00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Peter van de Graaff
0:00:00 Francesco Manfredini Sinfonia pastorale per il santissimo natale in D, Op 2/12 English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston Novalis 150133-2 (2) Christmas Concertos 5:15
0:05:15 Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Soloists; Gachinger Kantorei; Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Rilling Hanssler Classic 98.854 (3) Weihnachtsoratorium 22:53
0:29:58 Alexander Glazunov Oriental Rhapsody, Op 29 USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov Melodiya SUCD-1000156 Forest, Sea, Oriental Rhapsody 25:14
0:55:12 Ukrainian Trad Carol of the Bells Roger Wagner Cho/Roger Wagner Delos D/CD-3072 Choral Music - LEONTOVITCH, M. / RUTTER, J. / MACGIMSEY, R. / GARDNER, J. (… to catch a Christmas star - Christmas with Roger Wagner) 1:30
1:00:00 German Trad Carol, O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) Hollywood Bowl Sym Orch/Carmen Dragon EMI/Ang CDM5-66087-2 The Music Of Christmas 2:46
1:02:46 English Trad Carol, O Come All Ye Faithful Hollywood Bowl Sym Orch/Carmen Dragon EMI/Ang CDM5-66087-2 The Music Of Christmas 2:48
1:05:34 English Trad Carol, The First Nowell York Minster Cho/Francis Jackson Chandos CHAN-6632 Christmas Carols 4:58
1:10:32 J Wainright Carol, Christians, Awake! York Minster Cho/Francis Jackson Chandos CHAN-6632 Christmas Carols 4:15
1:14:47 English Trad Carol, Once in Royal David's City York Minster Cho/Francis Jackson Chandos CHAN-6632 Christmas Carols 4:53
1:19:40 English Trad Carol, God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen York Minster Cho/Francis Jackson Chandos CHAN-6632 Christmas Carols 3:17
1:24:36 Edward Elgar Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Royal Phil/Andrew Litton Virgin 90727-2 In The South, Serenade, Enigma Variations 30:36
1:55:12 Imogen Holst That Lord That Lay in Asse Stall King's College Cho Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks EMI/Ang CDM5-66244-2 Carols From King's 1:33
2:00:00 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Prelude and Fugue in C Joseph Payne, o Naxos 8.550964 German Organ Music, Vol. 1 5:06
2:05:06 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in c minor, Op.37 Mahler Chamber Orch/Leif Ove Andsnes, p Sony 88725-42058-2 The Beethoven Journey 35:24
2:40:30 Norwegian Trad Carol, O, jul med din glede Skruk/Per Hildre Norsk FXCD-1991 N/A 1:50
2:42:20 Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt, Op. 23 Oslo Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen CBS MK-44528 Peer Gynt Excerpts From The Incidental Music 4:26
2:46:46 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384 Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble EMI/Ang CDC5-55342-2 N/A 7:55
2:54:41 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384 John Alldis Cho, St Martin's Academy/Colin Davis Philips 416273-2 More Of The Best Of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1:27
03:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Peter van de Graaff
3:00:00 Morten Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium Boston Trinity Church Cho/Brian Jones Dorian DOR-93191 Choral Recital: Boston Trinity Church Choir - BIEBL, F.X. / TAVENER, J. / PART, A. / DIRKSEN, R.W. (Radiant Light - Songs for the Millennium) 5:01
3:05:01 Tomas Luis de Victoria Missa O Magnum Mysterium with motet Tiffany Consort MSR Classics MS-1108 O Magnum Mysterium * The Tiffany Consort 18:52
3:23:53 Spanish Trad Carol, Patapan BBC Singers, Royal Phil/James Galway, f RCA RCD1-5888 James Galway's Christmas Carol 1:21
