It's time for YourClassical's Christmas Favorites. We need your help spreading holiday warmth and cheer this year by selecting up to 10 of your favorite carols.
Six YourClassical hosts — Jake Armerding, John Birge, Tom Crann, Vernon Neal, Melissa Ousley, and Lynne Warfel — have each chosen five of their favorite carols.
Here are Melissa Ousley’s picks, with an audio player to sample:
Traditional (arr. Margareta Jalkeus) — Prepare the Way
Dale Warland Singers
Johan Nordahl Brun — Hos Gud Er Idel Glede
Anne-Lise Berntsen
Samuel Scheidt (harm. J. S. Bach) — O Little One Sweet
Cambridge Singers
George Frideric Handel — Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion (from Handel’s Messiah)
Karen Clift, soprano; Boston Baroque
Herbert Howells — Here is the Little Door
Chanticleer
Voting for YourClassical’s Christmas Favorites ends at midnight on Sunday, Dec. 7, so don’t delay!
Find the YourClassical Christmas Favorites Voting Page here.
All voters can enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets for MN Opera’s opening night of My Name is Florence at the Luminary Arts Center in Minneapolis at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31.
Then grab some eggnog and join us live for a one-hour special with hosts Tom Crann and Jake Armerding on Thursday, Dec. 18, to hear the top 10 holiday songs, as chosen by you.
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