00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Peter van de Graaff
0:00:00 German Trad Carol, O du frohliche! Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; Ambrosian Sngrs, Philharmonia/CharlesMackerras EMI/Ang CDM7-63574-2 The Elizabeth Schwarzkopf Christmas Album 2:13
0:02:13 Traditional Sandmannchen Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; Philharmonia/Sir CharlesMackerras EMI CDM7-63574-2 Christmas Album * Schwarzkopf/Mackerras 2:50
0:05:03 Johannes Brahms Two Rhapsodies, Op 79 Wilhelm Kempff, p DG 437374-2 (2) N/A 15:20
0:21:50 Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 Vienna Sym Orch/Eliahu Inbal Denon CO-78948 N/A 33:01
0:54:51 English Trad Carol, The First Noel Glen Ellyn Children's Cho, Chicago Chamber Brass/Doreen Rao Crystal CD-430 Christmas With Chicago Chamber Brass 1:49
1:00:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves (1934) Orch/Morton Gould Quintessence PMC-7049 Greensleeves, The Beautiful Music Of Ralph Vaughn Williams And Eric Coates 5:21
1:05:21 Peter Cornelius Weihnachtslieder, Op 8 Peter Schreier, t; Norman Shetler, p Eurodisc 69013-2-RG Weihnachtslieder 14:11
1:21:04 Felix Mendelssohn Piano and Strings Concerto in a Cyprien Katsaris, p; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Janos Rolla Teldec 75860-2 N/A 31:22
1:52:26 German Trad Personent hodie Cambridge Singers/John Rutter Collegium COLCD-111 Christmas With The Cambridge Singers 1:40
2:00:00 Leroy Anderson Forgotten Dreams Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel Vanguard SVC-4 N/A 2:21
2:02:21 Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler RCA 61373-2 Sleigh Ride! 2:59
2:05:20 Leroy Anderson Suite of Carols BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin Naxos 8.559357 ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock 11:42
2:17:02 Haydn Joy to the World (after Piano Sonata in D) Jeffrey Biegel, p Koch KICCD-7737 Classical Carols 1:28
2:18:30 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a Martha Argerich & Nicolas Economou, p's. DG 449816-2 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Etc. 6:22
2:24:52 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Philharmonia Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas CBS MDK-44656 Music From The Nutcracker 6:22
2:31:14 Jule Styne Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Giovanni De Chiaro, g Centaur CRC-2262 The Sounds Of Christmas On Guitar 3:26
2:34:40 Jacques Offenbach Le voyage dans la lune Gulbenkian Foundation Orch/Michel Swierczewski Nimbus NI-5303 Offenbach Music from the Operettas 11:09
2:45:49 Emile Waldteufel Les Patineurs (The Skaters) Waltz, Op 183 St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner Philips 422050-2 With Love From Vienna 8:01
2:53:50 Bernard Herrmann Currier and Ives Suite New Zealand Sym Orch/James Sedares Koch 3-7224-2 N/A 13:16
03:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Peter van de Graaff
3:00:00 English Trad Carol, The First Nowell Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/Richard Marlow Conifer CDCF-501 N/A 5:00
3:05:00 Rick Sowash Piano Trio #3, A Christmas Divertimento Mirecourt Trio Gasparo GSCD-254 The Four Piano Trios 20:45
3:25:45 English Anon 16th c The Boar's Head Carol The Sixteen Cho/Harry Christophers Hyperion CDA-66263 Christmas Music From Medieval And Renaissance Europe 1:27
3:27:12 Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat in D, BWV 243 Upshaw, Jensen, Simpson, Gordon, Stone, Atlanta Sym & Cho/Shaw Telarc CD-80194 Gloria / Magnificat 26:25
3:53:37 Johann Pachelbel Chorale Prelude, Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her Dietrich Prost, o Berlin Classics BC-2009-2 Klassische Weihnachten- 100 Tracks 1:40
4:00:00 Beethoven What Child is This? (after Beethoven's Sonata in c#, Op 27/1) Jeffrey Biegel, p Koch KICCD-7737 Classical Carols 5:31
4:05:31 Bela Bartok Rhapsody No. 1 Ida Haendel, v; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p London 455488-2 (2) Enescu, Bartok, Szymanowski: Works For Violin And Piano 9:04
