O'Donnell, organ of Westminster Cathedral IMP 843 "A Festival of Carols" | |
| 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" | |
11 am | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Serenade No. 10 in Bb, K. 361 "Gran Partita" (iii. Adagio) Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble Deutsche Grammophon 429979 "Mozart: Gran Partita Serenade" | |
| Traditional English · "Here we come a-wassailing" Theatre of Voices Harmonia Mundi 297707 9 "Carols from the Old and New Worlds" | |
| Traditional English · "The Yorkshire Wassail Song" Theatre of Voices Harmonia Mundi 297707 9 "Carols from the Old and New Worlds" | |
| David Overton · Fantasia on "In dulci jubilo" Munich Radio Orchestra James Galway, flute RCA Victor Red Seal 60736 "In Dulci Jubilo - Christmas with James Galway" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3, 5, 10, 16, 18-21 North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 437506 "Brahms - Dvorak" | |
| Brian Joyce · Hear Ye Newes Today (Christmas medley) Silverwood Quartet Andra Bohnet, flute Flying Frog 402 "To Drive the Cold Winter Away" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · My Spirit Be Joyful (from Cantata BWV 146) Philharmonia Virtuosi Richard Kelley, Jon Nelson, trumpets RCA Victor 61911 "Baroque Duets" | |
12 pm | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Rondo in A, K. 386 Scottish Chamber Orchestra John O'Conor, piano Telarc 80285 "Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 23" | |
| Traditional German · "Ein Kindelein in der Wiegen" (A child in the cradle) Regensburg Cathedral Choir RCA Victor Red Seal 60736 "In Dulci Jubilo - Christmas with James Galway" | |
| Traditional German · "The Linden Tree Carol" Choir of St. Mary of the Hills, Blowing Rock, NC St. Mary of the Hills "The Revels of Winter" | |
| Traditional German · "Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine" The Dale Warland Singers Gothic Records 49208 "Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers" | |
| Traditional Austrian · "Susser die glockchen" (Sweeter the bells) Bielfeld Children's Choir EMI Classics 62576 "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - Bielfelder Kinderchor" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 27 in G, K. 199 Vienna Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon 002244 502 "Mozart Symphonies" | |
| Johann Abraham Schulz · "Thou Child Divine" (Music for Moravian Christmas "Lovefeast") Boston Baroque Telarc 80482 "Lost Music of Early America - Music of the Moravians" | |
| Franz Gruber · Silent Night Charles Vaughn, guitar Charles Vaughn "A Christmas Offering" | |
| Traditional Austrian · "Still, Still, Still" The Cambridge Singers Collegium Records 512 "The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Concerto No. 16 in D, K. 451 (finale) English Chamber Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida, piano Philips 426305 "Mozart Piano Concertos" | |
1 pm | |
| Johann Strauss, Jr. · Snowdrops Waltz Rochester Pops Orchestra ProArte 841 "Christmas at the Pops" | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich · The Gadfly, suite from the film (selections) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Capriccio 10298 "Shostakovich: Hamlet / The Gadfly" | |
| Traditional · Branles; Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella; Patapan Renaissonics WGBH "Carols for Dancing" | |
| Vaclav Nelhybel · "Estampie natalis" Davidson College Chorale; North Carolina Baroque Orchestra (Live | |
| Jean Sibelius · Finlandia, Op. 26 Berlin Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon 413755 "Sibelius: Finlandia; Tapiola" | |
| 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" | |
| Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane · "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Capella SF Jonathan Dimmock, organ of St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco Delos 3485 "Light of Gold - Capella SF Christmas" | |
2 pm | |
| Johannes Brahms · Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Hilary Hahn, violin Sony Classical 89649 "Brahms; Stravinsky: Violin Concertos" | |
| Traditional French · "Angels We Have Heard on High" Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) Sonari 0024 "Christmas with the Bel Canto Company" | |
| Traditional French · "Touro-Louro-Louro" Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) Sonari 0024 "Christmas with the Bel Canto Company" | |
| Traditional English · The First Noel Valarie Alexandra Valois, piano (of Charlotte, NC) Eroica 3091 "Deck the Halls - Valarie Alexandra Valois" | |
| John Rutter · "The Very Best Time of the Year" Renaissance (of Charlotte, NC) Renaissance (of Charl otte 884501 2383 "Renaissance: Noel We Sing" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Gloria" RV 589 (i. Gloria in excelsis Deo; ii. Laudamus te) Academy of Ancient Music; Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sarah Fox, Deborah Norman, sopranos EMI Classics 89227 "100 Best Sacred Works" | |
3 pm | |
| Gustav Mahler · Adagietto, from Symphony No. 5 Berlin Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon 445282 "Adagio - Karajan" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Violin Concerto No. 1 in C, Hob.VIIa:1 (1st mvt.) Sejong Soloists Gil Shaham, violin Canary Classics 8 "Haydn - Mendelssohn" | |
| Victor Hely-Hutchinson · A Carol Symphony The City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 8.5570 99 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in G, Op. 6, No. 1 New Bach Collegium Musicum, Leipzig LaserLight 15668 "Classical Journey, vol. 3: England" | |
4 pm | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich · Festive Overture, Op. 96 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Delos 3089 "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10" | |
| Anton Bruckner · "Ave Maria" Voices of Ascension Delos 3138 "Mysteries Beyond - Songs in Praise of Mary" | |
| Traditional · "Carols for the Choirs" medley (arr. Carolyn Jennings) St. Olaf Choir & Orchestra St. Olaf Choir "He Comes To Us" | |
| Traditional English · "Gloucestershire Wassail" The Waverley Consort Virgin Classics Verit as 55193 "A Waverly Consort Christmas" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Variations on "Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen" from Mozart's "The Magic Flute" WoO 46 Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano Sony 42121 "Beethoven: Sonata No. 4" | |
