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Program: The Early Shift with Ted Weiner
Aired: Sunday, December 25, 2022 @ 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 Records 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 | |
| George Frideric Handel · "For Unto Us a Child is Born" from "Messiah" Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reiai de Catalunya (The Royal Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| "Christmas with Carol Chase" Carol Chase, piano (from Lake Wylie, SC) Carol Chase 066121 "Christmas with Carol Chase" | |
| Jean Mouton · "Nesciens Mater" (Without knowing a man, the Virgin Mother...) Theatre of Voices Harmonia Mundi 907136 "Jean Mouton - Josquin Des Prez" | |
5 am | |
| Traditional · Medley of Six Carols New York Choral Society; Empire Chamber Ensemble Jessye Norman, soprano Philips 420180 "Christmastide - Jessye Norman" | |
| Patric Standford · A Christmas Carol Symphony The City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 8.5570 99 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| 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" | |
| Traditional Catalan · "Fum, Fum, Fum" New York Choral Artists EMI 31540 "O Come, All ye Faithful" | |
| Traditional English · "Good King Wenceslas" London Symphony Orchestra; John Alldis Choir Philips 416249 "A Festival of Christmas Carols" | |
| Traditional French · "Masters in this Hall" Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Telarc 80377 "Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols" | |
| Traditional French · "Angels We Have Heard on High" Arsys Bourgogne Naive 5319 "Christmas Songs Around the World" | |
6 am | |
| Traditional Cornish · "Sans Day Carol" Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street, NYC Naxos 8.5558 86 "Christmas at Trinity" | |
| Traditional English · "Sussex Carol" Choir of King's College, Cambridge Benjamin Bayl, organ EMI Classics 73693 "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" | |
| John Rutter · "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" The Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia Collegium Records 121 "Christmas Day in the Morning" | |
| Traditional Welsh · "Deck the Hall" The Cambridge Singers Collegium Records 121 "Christmas Day in the Morning" | |
| Traditional · Medley of Carols Empire Brass Nancy Allen, harp EMI Classics 31538 "Joy to the World - Music of Christmas" | |
| Stephen Paulus · "Snow Has Fallen" Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) Helen Rifas, harp Hickory Choral Societ y "Magnificat" | |
| Chris Coletti · Bach's Bells Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147 Dallas Wind Symphony Reference Recordings 126 "Horns for the Holidays" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata BWV 208 Eaken Piano Trio John Eaken, violin; Nancy Baun, cello; Gloria Whitney, piano Naxos 8.5540 99 "Home for the Holidays" | |
| J.S. Bach-Charles Gounod · "Ave Maria" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Renee Fleming, soprano Decca 000519 302 "Sacred Songs" | |
| Mykola Leontovych · "Carol of the Bells" Handel & Haydn Society Coro 16117 "Joy to the World - An American Christmas" | |
| Henry John Gauntlett · "Once in Royal David's City" The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Matthew Martin, organ King's College Choir KGS006 0 "In the Bleak Midwinter - Christmas Carols from King's" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn - Charles Wesley · "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" Westminster Cathedral, Alexandra & Cantorum Choirs Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music; James O'Donnell, organ IMP 843 "A Festival of Carols" | |
| 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" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · How Brightly Beams the Morning Star Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Nina Bodnar, violins; Natasha Lipkina, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Traditional French · Ding Dong! Merrily on High Delmoni String Quartet Arturo Delmoni, Nina Bodnar, violins; Natasha Lipkina, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · "We Three Kings of Orient Are" RCA Victor Singers William Whitehead, organ RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Howard Blake · "Walking in the Air" from "The Snowman" London Philharmonic Orchestra Sam Oliver, treble LPO 15 "Stories for Children" | |