4:14:35 Bela Bartok Rumanian Christmas Carols, Sz 57 Zoltan Kocsis, p Philips 442016-2 Works for Piano Solo 2 10:41
4:26:26 Edward Elgar The Wand of Youth Suite #2, Op 1b English String Orch/William Boughton Nimbus NI-5136 Pomp and Circumstance Marches, The Wind of Youth, Three Bavarian Dances 15:57
4:42:23 Frank Taylor Toy Symphony Raymond Lewenthal, p; Ensemble Seraphim S-60365 Toy Symphonies & Other Fun 11:31
4:53:54 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (after Sonata in C, K. 545) Jeffrey Biegel, p Koch KICCD-7737 Classical Carols 1:21
5:00:00 Richard WILLIS Carol, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Robert Decormier Singers/Robert DeCormier Arabesque Z-6527 Christmas Eve 3:46
5:05:15 Zoltan Kodaly Dances of Galanta Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati Mercury 432005-2 Antal Dorati - Kodaly - Bartok 15:08
5:20:23 English Trad Carol, O Come All Ye Faithful London Brass Teldec 46443-2 Christmas with the London Brass 2:46
5:23:09 German Trad Carol, In dulci jubilo London Brass; Leslie Pearson, o Teldec 46443-2 Christmas With London Brass 2:15
5:25:24 Franz Gruber Carol, Stille Nacht (Silent Night) London Brass Teldec 46443-2 Christmas With London Brass 3:50
5:29:14 Welsh Trad Carol, Deck the Hall Oregon Repertory Singers/Gilbert Seeley Koch 3-7362-2 The Glory of Christmas * Oregon Repertory Singers 1:44
5:30:58 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 110, Unser Mund sei voll Lachens (May our mouth be filled with laughter) Soloists; Leipzig Thomaner Cho, New Bach Collegium Musicum/Rotzsch Berlin Classics 0021002-BC N/A 23:47
5:54:45 John Reading Carol, O Come, All Ye Faithful Aaron Brask, fh Last Horn LH-1001 N/A 1:43
05:57:43 William Boyce: Jig from Symphony No. 7 Op 2 # 1 (1760) Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood Oiseau-Lyre 436761 1:49
06:00 BBC News; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:35 Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival (1950) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2005 6:51
06:15:37 Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in f BWV 1056 (1740) Angela Hewitt, piano Australian Chamber Orchestra Richard Tognetti Hyperion 67308 9:40
06:26:59 Hugo Alfvén: Roslag Polka (1956) New London Orchestra Ronald Corp Hyperion 66998 2:23
06:31:31 August Soederman: Swedish Festival Music (1858) Helsingborg Symphony Okko Kamu Naxos 553115 6:27
06:39:21 Maurice Ravel: Pantoum from Piano Trio (1914) Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 425860 3:55
06:44:55 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Pas de deux & Final Waltz (1892) Chicago Symphony Fritz Reiner RCA 300350 12:58
06:59:09 Frederick A. Jewell: March 'The Screamer' (1906) USAF Heritage of America Band Col. Lowell Graham Klavier 11139 2:03
07:05:10 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet & Finale from Symphony No. 35 K 385 'Haffner' (1782) Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Koch Intl 7574 7:33
07:13:55 Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel: Overture (1893) Bavarian Radio Symphony Jeffrey Tate EMI 54022 8:01
07:22:42 Johann Abraham Peter Schulz: The Harvest Feast: Overture (1790) Danish National Radio Symphony Christopher Hogwood Chandos 9553 3:36
07:28:26 George Frederick Bristow: Scherzo from Symphony No. 2 Op 24 (1853) Royal Northern Sinfonia Rebecca Miller New World 80768 5:57
07:38:35 Philip Lane: Wassail Dances (1973) City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 557099 7:58
07:46:38 Antonín Dvorák: Slavonic Dance No. 9 Op 72 # 1 (1886) Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Decca 430171 4:21
07:53:15 Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore: When I was a lad (1878) Richard Suart, baritone Welsh National Opera Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Telarc 80374 2:38
