00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with John Mills
00:01:24 Ottorino Respighi: Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi (1927) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2008 8:26
00:10:35 Nicolas Gombert: Magnificat primi toni (1540) Stile Antico Harm Mundi 807595 11:43
00:24:00 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Part 4 BWV 248 (1734) RIAS Chamber Chorus Academy for Early Music Berlin René Jacobs Harm Mundi 2908304 22:25
00:48:48 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 K 551 'Jupiter' (1788) Musicians of the Louvre Marc Minkowski Archiv 6506 36:54
01:28:37 Zoltán Kodály: Háry János: Suite Op 35a (1927) John Leach, cimbalom London Symphony István Kertész Decca 4785437 23:45
01:53:31 Gian Carlo Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors: Suite (1951) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2002 6:15
02:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Peter Van de Graaff
02:00:00 German Anon 14th c In dulci jubilo,' with organ settings by Bach and Buxtehude Harvard University Cho, Murray Forbes Somerville, o Northeastern Great Joy! Baroque Music for Christmas 4:46
02:04:46 Schumann, Robert Three Romances, Op. 94 John Anderson, ob, Gordon Back, p ASV N/A 12:34
02:17:20 Trad, German Carol, Joseph lieber, Joseph mein Tower Brass/Matthew Comerford Mac Music N/A 1:30
02:18:50 Strauss, Richard Six Songs, Op. 56 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s, Berlin Radio Sym Orch/George Szell EMI/Ang Strauss: Four Last Songs; 12 Orchestral Songs 6:33
02:25:23 Strauss, Richard Violin Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 18 Midori, v, Robert McDonald, p Sony Midori Live At Carnegie Hall 28:38
02:54:01 Trad, Afro-American Spritual, Go, Tell it on the Mountain Robert Shaw Cho/Robert Shaw RCA Christmas With The Robert Shaw Chorale 1:31
03:00:00 Jacques, Reginald When Christ Was Born' Bach Cho, Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble/David Willcocks Chandos Bach Choir / Willcocks - Family Carols From Guildford 1:15
03:01:15 Mathias, William Bell Carol' Bach Cho, Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble/David Willcocks Chandos Bach Choir / Willcocks - Family Carols From Guildford 3:56
03:05:11 Debussy, Claude Suite bergamasque' Zoltan Kocsis, p Philips Suite Bergamasque, Pour Le Piano, Images, Estampes 17:24
03:22:35 English Anon 13th c Carol, 'Angelus ad Virginem' Monteverdi Cho/John Eliot Gardiner Philips Once As I Remember: The Story Of Christmas 1:40
03:24:15 Courtney, Craig The Twelve Days of Christmas' Pittsburgh Bach Cho, Pittsburgh Sym Brass/Brady Allred Clarion CANTATE HODIE 10:47
03:35:02 Glazunov, Alexander Violin Concerto in a, Op 82 Maxim Vengerov, v, Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado Teldec Tchaikovsky/ Glazunov: Violin Concertos 19:40
03:54:42 Pierpont, James Jingle Bells' Pittsburgh Bach Cho/Brady R. Allred Clarion CANTATE HODIE 1:52
04:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with John Mills
04:01:45 Eric Whitacre: The River Cam (2011) Julian Lloyd Webber, cello London Symphony Eric Whitacre Decca 16636 11:49
04:14:01 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Trio Sonata in b H 567 (1747) Emmanuel Pahud, flute DeutGram 4792479 8:54
04:24:55 Kara Karayev: Don Quixote (1960) Bournemouth Symphony Kirill Karabits Chandos 40 20:27
04:48:04 Franz Liszt: Christmas Tree S 186 (1876) Leslie Howard, piano Hyperion 66388 33:16
05:24:19 Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture & Venusberg Music (1861) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Riccardo Chailly Decca 448155 23:20
05:49:06 John Sheppard: Verbum caro factum est (1550) Quire Cleveland Peter Bennett Quire 101 6:31
05:56:05 Johann Strauss Jr: Perpetual Motion Op 257 (1862) Cincinnati Pops Erich Kunzel Telarc 80314 3:07
06:00 BBC News; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:35 Robert Wendel: The Little Drummer Boy's Bolero (1999) Cincinnati Pops Erich Kunzel Telarc 80538 3:58
06:13:02 Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1897) Montreal Symphony Kent Nagano Decca 4830396 10:30
06:25:40 Franz Schubert: Twelve Waltzes (1820) Vassily Primakov, piano Bridge 9327 9:02
06:40:03 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Allegro from Piano Concerto No. 9 K 271 (1777) Mitsuko Uchida, piano Cleveland Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida Decca 17181 11:00
06:51:44 Traditional: Quelle est cette odeur agréable? Quire Cleveland Ross Duffin Quire 102 5:20
