00:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY with Fred Child
Ernest Bloch: Symphony in E flat major: Movement 2 Allegro Malmo Symphony Orchestra Andrey Boreyko, conductor Album: Bloch: Symphony / Evocations / 3 Jewish Poems BIS 1183 Music: 4:34
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra JoAnn Falletta, conductor Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY Music: 21:32
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Kevin Shaw from Charlotte, NC Music: 9:09
Olivier Messiaen: Le Merle Noir Jonathan Snowdon, flute; Andrew Litton, piano Album: Danse de la Chevre Virgin 90846 Music: 5:16 (short excerpt)
Ernest Bloch: From Jewish Life - 3 Sketches for Cello and Piano: Parts 1 & 3 Alon Goldstein, piano; Amit Peled, cello (from the) Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio Interlochen Presents, Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall, Interlochen, MI Music: 8:35
Joseph Achron: Hebrew Dance Op. 35 No.1 Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin; Orion Weiss, piano Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA Music: 6:39
David Dickau: Love Came Down at Christmas Choral Arts Ensemble Barbara Depman, conductor Album: MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 4 MPR 20132 Music: 4:49
Xavier Montsalvatge: Cradle Song Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano; Sharon Isbin, guitar Album: Alma Espanola Bridge 9491 Music: 2:39
Felix Mendelssohn: Song without Words No. 36 "Cradle Song" Op. 67 Javier Perianes, piano Album: Lieder Ohne Worte Harmonia Mundi 902195 Music: 2:39
Pietro Yon: Gesu Bambino Massed Choirs of St. Olaf College; The St. Olaf Orchestra Sigrid Johnson, conductor The 2014 St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Skoglund Center Auditorium, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN Music: 4:44
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams" Movements 3 & 4 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Mariss Jansons, conductor Album: Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies Chandos 8672 Music: ~20:13
Thomas Ravencroft (arr. Abbie Betinis): Remember, O Thou Man Jacqui Kerrod, harp; Katharine Dryden, viola Pro Arte Singers Arthur Sjogren, conductor First Presbyterian Church, New Canaan, CT Music: 5:19
Matthew Peterson: Corde Natus St. Olaf Orchestra Steven Amundson, conductor St. Olaf Christmas Festival, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN Music: 06:13
Traditional, J. Scott Irvine: I Saw Three Ships Joan Watson, natural horn; Stuart Laughton, bodhran True North Brass Album: A True North Christmas TNB 4 Music: 1:44
02:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with John Mills
02:00:57 Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 Op 82 Boston Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis Philips 446157 32:05
02:34:26 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Keyboard Concerto H 472 Anastasia Injushina, piano Hamburg Camerata Ralf Gothóni Ondine 1224 22:04
03:01:15 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Part 1 BWV 248 Academy Ancient Music Berlin René Jacobs Harm Mundi 2908304 26:16
03:29:15 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Part 2 BWV 248 Academy Ancient Music Berlin René Jacobs Harm Mundi 2908304 31:53
04:04:08 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Part 3 BWV 248 Academy Ancient Music Berlin René Jacobs Harm Mundi 2908304 22:21
04:28:20 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 Op 30 Marc-André Hamelin, piano (Fr.-Canadian 1961-) London Philharmonic Vladimir Jurowski Hyperion 68145 43:06
05:13:58 Christopher Rouse: Karolju Philharmonia Chorus BBC Symphony David Zinman RCA 11561 29:20
05:44:45 Traditional: Christ Child's Lullaby Amanda Powell, soprano Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Avie 2396 5:43
05:51:36 Franz Schubert: Impromptu No. 8 D 935/4 Shai Wosner, piano Onyx 4172 7:14
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:32 Tchaikovsky & Ellington: The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy & Sugar Rum Cherry Harmonie Ensemble New York Steven Richman Harm Mundi 907493 4:41
06:14:30 Francis Poulenc: Four Christmas Motets RIAS Chamber Chorus Marcus Creed Harm Mundi 2908304 11:29
06:27:27 Stephen Sondheim: A Little Night Music: Night Waltzes Hollywood Bowl Orchestra John Mauceri Philips 438685 6:19
06:40:40 Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave' Op 26 Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan DeutGram 4793449 10:42
06:52:14 George Frideric Handel: Messiah: Hallelujah Tabernacle Choir of Temple Square Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony 87771 3:56