07:56:05 George Frideric Handel: Messiah: For unto us a Child is born (1741) Apollo's Singers Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Avie 2208 3:46
08:07:22 Gian Carlo Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors: Suite (1951) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2002 6:15
08:13:55 George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: Oh, I Can't Sit Down (1935) New York Choral Artists New York Philharmonic Zubin Mehta Teldec 46318 1:43
08:17:11 Joseph Haydn: Minuet & Finale from Symphony No. 87 (1785) Les Arts Florissants William Christie Harmonia Mundi 905371 8:47
08:27:34 Vince Guaraldi: What Child is This? (1965) Canadian Brass Steinway 30027 3:23
08:31:42 Federico Moreno Tórroba: Airs of la Mancha (1960) David Russell, guitar Telarc 80451 8:06
08:43:05 Johann Melchior Molter: Concerto Pastorale (1740) Angèle Dubeau, violin La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Analekta 8730 11:18
08:55:29 Gustav Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter (1906) Burning River Brass BurnRiver 2008 4:27
09:04:18 Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2 (1875) London Symphony Sir Neville Marriner Philips 4788977 17:38
09:23:19 Franz von Suppé: Light Cavalry: Overture (1866) Vienna Philharmonic Franz Welser-Möst Sony 544071 6:53
09:33:21 Harold Arlen: The Wizard of Oz: Over the Rainbow (1939) Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano Erato 551696 4:53
09:40:26 Luther Henderson: Tuba Tiger Rag (1990) Charles Daellenbach, tuba Canadian Brass Steinway 30008 5:16
09:48:22 Johann Strauss Jr: The Gypsy Baron: Treasure Waltz Op 418 (1885) Vienna Philharmonic Daniel Barenboim Decca 12569 7:43
09:57:41 Frédéric Chopin: Prelude No. 4 Op 28 # 4 (1839) Ensemble Caprice Matthias Maute Analekta 9848 1:58
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:00:21 Hugh Martin: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (1944) Opus 216 Opus 216 10324 3:57
10:05:02 Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song (1946) Opus 216 Opus 216 10324 3:29
10:10:09 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Suite Op 71a (1892) Boston Pops John Williams Decca 4851590 21:51
10:33:13 Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo from 'Triple' Concerto Op 56 (1804) Giuliano Carmignola, violin Basel Chamber Orchestra Giovanni Antonini Sony 376362 13:01
10:49:11 Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 in c Op 32 (1841) NDR Radio Philharmonic Johannes Goritzki CPO 999603 35:09
11:26:29 Sergei Prokofiev: War and Peace: The Ball (1945) Philharmonia Orchestra Neeme Järvi Chandos 10538 11:32
11:39:47 Francesco Manfredini: Concerto Grosso in C Op 3 # 12 'Christmas' (1718) Collegium Musicum 90 Simon Standage Chandos 634 8:48
11:50:15 Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon: Overture (1826) Hanover Band Roy Goodman Nimbus 5154 8:29
12:00 BBC News; LUNCHTIME WITH THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
12:07:53 Robert Russell Bennett: The Many Moods of Christmas: Medley No. 1 (1963) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2002 8:03
12:15:57 John Rutter: Nativity Carol (1963) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2011 4:10
12:20:07 Traditional: Sussex Carol 'On Christmas Night' Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2011 2:47
12:24:57 Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 Op 72a (1806) Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Telarc 80145 14:03
12:40:53 Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel: Dream Pantomime (1893) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2011 8:22
12:49:16 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (1892) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2002 1:47
12:51:03 Bernard de La Monnoye: Patapan (1720) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2011 1:31
12:53:37 Felix Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (1840) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2008 3:56
13:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Rob Grier
12:59:50 Emmanuel Chabrier: Dix pièces pittoresques: Menuet pompeux (1881) Minnesota Orchestra Eiji Oue Reference 79 4:30
13:04:44 Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin: Menuet (1917) Alexander Schimpf, piano Oehms 867 5:06
13:11:40 Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Op 31 # 3 'Hunt' (1802) Peter Takács, piano Cambria 1175 22:53
13:36:33 Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons: 'Autumn' Concerto Op 8 # 3 (1725) Francisco Fullana, violin Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Avie 2485 11:12
13:49:28 Aram Khachaturian: Piano Concerto (1936) Constantine Orbelian, piano Royal Scottish National Orchestra Neeme Järvi Chandos 8542 33:11
14:23:39 André Jolivet: Pastorales de Noël (1943) Manuela Wiesler, flute BIS 739 11:42
14:37:04 Niels Gade: Scottish Overture 'In the Highlands' Op 7 (1844) Danish National Radio Symphony Christopher Hogwood Chandos 9862 10:23
14:48:41 Johann Strauss Jr: Waltz 'Vienna Blood' Op 354 (1873) Vienna Philharmonic Franz Welser-Möst Deutsche Gram 4763793 9:01
15:00:29 William Byrd: O magnum mysterium (1607) Monteverdi Choir Sir John Eliot Gardiner Philips 462050 3:34
15:04:28 David Conte: O magnum mysterium (2003) Capella SF Ragnar Bohlin Delos 3485 3:17
15:09:03 Johann Sebastian Bach: Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048 (1713) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Riccardo Chailly Decca 139230 5:38
15:16:11 Traditional: The Coventry Carol (1534) Cantus Cantus 1211 2:14
15:18:26 Jean de Brébeuf: The Huron Carol (1641) Cantus Cantus 1211 3:50
15:22:16 Gary Ruschman: Pat-a-Drummer (2011) Cantus Cantus 1211 4:31
15:26:47 Traditional: Advent Hymn Cantus Cantus 1211 3:31
15:31:37 Alexander Glazunov: Chopiniana Suite Op 46 (1893) Moscow Symphony Vladimir Ziva Naxos 555048 19:20
15:51:28 Hector Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ: The Shepherds' Farewell (1854) St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Andrew Carwood Decca 4789225 5:10
15:57:05 Alan Silvestri: The Polar Express: Spirit of the Season (2004) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2011 2:28
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell
16:03:12 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers Op 71a (1892) Boston Pops John Williams Decca 4851590 6:43
16:11:55 Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High Seraphic Fire Patrick Dupré Quigley SFM 14 2:12
16:14:07 John Rutter: What Sweeter Music? (1987) Seraphic Fire Patrick Dupré Quigley SFM 14 4:18
16:18:26 Traditional: Quittez, pasteurs Seraphic Fire Patrick Dupré Quigley SFM 14 2:21
16:20:47 Francis Poulenc: Four Christmas Motets: O magnum mysterium (1952) Seraphic Fire Patrick Dupré Quigley SFM 14 3:30
16:29:07 Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces Book 10: Once Upon a Time Op 71 # 1 (1901) Per Tengstrand, piano Azica 71207 4:50
16:37:01 George Frideric Handel: Messiah: Behold, A Virgin shall conceive...O Thou that tellest (1741) Elizabeth Shammash, mezzo-soprano Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Avie 2208 5:35
16:44:12 Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite (1923) Cleveland Symphonic Winds Frederick Fennell Telarc 80099 10:39
16:56:00 Traditional: Christmas Night BBC National Chorus of Wales John Hugh Thomas Nimbus 5310 3:44
17:03:41 Sir Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 Op 39 (1904) New Zealand Symphony James Judd Naxos 503293 5:47
17:18:52 Traditional: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2002 2:50
17:24:02 Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Op 80 (1880) London Philharmonic Marin Alsop Naxos 557428 10:29
17:38:51 Traditional: Christ Child's Lullaby Amanda Powell, soprano Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Avie 2396 5:43
17:45:46 Traditional: Frost & Snow, 28th of January & Dominion Reel Tina Bergmann, hammered dulcimer Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Avie 2396 3:52