06:57:32 Fritz Kreisler: Miniature Viennese March (1919) Gidon Kremer, violin DeutGram 453440 3:15
07:04:19 Emil von Reznícek: Donna Diana: Overture (1894) Royal Scottish National Orchestra Lance Friedel Naxos 573418 5:58
07:12:31 Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours (1876) La Scala Philharmonic Riccardo Chailly Decca 4831148 9:40
07:23:34 John Williams: Memoirs of a Geisha: The Chairman's Waltz (2005) Angèle Dubeau, violin La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Analekta 8733 2:29
07:27:40 Michel Corrette: Symphonie des noëls No. 6 (1781) Arion Baroque Orchestra early-mus 7768 6:28
07:39:03 Michael Haydn: Symphony No. 11 (1772) London Mozart Players Matthias Bamert Chandos 9352 14:03
07:53:36 Traditional: Greensleeves Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute Sony 87771 4:44
08:08:29 Ludwig van Beethoven: Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 5 Op 67 (1808) Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst TCO 101108 6:21
08:17:34 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 6 K 239 'Serenata Notturna' (1776) English Concert Andrew Manze Harm Mundi 907280 13:38
08:32:43 Adolphe Adam: O Holy Night (1847) St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Andrew Carwood Decca 4789225 5:18
08:42:11 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: String Symphony in B-Flat H 658 (1773) The Vivaldi Project John Hsu Centaur 3176 11:36
08:54:50 John Frederick Coots: Santa Claus is Coming to Town (1934) Northern Lights Orch Petri Juutilainen WSchatz 5 4:13
09:03:39 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for 2 Guitars Op 201 (1962) Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar London Philharmonic Leonard Slatkin RCA 60355 19:20
09:25:27 Frank Loesser: Hans Christian Andersen: Medley (1952) Boston Pops Arthur Fiedler RCA 68131 6:22
09:33:53 Richard Wayne Dirksen: Chanticleer (1980) Choral Arts Society of Washington Choral Arts Society Orchestra Norman Scribner Naxos 555049 2:43
09:37:54 Ludwig van Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture Op 43 (1801) Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi TCO 1024 5:20
09:44:36 Giacomo Puccini: Tosca: Vissi d'arte (1900) Leontyne Price, soprano Vienna Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Decca 4788210 3:24
09:49:45 Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite (1923) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic John Wilson Avie 2194 9:04
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
09:59:40 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Trepak (1892) Simón Bolívar Symphony Gustavo Dudamel DeutGram 13458 1:04
10:01:04 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Seasons: December Op 37 # 12 'Christmas' (1876) Lang Lang, piano Sony 511758 3:37
10:07:00 Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for Brass (1955) BBC Concert Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Naxos 559357 11:33
10:20:04 Bruce Healey: Medley 'Sing With Us of Christmas' (1999) Singing Hoosiers Cincinnati Pops Erich Kunzel Telarc 80538 8:19
10:29:51 Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to 'The Ruler of the Spirits' (1811) Hanover Band Roy Goodman Nimbus 5154 5:29
10:38:59 Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (1854) Bournemouth Symphony José Serebrier Naxos 570293 8:01
10:48:21 Traditional: My Dancing Day Elora Festival Singers Noel Edison Naxos 573421 1:45
10:51:25 Victor Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony (1947) City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 557099 24:42
11:19:12 Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048 (1713) Greg Anderson, piano Steinway 30033 10:52
11:32:17 John Taverner: Magnificat à 5 (1540) Chanticleer Joseph Jennings Teldec 81829 10:33
11:43:49 George W. Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches: Noël (1904) Detroit Symphony Neeme Järvi Chandos 9334 7:14
11:52:11 Johann Strauss Jr: Ritter Pázmán: Csárdás Op 441 (1892) Vienna Philharmonic Franz Welser-Möst Decca 4782601 4:49
11:58:17 Mikola Leontovich: Carol of the Bells (1916) Musica Sacra Richard Westenburg DeutGram 429732 1:16
12:00 BBC News; LUNCHTIME WITH THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
12:06:57 Randol Alan Bass: Gloria (1990) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2005 6:16
12:13:14 Michael Praetorius: Lo, how a rose e'er blooming (1609) Members of Cleveland Orchestra MAA 2014 2:40
12:15:54 Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Blessed Son of God from 'Hodie' (1954) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Robert Porco MAA 2002 2:54
