Classical All Day, Jazz All Night
00:00 JAZZ WITH JOHN SIMNA
Artist-Album-Track
Kurt Elling, Yule Be Boppin’, Cool Yule
John La Barbera, Grooveyard, My New Summer Samba
Steven Feifke, Catalyst, The Promised Land
Three-D Jazz Trio, Christmas in 3-D, Winter Wonderland
Diva, 30, Something’s Coming
Carla Bley, Carla’s Christmas Carols, O Holy Night
Carla Bley, 4x4, Sidewinders in Paradise
Carla Bley, Trios, Vashkar
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Big Band Holiday, Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow
Buselli – Wallarab, Carol of the Bells, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Dexter Gordon, Christmas Collection, The Christmas Song
Emmet Cohen – Houston Person, Masters Legacy Vol. 5, I Let a Song Go out of My Heart
Duke Elllington, Three Suites, Peanut Brittle Brigade; Dance of the Floreadores
Oscar Peterson, Con Alma, Blues for My Landlady
John and David Sneider, Sneid Remarks, Freedom Tunnel
Mark Shane, What Would Santa Say?, Merry Christmas, Baby
Jon-Erik Kelso, Live at the Ear Inn, No One Else But You
Jocelyn Gould, Sonic Bouquet, Is That So?
Eddie Henderson, Witness to History, Why Not?
The Cookers, The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart, Beyond Forever
Three D Jazz Trio, Christmas in 3 D, Up on the Housetop
Dexter Gordon, Yule Struttin’, Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas
02:00 SPECIAL Holiday Jazz with Dee Alexander
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein My Favorite Things
Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Lee Mendelson & Vince Guaraldi Christmastime is Here
Anonymous 16th c. English (text by Robert Croo) The Coventry Carol
Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne The Christmas Waltz
African American Spiritual Go Tell it on the Mountain
African American Spiritual When the Saints Go Marching in
Irving Berlin White Christmas
James Lord Pierpont (arr Miguel de la Cerna) Jingle Bells
Bob Wells / Mel Torme The Christmas Song
03:00 SPECIAL Jazz with David Basse
Highlights:
Simeon Davis Group-Rachel Azbell Bah Humbug-An Absolutely Unnecessary Christmas God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Heritage Hall Jazz Band Christmas With The Heritage Hall Jazz Band Silver Bells
Jim Hall Jim Hall Acoustic Guitar O Tannenbaum
Spiro Gyra A Night Before Christmas O Tannenbaum
Eliane Alias Ultimate Christmas I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
Louis Armstrong Traditional Jazz Christmas-Recorded 1955 Christmastime In New Orleans
Carla Bley-Steve Swallow Carla's Christmas Carols Jesus Maria
David Benoit Remembering Christmas My Little Drum
Rob McConnell-Boss Brass Christmas My Favorite Things
Dan Hicks-Hot Licks Crazy For Christmas Carol Of The Bells
Doug Munro-Le Pompe Attack A Very Gypsy Christmas O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Charles Brown Please Come Home For Christmas Please Come Home For Christmas
06:00 WCLV SUNDAY MORNING with Sam Petrey
06:02:59 Tomás Luis de Victoria: O magnum mysterium (1572) Stile Antico Harmonia Mundi 902312 4:20
06:09:28 Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin: Magnificat (1610) Sandra Simon, soprano Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Avie 2206 19:40
06:31:46 Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 191 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' (1741) Julia Doyle, soprano Bethlehem Bach Festival Orch Greg Funfgeld Analekta 9873 14:55
06:49:09 Michael Praetorius: Christmas Vespers: Processional (1621) Scott Mello, tenor Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Koch Intl 7673 8:21
06:58:45 George Frideric Handel: Messiah: Pastoral Symphony (1741) Bournemouth Symphony José Serebrier Naxos 557883 3:42
07:00 PIPEDREAMS with Michael Barone: For Christmas Eve - A melodious miscellany of sonic surprises gathered under the tree for your delight
G.F.HANDEL (arr. Smart): For unto us a child is born, fr Messiah Bram Brandemann (1797 Naber/St. Joriskerk, Amersfoort, Netherlands) Partners in Music 7001
J.S.BACH: Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 769 Matthew Dirst (1984 Fisk/Memorial Church, Stanford University, Stanford, CA) Centaur 3015
