Episode Playlist
Hector Berlioz: "The Shepherd's Farewell to the Holy Family" from "The Childhood of Christ"
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with conductor Charles Dutoit
Nicolas Vallet: Courante and Carillon de Village
Nigel North, lute
Maurice Durufle: Gloria from "Messe cum Jubilo"
Cantus and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Layton James
Claude Debussy: "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair"
The Australian Chamber Orchestra with violinist and conductor Richard Tognetti
Antoine Dauvergne: Concert en symphonie
Le Concert d'Astree with conductor Emmanuelle Haim
Claude Debussy: "Noel des Enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons"
The Spivey Hall Children's Choir with conductor Martha Shaw
Pierre Villette: "Notre Pere d'Aix" and "Hymne a la Vierge"
The Pro Arte Singers with conductor Arthur Sjogren
Frederic Chopin: Mazurka in C-sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 3
Pianist Leon Fleisher
Witold Lutoslawski: Five Polish Christmas Carols
The Philharmonia Chorus and the BBC Symphony Orchestra with soprano Julia Doyle and conductor David Zinman
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
Pianist Leon Fleisher
Johannes Brahms: First movement from Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15
Pianist Leon Fleisher with the Cleveland Orchestra and conductor George Szell
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Second movement from Piano Quintet in A, K.
Pianist Leon Fleisher and the Emerson String Quartet
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