12:18:50 Traditional: Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2014 2:42
12:24:49 Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture (1845) Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst MAA 2012 15:23
12:41:07 Hugh Martin: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (1944) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2014 4:29
12:45:38 C. E. F. Weyse: O Green and Shimmering Tree, Good Day (1830) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2014 3:27
12:49:05 Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem (1868) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2011 2:53
12:51:58 Traditional: Il est né le divin enfant Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2014 2:57
12:54:55 Anonymous: Personent hodie (1360) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2005 3:01
13:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
13:00:13 James Pierpont: Jingle Bells (1857) Burning River Brass BurnRiver 2008 2:03
13:02:30 John Jacob Niles: I Wonder As I Wander (1933) Burning River Brass BurnRiver 2008 3:17
13:06:53 Various: 'Songs of Angels' Pt. 2 (1993) Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Robert Shaw Telarc 80377 9:16
13:17:39 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act 1 excerpts (1892) Chicago Symphony Fritz Reiner RCA 300350 9:27
13:28:43 Tommaso Traetta: Armida: Overture (1761) Concerto Cologne Pablo Heras-Casado Archiv 4792050 5:19
13:37:53 Ludwig van Beethoven: King Stephan: Overture Op 117 (1811) Cleveland Orchestra George Szell Sony 373715 7:29
13:46:38 Traditional: Wexford Carol Stephen Varcoe, baritone John Rutter Collegium 121 3:58
13:51:27 Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel: Suite (1893) Royal Philharmonic Rudolph Kempe EMI 68736 26:12
14:19:17 Georges Bizet: Jeux d'enfants: Petite Suite Op 22 (1873) Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Decca 4787779 11:35
14:32:27 Newell H. Long: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1949) Robert Conrad, narrator Fennell Symphonic Winds Frederick Fennell ELF 991018 7:30
14:42:02 John Knowles Paine: Overture to 'As You Like It' Op 28 (1876) New York Philharmonic Zubin Mehta New World 374 10:12
14:53:42 Ross Bagdasarian: The Chipmunk Song (1958) Northern Lights Orch Petri Juutilainen WSchatz 5 3:34
14:58:57 Anonymous: Personent hodie (1360) Quire Cleveland Ross Duffin Quire 102 1:40
15:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell
15:03:16 Giacomo Puccini: La bohème: Musetta's Waltz (1896) Nicole Cabell, soprano London Philharmonic Sir Andrew Davis Decca 6590 2:36
15:06:33 Giacomo Puccini: The Girl of the Golden West: Ch'ella mi creda (1910) Jonas Kaufmann, tenor St. Cecilia Academy Orchestra Antonio Pappano Sony 509249 1:55
15:11:20 Ludwig van Beethoven: Choral Fantasy Op 80 (1808) Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Cleveland Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca 421718 20:26
15:33:42 Adolphe Adam: O Holy Night (1847) Robert Sullivan, trumpet Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2005 5:24
15:39:42 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols (1912) Roderick Williams, baritone City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox Chandos 10385 12:07
15:53:08 Anonymous: Spiritual 'Rise up, shepherd, and follow' Thomas Young, tenor ESS.A.Y 1011 4:28
15:58:12 Anonymous: This Endris Night Monteverdi Choir Sir John Eliot Gardiner Philips 462050 2:32
16:04:41 Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame: Intermezzo (1906) Monte Carlo Philharmonic Lawrence Foster Erato 88103 4:39
16:11:43 John Rutter: Gloria (1974) Cambridge Singers Philip Jones Brass Ensemble John Rutter Collegium 100 17:13
16:31:52 Alexandre Desplat: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1: Obliviate (2010) City of Prague Philharmonic Silva 1398 2:57
16:35:46 René Clausen: O magnum mysterium (2009) Kansas City Chorale Charles Bruffy Chandos 5105 3:37
16:41:41 Robert Russell Bennett: The Many Moods of Christmas: Medley No. 1 (1963) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2002 8:03
16:51:06 William J. Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger (1895) Choir of Royal Holloway Rupert Gough Decca 4816326 3:55
16:55:56 Franz Gruber: Silent Night (1818) Ola Gjeilo, piano Decca 4816326 3:41
17:05:06 Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut: Act 3 Intermezzo (1893) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda Chandos 10634 4:52
