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Program: The Early Shift with Ted Weiner
Aired: Saturday, December 18, 2021 @ 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 | |
| Arcangelo Corelli · Concerto grosso in g, Op. 6, No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" I Musici Philips 434110 "Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Flute Quartet No. 3 in C, K. 285b Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Christoph Poppen, violin; Harioff Schlichtig, viola; Jean-Guihen Queryras, cello EMI Classics 56829 "Mozart: Flute Quartets" | |
| Ottorino Respighi · The Adoration of the Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures Virginia Symphony "Holiday Favorites" | |
| Traditional German · Three German Carols (O Tannenbaum; Holy Night; The Christmas Tree is a Beautiful Tree) Bielfeld Children's Choir Gerhard Bunk, organ EMI Classics 62576 "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - Bielfelder Kinderchor" | |
| Samuel Barber · Adagio for Strings Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 463465 "Bernstein's America" | |
1 am | |
| Traditional · "American Songs" Christmas medley Orchestra of St. Luke's; American Boychoir; Christmas Concert Ch Kathleen Battle, soprano; Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano Sony Classical 48235 "A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in G for 2 Guitars, RV 532 Camerata Bern Goran Sollscher, guitars Deutsche Grammophon 415487 "Vivaldi Guitar Concertos" | |
| Patric Standford · A Christmas Carol Symphony The City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 8.5570 99 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Aram Khachaturian · Adagio, from the ballet "Spartacus" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra EMI Classics 47348 "Khachaturian: Spartacus; Gayaneh" | |
2 am | |
| William J. Kirkpatrick / Traditiona · Away in a Manger; Friendly Beasts Adagio Trio Kathryn Daniels, flute; Michael Daniels, cello; Linda Grieser, harp Adagio Trio 2 "Winter Gift" | |
| Harold Darke · In the Bleak Mid-Winter Adagio Trio Kathryn Daniels, flute; Michael Daniels, cello; Linda Grieser, harp Adagio Trio 2 "Winter Gift" | |
| Traditional French · Il Est Ne; Masters in This Hall; Noel Nouvelet Adagio Trio Kathryn Daniels, flute; Michael Daniels, cello; Linda Grieser, harp Adagio Trio 2 "Winter Gift" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88 London Symphony Orchestra Decca 000692 002 "Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9" | |
| Franz Schubert · Ave Maria Stevan Pasero, guitar Sugo 8602 "Christmas Classics for Guitar" | |
| Traditional English · Greensleeves Stevan Pasero, guitar Sugo 8602 "Christmas Classics for Guitar" | |
3 am | |
| George Frideric Handel · Sinfonia, from "Messiah" North Carolina Baroque Orchestra private recording "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Traditional French · "Angels from the Realms of Glory" (arr. by Philip Ledger) Choir of King's College, Cambridge EMI Classics 86082 "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · In dulci jubilo (In sweet jubilation), BWV 729 Montreal Festival Wind Orchestra Marquis 81375 "Bach in the Wind" | |
| Giuseppe Torelli · Christmas Concerto, Op. 8, No. 6 La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin Analekta 28730 "Angèle Dubreau & La Pietà: Noel" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Symphony No. 2 in c, Op. 17 New York Philharmonic Sony Classical 47631 "Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| Traditional German · "While By My Sheep" Westminster Choir Gothic Records 49047 "Christmas with the Westminster Choir" | |
| 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" | |
| Franz Gruber · "Silent Night" Westminster Choir Gothic Records 49047 "Christmas with the Westminster Choir" | |