06:57:05 Samuel Barber: Commando March United States Marine Band Gerard Schwarz Naxos 573121 3:34
07:04:03 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers Orchestra of Paris Seiji Ozawa Philips 4788977 6:27
07:12:22 Arturo Márquez: Danzon No. 2 Simón Bolívar Symphony Gustavo Dudamel DeutGram 4795448 9:38
07:23:10 Richard Rodgers: The King and I: March of the Siamese Children Cleveland Pops Orchestra Carl Topilow Azica 72216 3:46
07:28:14 Aaron Copland: Old American Songs Set No. 1: I Bought Me a Cat Thomas Hampson, baritone (Amer. 1955-) St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Teldec 77310 2:09
07:31:21 Maurice Ravel: Finale from Piano Concerto Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano Cleveland Orchestra Pierre Boulez DeutGram 14764 4:13
07:41:32 Cyril J. Mockridge: Miracle on 34th Street: Suite Royal Philharmonic David Newman Telarc 88801 11:00
07:54:53 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Mlada: Procession of the Nobles Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Naxos 503293 4:53
08:07:30 Ottorino Respighi: Church Windows: The Flight into Egypt Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2014 6:30
08:16:11 Felix Mendelssohn: Allegro from Symphony No. 4 Op 90 CIM Orchestra Carl Topilow CIM 2003 11:01
08:28:33 Traditional: Innesheer, Ships in Full Sail & I Saw 3 Ships, New Christmas Reel Kathie Stewart, flute Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Avie 2396 3:49
08:32:41 Leopold Stokowski: Traditional Slavic Christmas Music Bournemouth Symphony José Serebrier Naxos 557645 3:01
08:41:04 Carl Maria von Weber: Andante & Hungarian Rondo Op 35 Klaus Thunemann, bassoon Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Philips 432081 9:44
08:51:27 Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo Cambridge Singers La Nuova Musica John Rutter Collegium 134 5:03
08:57:05 Miklós Rózsa: Ben-Hur: Love Theme Royal Philharmonic José Serebrier Royal Phil 17 4:32
09:06:34 Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Noëls for Instruments H 534 Les Violons du Roy Bernard Labadie Dorian 90180 14:31
09:25:35 Aaron Copland: Our Town: Suite St. Louis Symphony Leonard Slatkin RCA 61699 8:59
09:37:34 Claude Debussy: Estampes: Pagodes San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Emil de Cou Arabesque 6734 5:30
09:43:51 Jonathan Smith: A Little Christmas Medley Mainstreet Brass MSR 1325 8:24
09:54:14 Bedrich Smetana: The Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Decca 444867 5:45
10:00 WCLV MIDDAY with Mark Satola
10:00:37 Benjamin Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin Quire Cleveland Ross Duffin Quire 105 2:50
10:03:53 Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Blessed Son of God from 'Hodie' Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Robert Porco MAA 2002 2:54
10:08:40 Giacomo Meyerbeer: Dinorah: Overture New Zealand Symphony Darrell Ang Naxos 573195 13:10
10:22:27 Felix Mendelssohn: Song without Words Op 109 Keith Robinson, cello Blue Griff 237 5:08
10:29:25 Traditional: Quelle est cette odeur agréable? Quire Cleveland Ross Duffin Quire 102 5:20
10:38:35 Louis-Claude Daquin: Noel No. 10 'Grand jeu et Duo' Todd Wilson, organ MAA 11009 6:03
10:46:03 Johann Strauss: Radetzky March Op 228 Vienna Philharmonic Franz Welser-Möst Sony 544071 3:12
10:51:21 Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 52 Royal Northern Sinfonia Rebecca Miller Signum 434 22:31
11:16:53 Sir Arthur Sullivan: Overture di ballo Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Philips 434916 11:23
11:30 A CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHRISTMAS
11:30:12 Traditional: Deck the Halls Cleveland Orchestra George Szell Sony 547185 2:11
11:30:47 William J. Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Robert Porco MAA 2014 2:16
11:33:04 Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in b: Dona nobis pacem Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Shaw MAA 1999 3:21
11:36:25 Mikola Leontovich: Carol of the Bells Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Robert Porco MAA 2005 1:21
11:37:47 Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Page MAA 1999 3:34
11:43:21 John Frederick Coots: Santa Claus is Coming to Town Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Page MAA 1999 2:15
11:45:36 Katherine K. Davis: The Little Drummer Boy Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2008 3:56
11:49:33 Edmund Walters: Ding Dong Doh Cleve Orch Children's Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Gareth Morrell MAA 1996 2:46
11:52:19 Traditional: We Wish You a Merry Christmas Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2014 2:06