JOHN RUTTER: What sweeter music King’s College Choir/Sir Stephen Cleobury; Henry Websdale (1934-2016 Harrison/King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England) Kings 0036
PAUL EDWARDS: No small wonder. RICHARD WAYNE DIRKSEN: Chanticleer St. Thomas Church Choir/Jeremy Filsell; Maks Adach & Nicolas Haigh (2018 Dobson/St. Thomas Church, New York, NY) Acis 53981
ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: Nuit sombre, ton ombre, fr Christmas Carols, Op. 60, Book 2, no. 4 Agnes Armstrong (1995 Åkerman & Lund/Kallio Church, Helsinki, Finland) Richardson Recordings 7001
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Variations on a Noël, Op. 20 –Marcel Dupré (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France) Mercury 478 8388
08:00 WITH HEART AND VOICE with Peter DuBois: Advent 4/Christmas - As we prepare for the eve of Christmas, we’ll begin with music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, and move to music to celebrate the arrival of the Christ Child on this edition of With Heart and Voice. Tune in as Peter DuBois shares sacred choral and organ treasures of the season
09:00 IF IT AIN’T BAROQUE with John Mills
09:05:47 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Part 4 BWV 248 (1734) RIAS Chamber Chorus Academy for Early Music Berlin René Jacobs Harmonia Mundi 2908304 22:25
09:29:50 Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in g Op 6 # 8 'Christmas' (1713) Collegium Musicum 90 Simon Standage Chandos 634 14:29
09:46:03 Lorenzo Zavateri: Concerto Grosso in D Op 1 # 10 'Pastoral' (1735) Gottfried von der Goltz, violin Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Gottfried von der Goltz DHM 77352 9:54
09:56:41 Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in excelsis Deo from Gloria RV 589 (1708) Bach Choir of Bethlehem Bethlehem Bach Festival Orch Greg Funfgeld Analekta 9873 2:17
10:00 SUNDAY BRUNCH with Sam Petrey
10:02:16 William Billings: The Shepherd's Carol (1786) Quire Cleveland Peter Bennett Quire 101 3:03
10:05:42 William Billings: A Virgin Unspotted (1778) Quire Cleveland Peter Bennett Quire 101 3:50
10:11:23 Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Noëls on Instruments H 534 (1693) Les Violons du Roy Bernard Labadie Dorian 90180 14:31
10:28:07 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Suite Op 71a (1892) Boston Pops John Williams Decca 4851590 21:51
10:51:31 John Rutter: 'Christmas Day in the Morning' (1993) Stephen Varcoe, baritone City of London Sinfonia John Rutter Collegium 121 36:25
11:29:00 Richard Addinsell: A Christmas Carol: Suite (1951) Ambrosian Singers Royal Philharmonic David Newman Telarc 88801 14:07
11:44:37 Franz Biebl: Ave Maria (1964) Cantus Cantus 1211 7:01
11:53:49 Katherine K. Davis: The Little Drummer Boy (1941) Pittsburgh Symphony Brass Four Winds 3029 3:01
11:57:15 Giovanni Palestrina: Angelus Domini descendit (1593) Sistine Chapel Choir Massimo Palombella Deutsche Gram 4795300 2:22
12:00 My Christmas with Bill O’Connell
Mikola Leontovich (arr Peter J. Wilhousky): Carol of the Bells1:16
Johann Walther (arr Norman Luboff): Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine 1:31
Conrad Kocher (arr David Willcocks): As With Gladness Men of Old 2:52
Traditional (arr Martin Shaw): The Coventry Carol 2:32
John Jacob Niles (arr Vernon de Tar): I Wonder As I Wander 3:10
Traditional (arr Norman Luboff): A la Nanita nana 1:46
Franz Gruber (arr Alice Parker / Robert Shaw): Silent Night—Musica Sacra/Richard Westenburg (Deutsche Gram 429732 ‘Christmas Carols’) 3:23
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hodie: The Oxen—John Shirley-Quirk, baritone; London Symphony/Sir David Willcocks EMI 69872) 3:11
Johannes Brahms: Ave Maria 3:37
Michael Praetorius: Psallite 1:33
Traditional (arr George): Christmas is Here Again—San Francisco Symphony Chorus/Vance George; John Fenstermaker, organ (Delos 3238 ‘Christmas by the Bay’) 0:59
Franz Biebl: Ave Maria—Chanticleer (Chanticleer 8803) 7:30
Charles Ives: A Christmas Carol—Chanticleer (Teldec 94563 CD) 2:19
Annunzio Paolo Mantovani: Christmas Bells 2:24
Traditional: Deck the Halls 2:57
Jester Hairston: Mary’s Boy Child 3:35
Henry J. Gauntlett: Once in Royal David’s City 3:41