17:12:20 Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for String Orchestra (1955) BBC Concert Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Naxos 559356 12:20
17:26:14 Joseph Haydn: Minuet & Finale from Symphony No. 102 (1794) Musicians of the Louvre Marc Minkowski Naïve 5176 8:30
17:39:47 Traditional: Wexford Carol Paul O'Shaughnessy, fiddle Sony 87771 3:18
17:44:37 Traditional: Today in Bethlehem West Edge String Quartet Centaur 3087 3:47
17:51:35 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Jauchzet, frohlocket (1734) RIAS Chamber Chorus Academy for Early Music Berlin René Jacobs Harm Mundi 2908304 7:29
18:00 BBC News; DINNER CLASSICS
18:08:43 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 9 Op 7 # 3 (1751) Richard Egarr, organ Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr Harm Mundi 807447 15:45
18:27:08 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen (1734) RIAS Chamber Chorus Academy for Early Music Berlin René Jacobs Harm Mundi 2908304 6:02
18:35:09 Frederick Delius: Winter Night 'Sleigh Ride' (1890) Royal Philharmonic John Rutter Collegium 133 5:45
18:42:15 Francis Poulenc: Four Christmas Motets (1952) RIAS Chamber Chorus Marcus Creed Harm Mundi 2908304 11:29
18:55:08 Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat: Final Choruses BWV 243 (1723) Bach Choir of Bethlehem Bethlehem Bach Festival Orch Greg Funfgeld Analekta 9873 3:28
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:43 Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 (1930) Nashville Symphony Kenneth Schermerhorn Naxos 557460 22:12
19:27:08 Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2 Op 64b (1937) Cincinnati Symphony Paavo Järvi Telarc 80597 29:42
20:00: SPECIAL Great Lakes Theater Presents ‘A Christmas Carol’ – A one-hour radio adaptation of the annual production that—for the first time since 1989—will not be offered to live audiences this year. (This broadcast will be repeated Wednesday 12/23 9pm on our sister station, 90.3 WCPN.)
20:57:33 Jean-Baptiste Barrière: Corrente from Cello Sonata Book 3/5 (1739) Juliana Soltis, cello Chamber Ensemble Acis 72276 2:23
21:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier
21:03:31 Franz Liszt: Symphonic Poem No. 7 'Festive Sounds' S 101 (1853) London Philharmonic Sir Georg Solti DeutGram 4779525 20:10
21:24:58 George Frideric Handel: Messiah: Comfort Ye...Every valley shall be exalted (1741) Juan Diego Flórez, tenor Orch del Teatro Comunale Michele Mariotti Decca 14875 6:11
21:32:07 George Frideric Handel: Messiah: For unto us a Child is born (1741) The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra Harry Christophers Coro 16062 4:00
21:39:11 Mily Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy 'Islamey' Op 18 (1869) Mariinsky Theater Orchestra Valéry Gergiev Philips 470840 8:21
21:50:22 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 1 (1899) Detroit Symphony Neeme Järvi Chandos 9357 44:22
22:36:30 Christopher Palmer: Fantasy on Puccini's 'La bohème' (1987) Christopher Warren-Green, violin Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner EMI 49552 12:23
22:51:16 Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel: Dream Pantomime (1893) Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano Bavarian Radio Symphony Jeffrey Tate EMI 54022 8:09
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:01:56 Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus (1904) Tabernacle Choir of Temple Square Utah Symphony Joseph Silverstein Decca 436284 3:15
23:05:11 Peter Tchaikovsky: Mozartiana Suite: Preghiera Op 61 (1887) Philharmonia Orchestra Neeme Järvi Chandos 8777 3:53
23:09:05 Arvo Pärt: Magnificat (1989) Theatre of Voices Paul Hillier Harm Mundi 907182 6:39
23:16:27 Giacomo Puccini: Adagietto (1883) Verdi Symphony Milan Riccardo Chailly Decca 2141 4:13
23:20:41 Sir Edward Elgar: Andante from Violin Concerto Op 61 (1910) Rachel Barton Pine, violin BBC Symphony Andrew Litton Avie 2375 12:57
23:33:38 Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium (1994) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Robert Porco MAA 2002 6:40
23:40:34 Robert Schumann: Album for the Young: Andante cantabile Op 68 # 26 (1848) Christopher Parkening, guitar EMI 54853 2:53
23:43:27 Franz Biebl: Ave Maria (1964) Cantus Cantus 1211 7:01
23:50:29 Claude Debussy: Syrinx (1912) Alison Balsom, trumpet EMI 53255 2:38
23:53:34 Lili Boulanger: Nocturne (1911) Janine Jansen, violin Decca 15249 3:15
23:57:07 George Frideric Handel: Air for Oboe & Orchestra (1740) Anthony Camden, oboe City of London Sinfonia Nicholas Ward Naxos 553430 3:02