17:51:49 Bruce Healey: Medley 'Sing With Us of Christmas' (1999) Singing Hoosiers Cincinnati Pops Erich Kunzel Telarc 80538 8:19
18:00 BBC News; DINNER CLASSICS
18:07:56 John Rutter: Dancing Day (1973) Etherea Vocal Ensemble Delos 3422 24:49
18:35:02 Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy Choir of Royal Holloway Rupert Gough Decca 4816326 3:55
18:40:46 Traditional: Wintertide Choir of Royal Holloway Rupert Gough Decca 4816326 3:11
18:46:03 Franz Schubert: Overture in the Italian Style D 590 (1817) Prague Sinfonia Christian Benda Naxos 570329 7:48
18:54:45 William J. Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger (1895) Choir of Royal Holloway Rupert Gough Decca 4816326 3:55
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Mills
19:01:32 George Frederick Bristow: Overture to 'A Winter's Tale' Op 30 (1856) Royal Northern Sinfonia Rebecca Miller New World 80768 9:46
19:12:41 Boris Lyatoshinksy: Symphony No. 3 in b Op 50 (1951) National Symphony of Ukraine Theodore Kuchar Marco Polo 223540 46:26
20:00 NIGHT MUSIC with John Mills
20:01:41 Alfred Burt: A Christmas Greeting (1954) Tanglewood Festival Chorus Boston Pops John Williams Decca 4851590 12:49
20:15:48 Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols Op 28 (1942) Westminster Abbey Choir Martin Neary Sony 62615 22:58
20:41:07 Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 62 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland' (1724) Collegium Vocale of Ghent Collegium Vocale Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe Harmonia Mundi 901605 18:39
21:03:34 Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin & Viola Op 88 (1911) Victor Tretiakov, violin London Symphony Neeme Järvi RCA 63292 18:33
21:23:06 Robert Schumann: Symphonic Etudes: Finale Op 13 (1852) Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Naxos 572770 6:12
21:30:42 Marc-André Hamelin: Etude No. 4 in c 'After Alkan' (2005) Marc-André Hamelin, piano Hyperion 67789 3:56
21:36:24 Sir Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy on Christmas Carols (1952) BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba Chandos 9851 8:53
21:46:38 Wilhelm Stenhammar: Symphony No. 2 in g Op 34 (1915) Gothenburg Symphony Neeme Järvi Deutsche Gram 445857 41:57
22:30:39 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols (1912) Roderick Williams, baritone City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox Chandos 10385 12:07
22:45:01 Jean Roger-Ducasse: Interlude from 'Au jardin de Marguerite' (1909) Rheinland-Pfalz Philharmonic Leif Segerstam Marco Polo 223641 12:17
22:57:57 Léo Delibes: Sylvia: Pizzicato (1876) San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Martin West Reference 125 2:01
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:01:36 John Ireland: The Holy Boy (1913) Angèle Dubeau, violin La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Analekta 8730 3:06
23:04:42 Traditional: Wexford Carol Paul O'Shaughnessy, fiddle Sony 87771 3:18
23:08:01 Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei Op 47 (1881) Brian Thornton, cello Thornton 2013 10:40
23:19:15 Traditional: Suo gân True Concord Eric Holtan Reference 734 4:32
23:23:47 Ottorino Respighi: Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi (1927) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2008 8:26
23:32:14 Franz Biebl: Ave Maria (1964) Burning River Brass BurnRiver 2013 4:02
23:36:27 Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird: Round Dance of the Princesses (1910) Cincinnati Symphony Paavo Järvi Telarc 80587 5:00
23:41:28 Walter Kent: I'll Be Home for Christmas (1943) Dallas Wind Symphony Jerry Junkin Reference 126 5:36
23:47:05 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Pastoral Symphony (1734) Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner EMI 47027 6:00
23:53:14 Ludwig van Beethoven: Adagio from String Quartet No. 14 Op 131 (1826) Cypress String Quartet Cypress 2012 5:43