11:55:02 Traditional: Deck the Halls Cleveland Orchestra George Szell Sony 547185 2:11
11:56:57 Giuseppe Verdi: Scherzo from String Quartet Quartetto di Cremona Klanglogo 1400 2:45
12:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
12:06:27 Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne BWV 1004 BBC Philharmonic Leonard Slatkin Chandos 9835 12:57
12:21:28 Johannes Brahms: Allegro giocoso from Symphony No. 4 Op 98 Berlin Philharmonic Eugen Jochum DeutGram 4796018 6:00
12:29:09 John Rutter: All Bells in Paradise St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Andrew Carwood Decca 4789225 5:28
12:38:38 Nigel Hess: A Christmas Overture Royal Philharmonic John Rutter Collegium 133 7:23
12:47:49 Anton Bruckner: Scherzo from Symphony No. 4 Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Decca 430099 9:58
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:00:17 Ernö Dohnányi: Suite Op 19 Buffalo Philharmonic JoAnn Falletta Naxos 572303 30:11
13:33:09 Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 Sz 119 Hélène Grimaud, piano London Symphony Pierre Boulez DeutGram 3885 25:38
14:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY with Fred Child
Erich Korngold: The Snowman: Prelude and Serenade Michael Ludwig, violin Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra JoAnn Falletta, conductor Album: Holiday Classical Favorites Buffalo Philharmonic 266 Music: 4:39
Sheridan Seyfried: Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra Nikki and Timothy Chooi, violins; Lake George Music Festival Symphony Orchestra Roger Kalia, music director Lake George Music Festival, Lake George High School, NY Music: 25:03
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto C Major, RV 443 for recorder and strings Kremerata Baltica; Michala Petri, recorder Album: Michala Petri 50th Birthday Concert Kremerata Baltica OUR Recordings 8226905 Music: 10:26
John Jacob Niles (arr. Matthew D. Nielsen): I Wonder as I Wander BYU Combined Choirs; BYU Philharmonic Orchestra Kory Katseanes, conductor de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT Music: 5:49
John Williams: Home Alone: We Wish You a Merry Christmas/End Title Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Album: Home Alone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Sony 46595 Music: 4:16
Cyril Mockridge: Miracle on 34th Street: Suite (excerpt) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; David Newman, conductor Album: It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol Telarc 88801 Music: ~7:28
John Williams: Home Alone: Somewhere in My Memory Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Album: Home Alone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Sony 46595 Music: 4:55
John Williams: Home Alone: Holiday Flight Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Album: Joy to the World Sony 48232 Music: 1:10
John Williams: Home Alone: Star of Bethlehem Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Album: Joy to the World Sony 48232 Music: 3:26
Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY Music: 30:44
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell
15:56:05 Franz Schubert: Rosamunde: Ballet Music No. 2 D 797 Vienna Philharmonic Karl Münchinger Decca 4785437 6:00
16:06:28 Franz Schubert: Rosamunde: Shepherds' Chorus D 797 Vienna State Opera Chorus Vienna Philharmonic Karl Münchinger Decca 4785437 4:04
16:13:11 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols Roderick Williams, baritone City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox Chandos 10385 12:07
16:29:03 Sir Henry Bishop: Home, Sweet Home Anonymous 4 Harm Mundi 807549 3:00
16:34:11 Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo Cambridge Singers La Nuova Musica John Rutter Collegium 134 5:03
16:42:03 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo from Piano Concerto No. 23 K 488 Mitsuko Uchida, piano Cleveland Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida Decca 13276 8:09
16:52:20 Vince Guaraldi: Christmas Time is Here Canadian Brass Steinway 30027 2:46
16:57:11 Traditional: Deck the Halls Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2005 3:29
17:04:44 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen RIAS Chamber Chorus Academy Ancient Music Berlin René Jacobs Harm Mundi 2908304 6:02
17:14:28 Various: 'Songs of Angels' Pt. 3 Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw; Katherine Murray, mezzo-soprano; Victor Ledbetter, baritone (Telarc 80377) 10:47
Traditional-German: Christ was born on Christmas Day (Joseph Dearest…)
Traditional-French: March of the Kings
Traditional-Welsh: Deck the Halls
John Henry Hopkins: We Three Kings of Orient Are
Nicholas Saboly: Touro-louro-louro!