| Morton Gould · Serenade of Carols New Philharmonia Orchestra RCA Victor 7931 "A Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Trumpet & Violin Concerto in D, TWV 53:D5 Musica Antiqua Cologne Friedemann Immer, trumpet; Reinhard Goebel, violin Archiv Produktion 419633 "Telemann: Wind Concertos" | |
5 pm | |
| Arthur Sullivan · Overture to The Mikado Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Philips 434 91 6-2 "Gilbert & Sullivan Overtures" | |
| Victor Herbert · March of the Toys, from "Babes in Toyland" Rochester Pops Orchestra ProArte 841 "Christmas at the Pops" | |
| Traditional Medley · "Sing with Us of Christmas" Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Indiana University Singing Hoosiers Telarc 80538 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy, from The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Leonard Bernstein · Three Dance Episodes, from "On the Town" St. Louis Symphony Orchestra EMI Classics 63905 "Slatkin Conducts Bernstein" | |
| John Seagard · "Mary's Wonder" Davidson College Chorale (Live, December 1, 2014) "Davidson Holiday Gala 2014" | |
| Traditional English · The Cherry Tree Carol Mark O'Connor, violin; Brent Mason, guitar and friends OMAC Records 16 "An Appalachian Christmas" | |
| John Calkin · "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (arr. by Jay Rouse) Choir of Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte James R. Jones, piano; Nancy Hamff, flute; da Capo Brass Myers Park United Met hodi 888295 6725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Rhapsodie d'Auvergne, Op. 73 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Stephen Hough, piano Hyperion 67331/ 2 "Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra" | |
8 pm | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Beau Fleuve n/a "Light in a Time of Darkness" | |
| Traditional · Medley of Six Carols New York Choral Society; Empire Chamber Ensemble Jessye Norman, soprano Philips 420180 "Christmastide - Jessye Norman" | |
| Marianne Martines · Sinfonia in C Bay Area Women's Philharmonic Newport Classic 60102 "Baroquen Treasures" | |
| Anonymous · "Personent Hodie" Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) Hickory Choral Societ y "A Christmas Collection" | |
| John Rutter · Magnificat (1st mvt.) Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) Hickory Choral Societ y "A Christmas Collection" | |
9 pm | |
| Frederick Delius · Sleigh Ride (Winter Night) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Decca 444130 "Christmas Fantasy" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 (orch. by Edmund Rubbra) Philadelphia Orchestra Sony Classical 63287 "Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| 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" | |
| Mel Torme - Robert Wells · The Christmas Song Boston Pops Orchestra BSO Classics 1305 "A Boston Pops Christmas - Live from Symphony Hall" | |
| Traditional English · "I Saw Three Ships" (arr. by Mack Wilberg) Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra at Temple Square; Bells Mormon Tabernacle 502333 8 "Ring Christmas Bells" | |
| Arnold Bax · The Happy Forest Royal Scottish National Orchestra Naxos 8.5575 99 "Bax: Symphonic Poems" | |
| Dan Forrest · "The Work of Christmas" Choir of Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte Myers Park United Met hodi 888295 6725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |
10 pm | |
| Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco · Concerto Italiano, Op. 31 (ii. Arioso) Southwest German Radio Orchestra, Baden-Baden & Freiburg Tianwa Yang, violin Naxos 573135 "Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Violin Concertos" | |
| Stephen Paulus · "Splendid Jewel" Chicago a cappella 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 Telarc 80309 "Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances Suites" | |
| Howard Goodall · "Stille Nacht" (Silent Night) (text by Josef Mohr) The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford Catrin Finch, harp 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 Academy of Ancient Music; Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxfo Judith Nelson, soprano (recititives) Deutsche Grammophon 001493 002 "The Complete Christmas Celebration" | |
| Richard S. Willis / Edmund H. Sears · "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" Luther Henderson and his Orchestra Eileen Farrell, soprano Sony Classical 60802 "Carols for Christmas Eve" | |
| Wilhelm Stenhammar · Sentimental Romance No. 1 Swedish Chamber Orchestra Tobias Ringborg, violin Naxos 8.5542 87 "Swedish Romantic Violin Concertos" | |
| Walter Kent · I'll Be Home for Christmas Carol Chase, piano (from Charlotte, NC) Carol Chase 066121 "Christmas with Carol Chase" | |
| Edouard Lalo · Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 (iv. Andante) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Shlomo Mintz, violin Brilliant Classics 94070 "Lalo; Vieutemps; Saint-Saëns" | |
| Traditional French · Il est ne, le divin enfant Washington Saxophone Quartet Americus 201110 60 "Tis the Season" | |
11 pm | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Violin Concerto in g, BWV 1056 (ii. Largo) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Itzhak Perlman, violin 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) Nouvel Symphony Orchestra of the Belgian Radio & TV Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, piano Koch Schwann 311 11 1 "Franck: Concerto & Variations" | |
| Adolphe Adam · "O Holy Night" Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; May Festival Chorus Telarc 80226 "Christmas with the Pops" | |
| Franz Liszt · Liebestraum (Love's Dream) No. 3 Yundi Li, piano Deutsche Grammophon 000085 102 "Yundi Li - Liszt" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Behold, a rose is blooming Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra Kosei 2811 "Fanfare and Allegro" | |
| John Ireland · The Holy Boy Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Julian Lloyd Webber, cello 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) Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Columbia Symphony Orchestra Sony Classical 35958 "Mormon Tabernacle Choir: The Ultimate Christmas Collection | |
| Domenico Scarlatti · Sonata in f, K. 19 (L. 383) Dubravka Tomsic, piano PMG 160 10 6 "Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas" | |