Traditional: While Shepherds Watched 3:22
Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy—Mike Sammes Chorus & Singers; Mantovani & his Orchestra (Decca 433199 ‘Mantovani’s Christmas Favorites’) 3:35
12:58:32 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Trepak (2021) Factory Seconds Brass Trio Sutte 2023 1:08
13:00 My Christmas with Robert Conrad
David Lovrien: Minor Alterations—Dallas Wind Symphony/Jerry Junkin (Reference 126) 6:03
Alan Silvestri: The Polar Express: Spirit of the Season—Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus/Robert Porco (MAA 2011) 2:28
Gian-Carlo Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors: Introduction, March & Shepherd's Dance (MAA 2002) 6:15
Flanders & Swann: The Origin of Greensleeves (EMI CD)
Traditional (arr Robert Russell Bennett): What Child is This—Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra (RCA 68805)
Loudon Wainright: Christmas Morning—Loudon Wainright (Hannibal 1443)
A Child's Christmas in Wales - Dylan Thomas (Caedman 1003)
14:00 My Christmas with John Simna
Giovanni Gabrieli : Sonata pian' e forte-- National Brass Ensemble (Oberlin Music 1504)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No.191 ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’--Bethlehem Bach Festival Orch/Greg Funfgeld; Julia Doyle, soprano; Benjamin Butterfield, tenor; Bach Choir of Bethlehem (Analekta 9873)
Johann Christoph Pez: Concerto Pastorale in F major--Bernard Labadie, Les Violons du Roy (Dorian 90180)
John Rutter: Five Meditations for Orchestra--John Rutter, Royal Philharmonic (Decca 1821)
15:00 My Christmas with Jacqueline Gerber
Sinatra/Sanicola/Stanford: Mistletoe and Holly—Frank Sinatra (Capitol/EMI 42210) 3:20
J. Marks: Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer--Dean Martin (Capitol/EMI 42210) 2:45
H. Martin/TRO, Inc: Christmastime All Over the World--Sammy Davis, Jr (Capitol/EMI 42210) 2:52
Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr Eaken Piano Trio): Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves--Eaken Piano Trio (Naxos 554099) 5:03
S. Cahn/J. Styne: The Christmas Waltz—Frank Sinatra (Capitol/EMI 42210) 3:00
H. Martin: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas--Judy Garland (Universal 13416) 2:42
Guaraldi: Christmastime is Here--Paul Ferguson Big Band (Big Band Christmas) 4:36
Irving Berlin: I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm--Mills Brothers (Universal 43725) 3:14
Tormé & Wells: The Christmas Song-- Mel Tormé (Universal 13416) 2:45
Tormé & Wells (arr G. Puerling): The Christmas Song--Manhattan Transfer & Tony Bennett (Columbia 52968) 4:40
J. Carlton/J. Boothe: Jingle Bell Rock--Bobby Helms (Universal 47325) 2:10
L Anderson: Sleigh Ride--Eaken Piano Trio (Naxos 554099) 2:33
L. Anderson & M. Parrish: Sleigh Ride--Andrews Sisters (Universal 47325) 3:04
Lennon/McCartney (vocal arr Johnny Mandel): Goodnight--Manhattan Transfer (Columbia 52968) 3:50
15:58:41 Edmund Walters: Ding Dong Doh (1974) Cleveland Orch Children's Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Gareth Morrell MAA 1996 2:46
16:00 THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA ON THE RADIO: The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus at Christmas with Robert Conrad
Traditional: Deck the Halls—Porco (MAA) 2:18
George Frideric Handel: Messiah: And the glory of the Lord—Shaw (MAA) 2:56
Hector Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ: The Shepherds' Farewell—Shaw (MAA) 4:30
Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in b: Dona nobis pacem—Shaw (MAA) 3:21
Traditional: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen—Morrell (MAA) 3:28
John Joubert: There is no Rose—Morrell (MAA) 2:12
Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem—Morrell (MAA) 3:25
Traditional: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel—Morrell (MAA) 3:50
Gustav Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter—Morrell (MAA) 2:37
Traditional: The Twelve Days of Christmas—Morrell (MAA) 3:44
James Pierpont: Jingle Bells—Morrell (MAA) 2:01
Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High—Page (MAA) 2:02
John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful—Page (MAA) 2:13
