In "A Christmas Carol," Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas and generosity itself... at least until three uninvited house guests demonstrate what greed might cost him. Join us today for a musical retelling of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Traditional: Cold Frosty Morning/Old Christmas/Breakin' Up Christmas
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra | Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Album: Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain: An Irish-Appalachian Celebration
Avie 2396
John Jacob Niles: I Wonder As I Wander
Kirkmount: Alex Bigney, harp and bones | Samuel Bigney, fiddle | Simeon Bigney, cello and bodhran
Album: Mittens for Christmas
Dorian 93236
Georgy Sviridov: Molitva ("Prayer")
Chanticleer | Kory Reid, conductor
Concerts at St. Ignatius, Church of St Ignatius Loyola, New York, NY
Jaakko Mantyjarvi: Die Stimme des Kindes
Chanticleer | Kory Reid, conductor
Concerts at St. Ignatius, Church of St Ignatius Loyola, New York, NY
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Wassail Song from "Two Songs of Winter"
Judy Mason, piano | Spivey Hall Children's Choir | Martha Shaw, conductor
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Traditional: Child in a Manger/Gloucestershire Wassail
Kirkmount: Alex Bigney, harp and bones | Samuel Bigney, fiddle | Simeon Bigney, cello and bodhran
Album: Mittens for Christmas
Dorian 93236
Traditional: Fum, Fum, Fum!
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra | Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Album: Noels & Carols from the Olde World
Koch 7582
Traditional German: While by My Sheep (Als ich bei meinen Schafen)
Blake Eliason, Beth VanDam, James VanDam, soloists | Salt Lake Children's Choir | Ralph Woodward, conductor
Salt Lake Children's Choir, Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, UT
Traditional French: Il Est Ne / Masters in This Hall / Noel
Adagio Trio
Album: Winter Gift
Adagio Trio 2
Traditional, arr. David Wilcocks: Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sang
Choir of King's College, Cambridge | David Willcocks, conductor
Album: On Christmas Night
London/Decca 425499
Traditional: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging
Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir | Stefan Parkman, conductor
Album: Winter Sounds
Footprint 85
Harold Darke, arr. Ken Gist: In the Bleak Midwinter
Adagio Trio
Album: Winter Gift
Adagio Trio 2
Alan Silvestri: A Christmas Carol: I'm Still Here from the film
Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra
Album: A Christmas Carol Original Soundtrack
Walt Disney 49208
Alan Silvestri: A Christmas Carol: Ride On My Good Man from the film
Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra
Album: A Christmas Carol Original Soundtrack
Walt Disney 49208
Vijay Singh: A Glimpse of Snow and Evergreen
Oregon Chorale | Jason Sabino, conductor
Album: A Glimpse of Snow and Evergreen
SELF PROD
Hour 2
James Pierpont/Traditional, arr. Canadian Brass: Jingle Bells/O Come All Ye Faithful/Joy to the World
Canadian Brass
Album: Christmas Tradition
Opening Day 7345
Lee Mendelson and Vince Guaraldi, arr. Caleb Nei: Christmas Time is Here
Caleb Nei, piano
Album: Imagine Christmas
Sono Luminous DSL-92216
Vince Guaraldi, arr. Brandon Ridenour: Skating
Canadian Brass
Album: Christmas Time Is Here
Steinway & Sons 30027
Leroy Anderson, arr. Imani Winds: Sleigh Ride
Imani Winds
Album: Imani Winds: This Christmas
Koch 7748
Mark O'Connor: One Winter's Night
Mark O'Connor, violin | Chris Thile, mandolin | Bryan Sutton, guitar
Album: An Appalachian Christmas
OMAC 16
Giovanni Gabrieli: Magnificat á 12
Grand Teton Music Festival Chamber Ensemble
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Giacomo Carissimi: Quasi aquila provocans ad volandum
James Reese, tenor | Tempesta di Mare | Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone, directors
Tempesta di Mare Philadelphia Concert Series, Episcopal Cathedral, Philadelphia,PA
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel Overture (Live)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie | Pietari Inkinen, conductor
Album: Festklange
SWR Music 19131
Englebert Humperdinck, arr. Kenneth Woods: Der Kleine Sandmann/Abendsegen (The Little Sandman/Evening Prayer) from Hansel and Gretel
April Fredrick, soprano | English Symphony Orchestra | Kenneth Woods, conductor
English Symphony Orchestra, Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth UK
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