Programs · Episode
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Phil Vavra
Aired: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 @ 4:00 pm
Hosted by Phil Vavra
Playlist
4 pm | |
| Leonard Bernstein · Three Dance Episodes, from "On the Town" St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin EMI Classics 63905 "Slatkin Conducts Bernstein" | |
| Traditional · "Carols for the Choirs" medley (arr. Carolyn Jennings) St. Olaf Choir & Orchestra St. Olaf Choir "He Comes To Us" | |
| Peter Warlock · Bethlehem Down, a carol for strings The City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 8.557099 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Traditional English · "Gloucestershire Wassail" The Waverley Consort Michael Jaffe Virgin Classics Veri as 55193 "A Waverly Consort Christmas" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in d for 2 Violins & Orch., BWV 1043 Salvatore Accardo, Margaret Batjer, violins · Chamber Orchestra of Europe Salvatore Accardo Philips 416413 "JS Bach: The Violin Concertos; Double Concerto" | |
| Traditional Spiritual · "Children Go Where I Send Thee" (arr. by Kevin Phillip Johnson) Zion Morgan, rap artist; Bonnie Autry, vocal soloist · Charlotte Master Chorale Chamber Singers (rec. Dec. 2, 2025, St, Philip Biedenbender n/a Charlotte Lessons and Carols from St. John's Baptist Church, Dec | |
| Traditional American · Medley of Christmas Spirituals (arr. by Joseph Jennings) Caritas A Cappella Ensemble (from Charlotte, NC) Cathy Youngblood Caritas A Capella En embl n/a "An A Cappella Christmas" | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich · Festive Overture, Op. 96 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra James DePreist Delos 3089 "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10" | |
5 pm | |
| Traditional Medley · "Sing with Us of Christmas" Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Indiana University Singing Hoosiers Erich Kunzel Telarc 80538 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504 "Prague" (finale) Vienna Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein Deutsche Grammophon 474349 "Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25, 29, 35, 36, 38-41" | |
| Traditional · Medley: "The holly and the ivy"; "See amid the winter snow"; "I saw three ships" Jessye Norman, soprano · Empire Chamber Ensemble; NY Chorale Society; American Boy Choir Robert De Cormier Philips 420180 "Christmastide - Jessye Norman" | |
| Arthur Sullivan · The Lost Chord (arr. by Ross Jungnickel) Al Hirt, trumpet · The Boston Pops Orchestra (rec. 1964) Arthur Fiedler RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2729 "Pops Goes the Trumpet (Holiday for Brass)" | |
| Arthur Sullivan · Overture to HMS Pinafore New Symphony Orchestra of London Isidore Godfrey Decca 414283 "Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore" | |
| Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky · Sonata Natalis (Christmas Sonata) Ludwig Guttler, trumpet · Virtuosi Saxoniae Ludwig Guttler Berlin Classics 1059 "Christmas Concertos" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Violin Concerto in c, RV 199 "Il sospeto" Enrico Onofri, violin · Academia Montis Regalis Enrico Onofrio Naive 30417 "Vivaldi: Concerti per violino" | |