Lowell Mason: Joy to the World—Page (MAA) 2:05
John Wesley Work Jr.: Spiritual 'Go Tell It on the Mountain'—Page (MAA) 2:26
Anonymous: Spiritual 'Ain'ta That Good News!'—Page (MAA) 1:23
Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song—Page (MAA) 3:34
John Frederick Coots: Santa Claus is Coming to Town—Page (MAA) 2:15
Traditional Wexford Carol—Porco (MAA) 3:59
Gloria Shayne Baker: Do You Hear What I Hear?—Porco (MAA) 3:12
Alan Silvestri: The Polar Express: Suite—Porco (MAA) 5:59
George Wyle: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year—Porco (MAA) 2:38
John Williams: Home Alone 2: Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas—Porco (MAA) 2:42
Mack Wilberg: One December, Bright and Clear—Porco (MAA) 1:53
John Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol—Porco (MAA) 3:07
John Rutter: Nativity Carol—Porco (MAA) 4:10
John Rutter: Mary's Lullaby—Porco (MAA) 3:24
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Blessed Son of God from 'Hodie'—Porco (MAA) 2:54
George Frideric Handel Messiah: For unto us a Child is born—Porco (MAA) 3:52
George Frideric Handel Messiah: Hallelujah—Porco (MAA) 3:43
17:55:34 Anonymous: Personent hodie (1360) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2008 4:10
18:00 My Christmas with Jenny Northern
Isaac Watts: Joy to the World -- Julie Andrews, Firestone Orchestra and Chorus/André Previn (Remastered BMG 3829-2-R) 2:56
John Rutter: What Sweeter Music -- The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia (Collegium COLCD 111) 4:23
Vince Guaraldi: Christmas Time is Here -- Vince Guaraldi Trio and Glenn Mendelson’s Sixth Grade Class (Fantasy FCD-9682-2) 2:42
G.F. Handel: Messiah (selections) -- Apollo’s Fire, Apollo’s Singers, Amanda Forsyth (Avie 2208) 3:19
Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium - - Voces8 (Decca 4785703) 5:50
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride -- Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (Bowie Group Entertainment BGD-0117) 2:49
Thad Jones and Alec Wilder: A Child Is Born -- Maureen McGovern (CBS MK 45869) 1:26
Ned Rorem: While All Things Were In Quiet Silence - - The New York Concert Singers, Judith Clurman (New World Records 80592-2) 2:06
Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria -- Arturo Delmoni and Friends (John Marks Records JMR 18) 4:36
Traditional arr: Overton: Past Three O’clock -- James Galway, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers (RCA Victor 09026-61233-2) 2:53
John Henry Hopkins arr: Ian Anderson: We Five Kings -- Jethro Tull (Varese Sarabande B0000CD5I6) 3:17
Maria Schneider/Ted Kooser: Perfectly Still This Solstice Morning -- Dawn Upshaw, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Maria Schneider (Artist Share 121) 3:34
Adolph Adam (arr Stevan Pasero): O Holy Night -- Stevan Pasero, Michael Ludwig, Brad White, Anna Maria Mendietta, (Sugo Music SR 9721) 3:29
Hugh Martin: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas -- Mel Tormé (Sony Masterworks B014T15OME) 3:09
Leslie Bricusse: Sing a Christmas Carol (CBS DVD 38063) 2:40
19:00:33 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Chinese Dance (1892) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2002 1:10
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:04:21 Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols Op 28 (1942) Etherea Vocal Ensemble Delos 3422 24:02
19:30:11 Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 63 "Christen, ätzet diesen Tag' (1716) Collegium Vocale of Ghent Collegium Vocale Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe Harmonia Mundi 901781 27:15
19:58:53 Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem (1868) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2011 2:53
20:00 SPECIAL 2023 St. Olaf Christmas Festival with Valerie Kahler – Love and Joy Come to You
St. Olaf Orchestra conducted by Chung Park, St. Olaf Choir conducted by Anton Armstrong, Cantorei conducted by James Bobb, Chapel Choir and Viking Chorus conducted by Adam Reinwald, Manitou Singers conducted by Therees Hibbard
Michael Praetorius, arr. Sven-David Sandstrom, orch. Steven Amundson
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming – Orchestra (CP)