4 am | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Cello Concerto No. 9 in Bb, G.482 Padua & Veneto Chamber Orchestra David Geringas, cello Claves 8814 "Boccherini 12 Concerti per Violoncello" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Gloria" RV 589 (iii. Laudamus te) Concerto Italiano Anna Simboli, Alena Dantcheva, sopranos Naive 30485 "Vivaldi: Gloria" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "Gloria sing all our voices" from Cantata BWV140 Westminster Choir Daniel Beckwith, organ Gothic Records 49047 "Christmas with the Westminster Choir" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · "Gloria in excelsis" from Great Mass in c, K. 427 Berlin Philharmonic; Vienna Singverein Deutsche Grammophon 000573 902 "Mozart: Great Mass in c-minor" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 63 in C "La Roxelane" Northern Chamber Orchestra Naxos 8.5507 57 "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 30, 55 & 63" | |
| Traditional German · In dulci jubilo Small - Torres Guitar Duo Mark Small, Robert Torres, guitars Shadow Mountain 55882 "Winterlight II" | |
| William J. Kirkpatrick · "Away in a Manger" Ambrosian Singers; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Choir of the Arts Educational School, Tring Park Royal Philharmonic 28560 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
5 am | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" (ii. Andante con variazioni) Itzhak Perlman, violin; Martha Argerich, piano (Live from Saratoga, July 30, 1998) EMI Classics 56815 "Argerich & Perlman: Music from Saratoga" | |
| Traditional Medley · Medley of Carols Ayako Shinozaki, harp Sony 62677 "Silent Night - Beautiful Christmas Melodies" | |
| Stephen Foster · Beautiful Dreamer Jeff Bradetich, double bass; Judi Rockey Bradetich, piano Music For All To Hear 9101 "Classics For All To Hear" | |
| Traditional American · Goin' Home Quintet of the Americas XLNT 18008 "Quintet of the Americas - Souvenirs" | |
| Traditional Irish · Women of Ireland The City of Prague Philharmonic Silva 1097 "Dr. Strangelove - Music From the Films of Stanley Kubrick" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Comfort ye, from "Messiah" (arr. by Cally Banham) Cortango Cally Banham, english horn Cally Banham 888295 8412 "Cor Christmas - Cally Banham" | |
| Michael Praetorius · Lo, how a rose e'er blooming (arr. by Adam De Sorgo) Trombones of the St. Louis Symphony Cally Banham, english horn Cally Banham 888295 8412 "Cor Christmas - Cally Banham" | |
| Katherine Davis · The Little Drummer Boy (arr. by Adam De Sorgo, Cally Banham) (with a little Ravel Bolero!) Cortango Cally Banham, oboe Cally Banham 888295 8412 "Cor Christmas - Cally Banham" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Sonata No. 2 in F, K. 280 (1st mvt.) Heidi Lowy, piano Musicians Showcase 1026 "Heidi Lowy: Mozart Piano Sonatas, Volume I" | |
| Christopher Tye · "While shepherds watched" The Choir of Christ Church, Oxford Victoria Davies, harp Gift of Music 1098 "A Tudor Christmas" | |
6 am | |
| Traditional · Come, you shepherds (in the style of Bach) CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra Naxos 8.5503 01 "Christmas Goes Baroque" | |
| Traditional German · "Shepherds, awake!" Konrad Plaickner Chorus & Orchestra LaserLight 15 279 "Christmas in the Alps" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Piano Concerto No. 1 in d, Op. 15 (ii. Adagio) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Nicholas Angelich, piano Virgin Classics 18998 "Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1" | |
| Traditional English · The First Noel Philadelphia Orchestra Sony 6369 "The Glorious Sound of Christmas" | |
| Traditional French · O Come, O Come Emmanuel Philadelphia Orchestra Sony Legacy 87771 "The Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Oboe d'amore Concerto in A, BWV 1055 Academy of London Ray Still, oboe d'amore Virgin Classics 59686 "Strauss; Bach; Marcello - Oboe Concertos" | |
| Morten Lauridsen · "Sure on this Shining Night" (poem by James Agee) Choir of Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte James R. Jones, piano Myers Park United Met hodi 888295 6725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |
| Dan Forrest · "The Hands That First Held Mary's Child" Choir of Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte James R. Jones, piano Myers Park United Met hodi 888295 6725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |
| Morten Lauridsen · "O magnum mysterium" (O great mystery) Choir of Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte Myers Park United Met hodi 888295 6725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |