In "A Christmas Carol," Ebenezer Scrooge not only hates Christmas, he hates generosity itself... at least until a three uninvited house-guests demonstrate what greed might cost him. On today's show, join us in a musical retelling of "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sasha Margolis: Wallachian-Appalachian Scratchin'
Big Galut(e)
Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival in partnership with the Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT
Traditional: Hanukkah
Symphony Nova Scotia; Howard Cable, conductor
Seasons Celebrations
CBC 5226
Traditional (arr. Paul Schoenfield): Al Hanisim
Essential Voices USA; Paul Schoenfield, piano; Judith Clurman, conductor
Cherished Moments: Songs of the Jewish Spirit
Dorian 92182
Stephen Schwartz (arr. Ryan Nowlin): Hanukkah Song "We Are Lights"
Essential Voices USA; Judith Clurman, conductor
Season of Light
Dorian 70006
Scott Robinson: Great is the Miracle (Hanukkah Medley)
Eaken Piano Trio
I'll Be Home for the Holidays
Naxos 554714
Alexander Krein: Caprice Hebraique, Op.24
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin; Orion Weiss, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Joel Engel: Freilakhs, Op.20, No.2
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin; Orion Weiss, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Traditional (arr. David Krakauer): Der Gasn Nign (The Street Song)
David Krakauer, clarinet; Nurit Pacht and Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin; Melissa Reardon, viola; Aron Zelkowicz, cello
Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival, Levy Hall at Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, PA
Hour 2
Traditional: Cold Frosty Morning/Old Christmas/Breakin' Up Christmas
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
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
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
Mittens for Christmas
Dorian 93236
Traditional: Fum, Fum, Fum!
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
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
Winter Gift
Adagio Trio 2
Traditional (arr. David Wilcocks): Sweet was the Song the Virgin sang; Ding Dong Merrily on High
Choir of King's College, Cambridge; David Willcocks, conductor
On Christmas Night
London/Decca 425499
Traditional: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging
Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir; Stefan Parkman, conductor
Winter Sounds
Footprint 85
Harold Darke (arr. Ken Gist): In the Bleak Midwinter
Adagio Trio
Winter Gift
Adagio Trio 2
Alan Silvestri: A Christmas Carol: I'm Still Here from the film
Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra
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
A Christmas Carol Original Soundtrack
Walt Disney 49208
Vijay Singh: A Glimpse of Snow and Evergreen
Oregon Chorale; Jason Sabino, conductor
A Glimpse of Snow and Evergreen
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