Programs · Episode
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Phil Vavra
Aired: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 @ 4:00 pm
Hosted by Phil Vavra
Playlist
4 pm | |
| Mel Torme - Robert Wells · The Christmas Song Carol Chase, piano (from Lake Wylie, SC) Carol Chase 066121 "Christmas with Carol Chase" | |
| Richard S. Willis · It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Edward Gerhard, guitar Virtue 1920 "Christmas" | |
| Jule Styne · Let it Snow (in style of Haydn) The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046 Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Harmonia Mundi 902176 "Bach: Brandenburg Concertos" | |
| Traditional English · "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" Helene Dallaire, vocals; William Coon, guitar IBIs Recordings 1643 "Noel Renaissance" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · The Nutcracker, selections Vienna Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon 437806 "Tchaikovsky Ballets Suites" | |
| Arturo Marquez · Danzon No. 2 Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Gustavo Dudamel Deutsche Grammophon 4777457 "Fiesta" | |
| Bela Bartok · Romanian Folk Dances Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Teldec 73134 "Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances; Kodaly: Galanata Dances, etc." | |
5 pm | |
| Johannes Brahms · Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, Op. 83 (finale) Helene Grimaud, piano · Vienna Philharmonic Andris Nelsons Deutsche Grammophon 001904602 "Brahms: Piano Concertos" | |
| Traditional English · "I Saw Three Ships" Choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle James Vivian Hyperion 68281 "Christmas at St. George's Windsor" | |
| Mykola Leontovych · "Carol of the Bells" Choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle James Vivian Hyperion 68281 "Christmas at St. George's Windsor" | |
| William J. Kirkpatrick · "Away in a Manger" Luke Bond, organ · Choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle James Vivian Hyperion 68281 "Christmas at St. George's Windsor" | |
| Edvard Grieg · Holberg Suite, Op. 40 Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Deutsche Grammophon 400034 "Mozart - Prokofiev - Grieg" | |
| Herbert Fromm · "Hanukka Madrigal" Rochester Singers Samuel Adler Naxos 8.559410 "A Hanukka Celebration" | |
| Traditional English · While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Chad Lawson, piano Hillset Records 8597070690 "Chad Lawson - A Solo Piano Christmas" | |
| Michael Davis · "Sing, Choir of Angels" (medley) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir; The Candian Brass Jerold Ottley BWE Classics 0196 "A Christmas Gloria" | |
| Bedrich Smetana · Dance of the Comedians, from "The Bartered Bride" New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein Sony Classical 92729 "Dvorak: Symphony No. 9" | |