Traditional-English: I Saw Three Ships
17:27:40 Jacob Clemens non Papa: Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis: Gloria Stile Antico Harm Mundi 807575 8:02
17:39:58 Traditional: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Members of Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony 87771 3:32
17:45:26 Franz Gruber: Silent Night Tabernacle Choir of Temple Square Philadelphia Brass Ensemble Richard P. Condie Sony 87771 4:33
17:52:29 Traditional: The Twelve Days of Christmas Elmer Iseler Singers Canadian Brass Philips 426835 7:14
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:32 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata No. 25 for Piano & Violin K 377 Mitsuko Uchida, piano Philips 4115 19:45
18:30:31 Traditional: Wexford Carol Marsha Genensky, soprano (Amer. member Anon 4) Harm Mundi 907325 5:55
18:38:11 Anonymous: There is no Rose of Such Virtue Anonymous 4 Harm Mundi 907099 3:37
18:42:53 Sir Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy on Christmas Carols BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba Chandos 9851 8:53
18:53:08 Adolphe Adam: O Holy Night Robert Sullivan, trumpet Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2005 5:24
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:08 Robert Fuchs: Serenade No. 5 Op 53 Cologne Chamber Orchestra Christian Ludwig Naxos 572607 21:01
19:26:02 Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Op 23 Vladimir Horowitz, piano New York Philharmonic George Szell Sony 547185 31:07
20:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier
20:01:36 Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat RV 610 Sarah Fox, soprano Academy of Ancient Music Stephen Cleobury EMI 57265 13:53
20:17:34 Sir William Walton: The Wise Virgins: Suite English Northern Philharmonia David Lloyd-Jones Naxos 555868 18:12
20:36:55 Franz Liszt: Symphonic Poem No. 7 'Festive Sounds' S 101 London Philharmonic Sir Georg Solti DeutGram 4779525 20:10
21:02:53 Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Cleveland Orchestra Pierre Boulez DeutGram 449213 15:15
21:19:09 Michel Corrette: Symphonie des noëls No. 2 Arion Baroque Orchestra early-mus 7768 6:54
21:27:17 Gaetano Maria Schiassi: Sinfonia Pastorale Northwest Chamber Orch Alun Francis Helios 88028 9:10
21:38:52 Gaetano Maria Schiassi: Sinfonia Pastorale Northwest Chamber Orch Alun Francis Helios 88028 9:10
21:50:40 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 K 503 Mitsuko Uchida, piano Cleveland Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida Decca 4830716 34:19
22:26:18 Hector Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ: Part 2 'The Flight into Egypt' Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor Lyon Opera Orchestra Sir John Eliot Gardiner Erato 45275 16:11
22:45:01 Karol Szymanowski: Concert Overture Op 12 BBC Symphony Edward Gardner Chandos 5115 12:03
22:57:58 Felix Mendelssohn: Song without Words No. 3 Op 19 # 3 Daniel Barenboim, piano DeutGram 469376 2:07
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:01:49 Johann Walther: Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine Musica Sacra Richard Westenburg DeutGram 429732 1:31
23:03:20 Duke Ellington: Day Dream Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 460811 5:32
23:08:53 Francesco Manfredini (Ital. 1684-1762): Pastorale from Concerto Grosso Op 3 # 12 Lucerne Festival Strings Rudolf Baumgartner DeutGram 469376 4:17
23:14:29 Ignace Jan Paderewski: Romanze from Piano Concerto Op 17 Earl Wild, piano London Symphony Arthur Fiedler Elan 82266 9:19
23:23:48 Jean Sibelius: Andantino from Symphony No. 3 Op 52 Finnish Radio Symphony Jukka-Pekka Saraste RCA 60434 9:20
23:33:35 Max Bruch: Adagio from Scottish Fantasy Op 46 Nicola Benedetti, violin BBC Scottish Symphony Rory Macdonald DeutGram 21290 8:22
23:41:58 Christopher Rouse: Karolju: Finale 'Italian' Philharmonia Chorus BBC Symphony David Zinman RCA 11561 8:22
23:50:21 Richard Strauss: Wiegenlied Op 41 # 1 Rachel Barton Pine, violin Cedille 139 3:43
23:55:47 Robert Schumann: Fantasy Pieces: In the Evening Op 12 # 1 Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano Centaur 3177 3:16