Programs · Episode
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Program: Classical Music with Myelita Melton
Aired: Thursday, December 19, 2024 @ 1:00 pm
Hosted by Myelita Melton
Playlist
1 pm | |
| Emmanuel Chabrier · Scherzo Waltz, from the Suite Pastorale Ulster Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier Chandos 8852 "Dukas: La Peri/L'Apprenti Sorcier, etc." | |
| Traditional · "My father lit candles for me" The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble Western Wind 1818 "The Chanukkah Story" | |
| Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane · Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Ronn McFarlane, lute; Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba Flowerpot Production 012021 "A Star in the East" | |
| Traditional Basque · "Gabriel's Message" (arr. by Michael Bojesen) Michala Petri, recorder · Danish National Vocal Ensemble Michael Bojesen Our Recordings 6220615 "Let the Angels Sing" | |
| Traditional · Joy to the World (interpolated with Haydn's Sonata in D) Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 88 in G La Petite Bande Sigiswald Kuijken Erato 91499 "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88, 89, 92" | |
| Traditional French · "Il est ne, le divin enfant" (He is born, the divine child) The Trapp Family Singers (rec. 1951) Dr. Franz Wasner Deutsche Grammophon 000311802 "Christmas With The Trapp Family Singers" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia, from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Virtuosi Saxoniae Ludwig Guttler Berlin Classics 1059 "Christmas Concertos" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Hallelujah" from Messiah Davidson College Chorale; North Carolina Baroque Orchestra (Live Christopher Gilliam | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Concerto in E for 2 Pianos & Orchestra (finale) Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos · Philharmonia Orchestra Semyon Bychkov Philips 432095 "Mendelssohn - Bruch: Concertos for 2 Pianos & Orchestra" | |
2 pm | |
| Carl Maria von Weber · Symphony No. 1 in C C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra Hartmut Haenchen Sony Classical 53109 "Weber - Mendelssohn - Wolf - Wagner" | |
| Traditional English · "The Twelve Days of Christmas" Daniel Beckwith, organ · Westminster Choir Joseph Flummerfelt Gothic Records 49047 "Christmas with the Westminster Choir" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (in the style of Bach) Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Peter Breiner Naxos 8.550670 "Christmas Goes Baroque II" | |
| Traditional English · "While Shepherds watched" Benjamin Bayl, organ · Choir of King's College, Cambridge Stephen Cleobury EMI Classics 73693 "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" | |
| Franz Danzi · Fantasia on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" from "Don Giovanni" Sabine Meyer, clarinet · Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Jorg Faerber RCA Victor Red Seal 61976 "Danzi: Flute and Clarinet Concertos" | |
| Traditional · Fraylekh (Cheerful) Moshe Leiser, guitar; Ami Flammer, violin; Gerard Barreaux, accordion Harmonia Mundi 558652 "Chansons Yiddish" | |
| Samuel Scheidt · "O Little One Sweet" (harmonized by J.S. Bach) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Edmund Walters Chandos 6672 "A Festival of Christmas" | |
| Edmund Walters · "Where Jesus Was Born" Royal Liverpool Philharmonic & Choir & St. Ambrose School Choir Edmund Walters Chandos 6672 "A Festival of Christmas" | |
3 pm | |
| Tomas Luis de Victoria · "Ave Maria" The Dale Warland Singers Dale Warland d'Note 1022 "A Rose in Winter" | |
| Niccolo Paganini · Variations on One String on a Theme by Rossini ("Moses" Variations) Matt Haimovitz, cello; Itamar Golan, piano Oxingale Records 2002 "The Rose Album" | |
| Traditional · "Joyful Chanukah" New Horizon Singers; Pacific Pops Orchestra Quicksilver Records 0121571902 "Joy of Chanukah" | |
| arr. by M. Sherrill Kelsey · What Child is This?; Away in a Manger Valarie Alexandra Valois, piano (of Charlotte, NC) Eroica 3091 "Deck the Halls - Valarie Alexandra Valois" | |
| Christmas Medley · "What Child is This?; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Robert Shaw Telarc 80087 "The Many Moods of Christmas" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Twelve Contredances, WoO 14 Capella Istropolitana Oliver Dohnanyi Naxos 8.550433 :Beethoven: Dances" | |
| Traditional Filipino · Aguinaldo Carols ("In a Home" and "Respect to you, Godparents") (arr. by Saunder Choi) Cantus Signum Classics SIGCD723 "Into the Light - Cantus" | |
| Traditional Scottish · Away in a Manger Ensemble Galilei Sono Luminus 92173 "Surrounded by Angels" | |
| Traditional English · I Saw Three Ships Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Traditional English · "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" RCA Victor Singers Richard Westenburg RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
4 pm | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 23 in D, K. 181 Berlin Philharmonic Claudio Abbado Sony Classical 66859 "Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K.364; Symphonies Nos. 23 & 36" | |
| Daniel Tunkel · "The Lord hath been mindful of us," from Hallel Cantata Chicago a cappella Cedille 225 "Miracles of Miracles - Music for Hanukkah" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Three Choruses, from "Gloria" RV 589 The English Concert & Choir Trevor Pinnock Archiv Produktion 423386 "Vivaldi: Gloria" | |
| Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane · "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Jonathan Dimmock, organ of St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco · Capella SF Ragnar Bohlin Delos 3485 "Light of Gold - Capella SF Christmas" | |
| Maurice Ravel · Alborada del gracioso, from Miroirs (Mirrors) National Opera Orchestra of Lyon Kent Nagano Erato 14331 "Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin/Pavane pur Une Infante Defunte" | |
| Traditional · Branles; Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella; Patapan Renaissonics WGBH "Carols for Dancing" | |
| Traditional English · "Adeste Fideles" Luciano Pavarotti, tenor · National Philharmonic Orchestra; The London Voices Kurt Herbert Adler Decca 000530102 "Luciano Pavarotti: O Holy Night" | |
| Traditional · Three French Carols (Ding Dong, O Come Emanuel, Angels We Have Heard on High) Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
| Hector Berlioz · Overture to Beatrice and Benedict Boston Symphony Orchestra Charles Munch RCA Papillion 6805 "Berlioz - D'Indy - Franck" | |
5 pm | |
| Felix Mendelssohn - Charles Wesley · "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" William Whitehead, organ · RCA Victor Singers Richard Westenburg RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Traditional · Brass Interlude Medley of Carols RCA Victor Brass Ensemble Richard Westenburg RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · "We Three Kings of Orient Are" William Whitehead, organ · RCA Victor Singers Richard Westenburg RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Franz Schubert · Symphony No. 1 in D, D.82 (1st mvt.) Vienna Philharmonic Riccardo Muti EMI Classics 54066 "Schubert: Symphonies 1 & 8" | |
| Solomon Golub · "Boruch Ate" (Blessed art Thou) The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble Western Wind 1818 "The Chanukkah Story" | |
| Georg Joseph Vogler · "Hosianna" The Tapiola Choir Erkki Pohola Finlandia 010 "Christmas Carols" | |
| Traditional Basque · Gabriel's Message Mark Small, Robert Torres, guitars; Barbara LaFitte, english horn; Eugene Friesen, cello; Siobhan Kelleher, bass · Small - Torres Guitar Duo Shadow Mountain 55882 "Winterlight II" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Cello Concerto in b, Op. 104 (finale) Alisa Weilerstein, cello · Czech Philharmonic Jiri Belohlavek Decca 001976502 "Dvorak: Cello Concerto" | |
| Traditional African · "African Noel" (arr. Andre J. Thomas) Master Chorale of Washington Donald McCullough Albany Records TROY 353 "Christmas with the Master Chorale of Washington" | |
| John Ireland · The Holy Boy English Northern Philharmonia David Lloyd-Jones Naxos 8.555068 "English String Miniatures, vol. 2" | |
| Traditional English · "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Matthew Martin, organ · The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Daniel Hyde King's College Choir KGS0060 "In the Bleak Midwinter - Christmas Carols from King's" | |