Christopher Aspaas: As the Dark Awaits the Dawn – Massed Choir & Orchestra (TH)
Swedish, arr. John Ferguson: Rejoice, Rejoice Believers – Massed Choir & Orchestra (CP)
J.S. Bach: Jauchzet, Frohlocket (from Christmas Oratorio) – Massed Choir & Orchestra (TH)
Justin Merritt: Corde natus exparentis – St. Olaf Choir (AA)
B.E. Boykin: O magnum mysterium – Viking Chorus (AW)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est – St. Olaf Cantorei (JB)
French carol, arr. David Sims: Love Has Come – Massed Choir & Orchestra (AW)
Josef Rheinberger: Gloria (from Mass in Eb) – St. Olaf Chapel Choir (AW)
Rosephanye Powell, arr. William C. Powell: Ogo Ni Fun Oluwa – Manitou Singers (TH)
Kenneth Jennings: Summer in Winter – St. Olaf Choir (AA)
African American Spiritual, arr. Mark Butler: Glory Hallelujah to the Newborn King – St. Olaf Choir (AA)
Harold Darke, arr. Robert Scholz: In the Bleak Midwinter – Massed Choir & Orchestra (JB)
Frederick Delius: Winter Night “Sleigh Ride” (from Three Small Tone Poems) – St. Olaf Orchestra (CP)
Christopher Aspaas (arr.): Carol Collage “Love and Joy Come to You” – all choirs, all conductors
Latin, arr. Robert Scholz: Good Christian Friends, Rejoice – Massed Choir & Orchestra (CP)
F. Melius Christiansen: Glorification (Celestial Spring) – Massed Choir (AA)
Richard Dirksen: Welcome All Wonders – Massed Choirs & Orchestra (AA)
English, arr. Steven Amundson: Joy to the World – Massed Choirs & Orchestra (CP)
Adolphe Adam, arr. John Rutter: O Holy Night – Massed Choir & Orchestra (JB)
Traditional Silesian, arr. F. Melius Christiansen: Beautiful Savior – Massed Choir (AA)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Ring Out Ye Crystal Spheres – Massed Choir & Orchestra (AA)
22:00:55 Gregg Smith: Fear Not Good Shepherds (1970) Joela Jones, piano Gareth Morrell MAA 1993 0:52
22:00 My Christmas with Mark Satola
Anon: Nowell, Owt of Your Slepe —Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen (Nonesuch 71354) 2:34
Howells: Three Carol-Anthems—Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer (Chandos 9458) 9:51
Burt: A Christmas Greeting—Tanglewood Festival Chorus; Boston Pops/John Williams (Philips) 12:49
Anon: The Midnight Cry—Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen (Nonesuch 71354) 3:06
Anon: Sunny Bank—Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen (Nonesuch 71354) 1:00
Anon: Greensleeves (with improvisation)—Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen (Nonesuch 71354) 2:08
Bridge: Sir Roger de Coverley (version for full orchestra)—BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Richard Hickox (Chandos 10112) 4:41
Vaughan Williams: Narration & Song: The Oxen from Hodie—Elizabeth Gale, mezzo-soprano; Robert Tear, tenor; Stephen Roberts, baritone; Choristers of St. Paul Cathedral; London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Richard Hickox (EMI 54128) 10:17
Reading: Make We Mere As We May—Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen (Nonesuch 71354) 1:00
Anon: Gloucestershire Wassail—Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen (Nonesuch 71354) 3:46
23:00 SPECIAL All is Bright: Contemplative Music for Christmas with Lynne Warfel
Traditional: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel—Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Anonymous: Angelus ad Virginem—Voces 8
Traditional: The Angel Gabriel—Apollo 5
Arvo Pärt: Magnificat—Dale Warland Singers
Michael Praetorius: Quem pastores laudavere (He whom the shepherds
praised)—Clare College Singers
Francis Poulenc: Quem vidistis pastores dicite (Shepherds, whom did you
see)—The Sixteen
Arr Stephen Paulus: The Angels and The Shepherds—Dale Warland
Singers
Traditional: Huron Carol (‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime)—Chanticleer
John Jacob Niles: I Wonder as I Wander—Emma Kirkby, soprano
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium—Chamber Choir of Europe
Christina Rossetti (arr Gustav Holst): In the Bleak Midwinter—Voces 8
Traditional (arr William J. Kirkpatrick): Away in a Manger—Bryn Terfel
Traditional (arr Paul Hillier): Behold a Tender Babe—Voce Chamber Choir
Robert MacGimsey: Sweet Little Jesus Boy—Jessye Norman