On today's show, we celebrate the joys and blessings of the holiday season with music for a cozy Christmas Eve.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ben Rowarth: There is no rose
ORA Singers | Suzi Digby, conductor
Album: The Mystery of Christmas
Harmonia Mundi 905305
Jessica French: Earth Strike Up Your Music
St. Olaf Orchestra | St. Olaf Massed Choir | James E. Bobb, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Traditional, arr. Catherine McMichael: A Renaissance Noel (selections)
The National Flute Choir | Amy Rice Blumenthal, conductor
Album: Here We Come a'FLUTING
ALRY 27
Armas Maasalo, arr. Antoine Bareil: Joulun Kellot (The Bells of Christmas)
La Pieta | Angele Dubeau, conductor
Album: Noel
Analekta 8730
Ledward Kaapana: C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
Ledward Kaapana, guitar
Album: Ki ho'alu Christmas: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Dancing Cat 08022
Traditional French: Angels from the Realms of Glory
Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra | Craig Jessop, conductor
Album: Rejoice and Be Merry!
Mormon Tabernacle 5007325
Traditional German: Leise rieselt der Schnee
Calmus Ensemble Leipzig
Album: White Christmas
Carus 83511
Franz Schubert: Mille Cherubini In Coro
Johann Strauss Orchestra | Andre Rieu, conductor
Album: Silver Bells
Universal Music GmbH
Jill Jackson Miller and Sy Miller: Let There Be Peace On Earth
The Boys Choir of Harlem
Album: We Shall Overcome
The Boys Choir of Harlem 822139000221
Hugh Martin, arr. Harriet Adie: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
4 Girls 4 Harps
Album: 4 Girls 4 Harps At Christmas
Discovery 107
Hour 2
Traditional Polish, arr: Hania Rani & Dobrawa Czocher: Jezus Malusienki
Hania Rani, piano | Dobrawa Czocher, cello
Album: Winter Tales
DG 28948615049
George Chadwick: Noel, from Symphonic Sketches
St. Olaf Orchestra | Chung Park, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Susan Brumfield: See Amid the Winter's Snow
Spivey Hall Children's Choir | Martha Shaw, conductor
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Michael Delalande: Simphonies des noels/Christmas Symphony
The King's Violins | Bernard Labadie, conductor
Album: Simphonies des Noels: A Treasury of Baroque Christmas Concerti
Dorian 90180
Traditional Venezuelan, arr. Michael Culloton: Nino Lindo
Choral Arts Ensemble | Michael Culloton, conductor
Album: Joy to the World
Rochester 102009
Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, & Harry Simeone, arr. George Andrews: The Little Drummer Boy
The Hampton String Quartet
Album: What if Mozart Wrote Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
RCA 5625
Franz Gruber: Silent Night
Lahti Symphony Orchestra | Osmo Vanska, conductor
Album: Christmas Wonderland
Bis 947
Traditional: Away in a Manger / Friendly Beasts
Adagio Trio
Album: Winter Gift
Adagio Trio 2
Timothy Stephens, arr. Desmond Earley: The Adoration of the Magi
Katherine Hunka, violin | Tristan Russcher, piano | The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin | Irish Chamber Orchestra | Desmond Earley, conductor
Album: Be All Merry
Signum 643
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