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Program: The Early Shift with Ted Weiner
Aired: Sunday, December 25, 2016 @ 12:00 am
Hosted by Ted Weiner
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Host Ted Weiner keeps you company during the wee hours seven days a week. Enjoy a great variety and engaging selection of classics throughout the night.
Playlist
12 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" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Hallelujah" from "Messiah" Westminster Choir; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Gothic 47931 "Christmas Masterpieces and Familiar Carols" | |
| 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" | |
| Joe Reisman / Clement Moore · "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" ('Twas the Night Before Christmas) Boston Pops Orchestra Robin Williams, narrator Sony Classical 48232 "Joy To the World" | |
| Alfred Burt · "A Christmas Bouquet" medley (arr. Alexander Courage) Boston Pops Orchestra; Tangelwood Festival Chorus Sony Classical 48232 "Joy To the World" | |
1 am | |
| "Carols for a Blue Christmas" (set of fourteen favorites of the season) Pamela Howland, piano HM Classics 9606 "Carols For a Blue Christmas" | |
| Benjamin Britten · "A Ceremony of Carols" The Toronto Children's Chorus Judy Loman, harp Marquis 813272 "A Ceremony of Carols" | |
| Anton Bruckner · "Ave Maria" The Turtle Creek Chorale Reference Recordings 67 "The Times of Day" | |
2 am | |
| "Christmas Goes Baroque" CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra Naxos 8.5503 01 "Christmas Goes Baroque" | |
| Traditional English · The First Noel Empire Brass Nancy Allen, harp EMI Classics 31538 "Joy to the World - Music of Christmas" | |
3 am | |
| "James Galway's Christmas Carol" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Singers; Chapel Choir of King' James Galway, flute RCA 61233 "James Galway's Christmas Carol" | |
| Irving Berlin · White Christmas (in the style of Beethoven) The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christm | |
| Katherine Davis / Harry Simeone · The Little Drummer Boy (in the style of Brahms) The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christm | |
4 am | |
| A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert (Live, December 8, 1991) Orchestra of St. Luke's; American Boychoir; Christmas Concert Ch Kathleen Battle, soprano; Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano; Nancy Allen, harp; Wynton Marsalis, trumpet Sony Classical 48235 "A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert" | |
| Traditional English · Sussex Carol David Burgess, guitar; Pamela Sklar, flute; Phyllis Lanini, oboe; Zdenek Prouza, cello Musical Heritage 512636 "An International Christmas" | |
5 am | |
| "Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers" The Dale Warland Singers Gothic Records 49208 "Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers" | |
| "Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers" The Dale Warland Singers Gothic Records 49208 "Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers" | |
| Edward Elgar · "Ave Maria" Op. 2, No. 2 Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge Naxos 8.5572 88 "Elgar: Sacred Choral Music" | |
6 am | |
| Traditional · "The Cherry Tree Carol" Theatre of Voices Harmonia Mundi 297707 9 "Carols from the Old and New Worlds" | |
| Traditional American · "The Shepherd's Star" 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" | |
| Traditional French · Rondo on French Carols (with Dvorak's "Slavonic Dance in e) Alison Beck, piano; Elizabeth Beck, violin Bolo Classique 8011 "December Carols" | |
| Leroy Anderson · Suite of Carols for String Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 855962 1 "Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride and other Holiday Favorites" | |
| "Carols for Christmas Morning" The Choir of New College, Oxford Gift of Music 1075 "Carols for Christmas Morning" | |
| Traditional English · Adeste Fideles Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Lowell Mason · Joy to the World Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |