Programs · Episode
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Rachel Stewart
Aired: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 @ 10:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
Playlist
10 am | |
| Willis Laurence James · "The Negro Bell Carol" Morgan State University Choir Nathan Carter NPR Classics PT CD0001 "NPR Classics - Christmas Around the Country" | |
| Dag Wiren · Serenade for Strings, Op. 11 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery EMI Seraphim 69110 "Serenades" | |
| Traditional Welsh · Deck the Halls; O Tannenbaum London Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis Philips 416249 "A Festival of Christmas Carols" | |
| Katherine Davis · "Carol of the Drum" Boston Pops Orchestra; Tangelwood Festival Chorus Keith Lockhart BSO Classics 1305 "A Boston Pops Christmas - Live from Symphony Hall" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn - Charles Wesley · "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" Boston Pops Orchestra; Tanglewwod Festival Chorus Keith Lockhart BSO Classics 1305 "A Boston Pops Christmas - Live from Symphony Hall" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047 Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; William Bennett, flute; Neal Black, oboe · English Chamber Orchestra Anthony Newman Sony Classical 66244 "In Gabriel's Garden" | |
| 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 English · "The First Noel" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus Special Music SCD-4577 "Joy to the World" | |
| Lowell Mason · Joy to the World Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Carmen Dragon EMI Classics 66087 "The Music of Christmas" | |
11 am | |
| Philippe Verdelot · "Ave Maria" Tallis Scholars Peter Phillips Gimell 010 "Christmas Carols and Motets" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60 (1st mvt.) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Yakov Kreizberg Pentatone 5186302 "Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 6" | |
| Traditional · "Stronghold, rock of my deliverence" (arr. by Robert Applebaum) Chicago a cappella Cedille 225 "Miracles of Miracles - Music for Hanukkah" | |
| Traditional English · The Holly and the Ivy Chad Lawson, piano Hillset Records 8597070690 "Chad Lawson - A Solo Piano Christmas" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto a due cori No. 1 in Bb Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood L'Oiseau-Lyre 455709 "Handel: Water Music; Royal Fireworks" | |
| Traditional Spiritual · "I Believe This is Jesus" (arr. by Undine Smith Moore) The American Spiritual Ensemble Everett McCorvey The American Spiritu l En 8845012147 "The Spirit of the Holidays" | |
| Traditional German · O Tannenbaum Mark O'Connor, violin; Brent Mason, guitar and friends OMAC Records 16 "An Appalachian Christmas" | |
| Traditional French · "O come, O come Emmanuel" Washington Men's Camerata Frank Albinder Gothic Records 49128 "Sing We Noel" | |
| Traditional American · "The Glory Manger" Patrick McMahan, tenor · Washington Men's Camerata Frank Albinder Gothic Records 49128 "Sing We Noel" | |