Programs · Episode
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Myelita Melton
Aired: Thursday, December 11, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Hosted by Myelita Melton
Playlist
1 pm | |
| Emile Waldteufel · Estudiantina, Waltz, Op. 191 The Gulbenkian Orchestra Michel Swierczewski Nimbus 5264 "Waldteufel: Waltzes - Polkas - Galops" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Glory to God" from "Messiah" The Sixteen Harry Christophers Coro 16062 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Traditional English · What Child is This? (arr. Liona Boyd) Liona Boyd, guitar & recorder Sony 37248 "Liona Boyd - A Guitar for Christmas" | |
| Michael Praetorius · "Gloria" from the Christmas Vespers Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra; Apollo's Singers & Musettes Jeannette Sorrell Avie 2306 "Christmas Vespers - Music of Michael Praetorius" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 (1st mvt.) Berlin Philharmonic Claudio Abbado Deutsche Grammophon 469000 "Beethoven: Die Symphonien" | |
| Traditional English · God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Carolina Brass (of Greensboro) Mark Custom Recordin 3195-MCD "Carolina Brass Christmas" | |
| Stephen Paulus · "Snow Has Fallen" Helen Rifas, harp · Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) J. Don Coleman Hickory Choral Socie y "Magnificat" | |
| Traditional · Angels Rejoice! medley Early Light Consort, Asheville, NC Early Light 3306 "Christmas Past" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Violin Concerto in a, BWV 1041 (arr. by Mats Bergstrom) Sharon Isbin, guitar · Zurich Chamber Orchestra Howard Griffiths Warner Classics 624364 "Sharon Isbin: 5 Classic Albums" | |
2 pm | |
| Alan Hovhaness · Symphony No. 2, "Mysterious Mountain" Op. 132 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Jesus Lopez-Cobos Telarc 80462 "Into The Light - Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit" | |
| Traditional Sephardic · "Bring out the tray. Put down the food." The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble Western Wind 1818 "The Chanukkah Story" | |
| Jay Livingston · Silver Bells Carol Chase, piano (from Lake Wylie, SC) Carol Chase 066121 "Christmas with Carol Chase" | |
| Traditional English · Good King Wenceslas (arr. by Morton Gould) New Philharmonia Orchestra Morton Gould RCA Victor 7931 "A Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Songs My Mother Taught Me, from "Gypsy Melodies" Op. 55, No. 4 (arr. by Fritz Kreisler) Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet · Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Eivand Aadland EMI Classics 0883282 "Tine Thing Helseth - The Storyteller" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Five Bagatelles, Op. 47 Gabor Ormai, harmonium · Takacs Quartet Decca 430077 "Dvorak: Quartets, Opp.96 & 105; Bagatelles, Op. 47" | |
| Traditional · While Shepherds Watched (in the style of Bach) Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Peter Breiner Naxos 8550670 "Christmas Goes Baroque II" | |
| Francesco Manfredini · Concerto grosso in C, Op. 3, No. 12 "Christmas Concerto" Virtuosi Saxoniae Ludwig Guttler Berlin Classics 1059 "Christmas Concertos" | |
3 pm | |
| Anton Bruckner · "Ave Maria" Berlin Handel Chorus Gunther Arndt Deutsche Grammophon 413671 "The Heavens are Sounding" | |
| Maurice Ravel · Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose) suite Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini Sony Classical 46670 "Dvorak: Symphony No. 8; Ravel: Ma Mere l'Oye" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Gloria" RV 589 (i. Gloria in excelsis Deo) Boston Baroque Martin Pearlman Telarc 80651 "Vivaldi: Gloria; Bach: Magnificat" | |
| Traditional · Medley of Carols Nancy Allen, harp · Empire Brass EMI Classics 31538 "Joy to the World - Music of Christmas" | |
| Hoffmann von Fallersleben · "Father Christmas Comes Next Day" Thomas Hampson, baritone · Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Teldec 9031-73135 "Christmas with Thomas Hampson" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503 (1st mvt.) Conrad Tao, piano · Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra (Live April 30, 2012) Thomas O'Connor SFPM Recordings 5637990979 "Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 25" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "For unto us a child is born"; Pifa; "Glory to God" from Messiah Judith Nelson, soprano (recititives) · Academy of Ancient Music; Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxfo Christopher Hogwood Deutsche Grammophon 001493002 "The Complete Christmas Celebration" | |