'Tis the season for winter holiday music. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear performances from near and far; music for the Christmas season from concert halls, churches, and auditoriums around the world.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Frederic Chopin: Sonata for Piano and Cello in g minor: 2. Scherzo
David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano
Grieg, Schumann, Chopin
ArtistLed 19701
Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne (arr. Yolanda Kondonassis and Jurij Konje): Do You Hear What I Hear?
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; Jurij Konje, percussion
Dream Season
Telarc 80446
Traditional (arr. Joey Hoelscher): Still, Still, Still
Brigham Young University Singers; Ronald Staheli, conductor
de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT
Anton Arensky: Quartet No. 2 in A minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, Op. 35
Adam Barnett-Hart, violin; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Dane Johansen, cello; David Finckel, cello
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, NY
Benjamin Britten: Excerpts from A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28
Seattle Pro Musica; Karen P. Thomas, artistic director
In-studio on Northwest Focus Live, Classical KING FM, Seattle, WA
Hour 2
Camille Saint-Saens (arr. Gregory Flint): Serenade d'Hiver (Winter Serenade)
The Asbury Brass Quintet
The Asbury Quintet with Adolphe Herseth, soloist: Works by Lutoslawski, Bohme, Grainger, Jevtic, Bozza, Saint-Saens
Albany 273
Traditional (arr. Jon Hansen): O Little Town of Bethlehem
USC Bass Tuba Quartet
Los Angeles Tuba Christmas, Hall of Liberty, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, CA
Felix Bernard (arr. Joey Sellers): Winter Wonderland
The Hollywood Tuba 12; Jim Self, conductor
Los Angeles Tuba Christmas, Hall of Liberty, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, CA
Katarina Kramarchuk: Winter Winds
Niles Watson, flute; Corbin Stair, oboe; Slavko Popovic, clarinet; Dana Cullen, horn; Sarah Tako, bassoon
Lenfest Hall at Gould Rehearsal Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA
John Lennon and Yoko Ono (arr. Jake Shimabukuro and Robert Thurston): Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele
Yo-Yo Ma and Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace
Sony 24414
Traditional (arr. David Willcocks): Ding Dong Merrily On High
St. Paul's Choir School; John Robinson, conductor
Cathedral Church of St. Paul's, Boston, MA
Christmas in Harvard Square
London/Decca 20969
Alan Fletcher: On a winter's night a traveler
Aspen Chamber Symphony; Robert Spano, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
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