Welcome Winter

"To shiver, frozen, amid icy snow in the bitter blast of a horrible wind; to run constantly stamping one's feet; and to feel one's teeth chatter on account of the excessive cold." Antonio Vivaldi wrote those words to describe one of his biggest hits. Winter, from "The Four Seasons," is on the way in today's show, in honor of the winter solstice. Plus, PT's annual celebration of Christmas around the Country.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Traditional: Lovely Vine and Joy to the World
The Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen, conductor

Thomas Weelkes: Yan ta ra ran ta tan, Cries Mars
Piffaro
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia

Anonymous: Exultemus et Laetemur
In Mulieribus, Anna Song, director
St. Mary's Cathedral, Portland, Oregon

Luca Marenzio: Scendi dal Paradise
The American Brass Quintet
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado

Felix Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
The Salt Lake Children's Choir, Kenneth Udy, organ, Ralph B. Woodward, director
Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City

Anonymous: Vieni, Vieni (Come, Come) and Traditional Pastoral
The Toronto Consort, David Fallis, director
Town Hall, Seattle

Traditional French: Saltarello and Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella
Ensemble Galilei
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Philip Stopford: Lully, Lulla, Lullay
Kacee Cambron, soprano, the Utah State University Chamber Singers, Dr. Cory Evans, director
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Hyde Park, Utah

Leonard Bernstein: Waltz from Divertimento for Orchestra
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Barbican Hall, London, England

Hans Leo Hassler: Jubilate Deo
Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson, director
Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin, Texas

Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Benjamin Moser, piano
Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia

Felix Mendelssohn: A Star Shall Rise Up Out of Jacob
The Brigham Young University Combined Choirs and Philharmonic Orchestra, Rosalind Hall, conductor
deJong Concert Hall, Provo, Utah

Phillipp Nicolai: How Brightly Shines the Morning Star
The Brigham Young University Combined Choirs and Philharmonic Orchestra, Rosalind Hall, conductor
deJong Concert Hall, Provo, Utah

Traditional English: The First Noel
Ensemble Galilei
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Traditional (Arranged by Darmon Meader): The First Noel
Chicago a cappella, Jonathan Miller, director
Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville Illinois

Edward Elgar: Finale from the Starlight Express
The Virginia Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Chrysler Hall, Norfolk, Virginia

Hour 2

Traditional: O Little One Sweet and Noel Nouvelet
The King's Singers

Antonio Vivaldi: Winter, from the Four Seasons
Malin Broman, violin, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Per Hammarstrom, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden

Moritz Moszkowski: Etincelles (Sparks), Op. 36, No. 6
Olga Kern, piano
Halton Theater, Charlotte, North Carolina

Samuel Adler: Who Kindled These Lights?, from the Flames of Freedom
The New London Children's Choir, Ronald Corp, director

Frederic Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp Minor, Op. posth.
Lise de la Salle, piano
Broadcasting Hall, Bremen, Germany

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Schlittenfahrt (Musical Sleigh Ride)
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Per Hammarstrom, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden

Morten Lauridsen: O Nata Lux
The King's Singers

Harold Darke: In the Bleak Midwinter
The Brigham Young University Concert Choir, Rosalind Hall, director
deJong Concert Hall, Provo, Utah

John Mackey: Aurora Awakes
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas