Episode Playlist
Traditional: "Good King Wenceslas,""Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella" and "Ding Dong Merrily on High"
The Canadian Brass with organist Eric Robertson
H.J. Gauntlett: "Once In Royal David"s City"
The Pro Arte Singers with conductor Arthur Sjogren
Grant McLachlan: Come, Colours Rise
The Pro Arte Singers with conductor Arthur Sjogren
Kenneth Bierschenk: "A Christmas Celebration"
The Dallas Wind Symphony with conductor Jerry Junkin
Peter Tchaikovsky: Ballet suite from "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
The Kirov Orchestra with conductor Valery Gergiev
Orlando de Lassus: "Resonet in Laudibus"
The King's Singers
Lowell Mason: "Joy to the World"
The Swedish Wind Ensemble with conductor Anders Emilsson
Michael Praetorius: "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming"
Chanticleer
Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych: "Carol of the Bells"
Nidarosdomens Jentekor with conductor Vivianne Sydnes
Byzantine chant: "Kathisma" ("O Come Ye Faithful and Let Us Behold")
The Greek Byzantine Choir with conductor Lycourgos Angelopoulos
Don Hernando Franco: "Santa Maria yn ilhuicac" from "Two Aztec Hymns to the Virgin"
The Santa Fe Desert Chorale with conductor Linda Mack
George Frederic Handel: "For Unto Us a Child is Born" from "Messiah"
The St. Olaf Orchestra and Massed Choirs with conductor Christopher Aspaas
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
The Dallas Wind Symphony with conductor Jerry Junkin
Traditional: "Good People All, This Christmastide"
The Pro Arte Singers with conductor Arthur Sjogren
Traditional: "Aberystwyth" and "The Jolly Shepherds"
Fiddler Bonnie Rideout, flutist Jerry O'Sullivan, Scottish harpist William Jackson, guitarist Bryan Aspey and percussionist Matthew Bell
Traditional: "La Pastoreta,""Maria Rosa" and "La Caterineta"
The King's Singers
Leroy Anderson: "Sleigh Ride"
The Brigham Young University Philharmonic with conductor Kory Katseanes
Arcangelo Corelli: "Christmas Concerto" for string orchestra, Op. 6, No. 8
The Danish National Youth Ensemble with conductor Morton Ryelund
Elizabeth Poston: "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree"
The Spivey Hall Children's Choir with conductor Martha Shaw
Jonathan Willcocks: "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day"
The Phoenix Bach Choir with conductor Charles Bruffy
Traditional: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
The Phoenix Bach Choir with conductor Charles Bruffy
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