3:25:14 Joaquin Rodrigo Concierto para una fiesta David Russell, g; Naples Phil/Erich Kunzel Telarc CD-80459 Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez/ Fantasia Gentilhombre 29:25
3:54:39 Spanish Trad Spanish Carol (Tonight A Babe Is Born) Chanticleer Teldec 85555-2 Christmas With Chanticleer 1:46
4:00:00 Giuseppe Torelli Concerto grosso in g, Op 8/6, Christmas Concerto Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood L'Oiseau Lyre 410179-2 Corelli, Torelli: Christmas Concertos 5:40
4:05:40 William Walton Facade Suite Chicago Pro Musica Reference RR-16 Facade - An Instrumental Suite In The Original Scoring 20:42
4:27:48 Gustav Holst Carol, In the Bleak Midwinter London Festival Orch/Ross Pople Arte Nova 34022-2 Orchestral Music 3:34
4:31:22 Ludwig (Louis) Spohr Concertante #1 in G, for Violin, Harp, and Orchestra (1806) Holliger, h; Graf, f; English Chamber Orch/Peter Lukas Graf Claves DPK-407 N/A 23:10
4:54:32 German Trad Carol, O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) Ama Deus Ensemble/Valentin Radu Sony SFK-62768 N/A 1:29
5:00:00 Various Christmas Medley (Komt herders, etc) B Hendricks, Children's, Chamber Cho's, Stockholm Ch Orch/Eric Ericson EMI/Ang CDC5-55536-2 Christmas Songs 4:59
5:04:59 Robert Russell Bennett Christmas Medley #1 Atlanta Sym Cho, Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Shaw Telarc CD-80087 The Many Moods Of Christmas 11:29
5:16:28 Afro-American Traditional A Little Christmas Medley Mainstreet Brass MSR Classics MS-1325 Christmas Spirit * Mainstreet Brass 8:31
5:26:42 Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite, Op. 40 Swiss Chamber Orch ASV CDQS-6094 N/A 19:27
5:46:09 George Frideric Handel Passacaglia Arturo Delmoni, v; Nathaniel Rosen, vc John Marks Records JMR-15 N/A 7:36
5:53:45 Halfdan Cleve Three Piano Pieces, Op 16 Geir Henning Braaten, p NKF NKFCD-50023-2 N/A 1:32
05:57:53 Traditional: Deck the Halls Opus 216 Opus 216 10324 1:39
06:00 BBC News; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:08:44 Carlos Chávez: Sarabande for Strings (1946) Festival Orchestra of Mexico Enrique Bátiz Naxos 550838 5:54
06:16:15 Bryan Kelly: Improvisations on Christmas Carols (1969) City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 557099 12:35
06:30:02 Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande: Prélude Op 80 # 1 (1898) Louis Lortie, piano Chandos 40 5:45
06:36:04 Johannes Brahms: Lullaby Op 49 # 4 (1868) Daniel Hope, violin Deutsche Gram 4796922 2:11
06:40:14 Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons: 'Winter' Concerto Op 8 # 4 (1725) Francisco Fullana, violin Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Avie 2485 9:04
06:50:30 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes (1892) Houston Symphony Sergiu Comissiona Pro Arte 251 4:35
06:56:17 Sergei Prokofiev: March in B-Flat Op 99 (1944) Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra Frederick Fennell Brain 7505 2:12
06:58:40 Sergei Prokofiev: March in B-Flat Op 99 (1944) Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra Frederick Fennell Brain 7505 2:12
07:04:22 Frederick Delius: Winter Night 'Sleigh Ride' (1890) Royal Philharmonic John Rutter Collegium 133 5:45
07:11:47 Jean Françaix: Concertino for Piano & Orchestra (1932) Claude Françaix, piano London Symphony Antal Doráti Mercury 434335 7:55
07:20:11 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (1791) Anton Scharinger, bass Philharmonia Zürich Nikolaus Harnoncourt Teldec 242716 4:35
07:25:34 Raymond Scott: The Toy Trumpet (1937) Quartet San Francisco ViolinJazz 105 2:53
07:33:00 Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 3: Preludio BWV 1006 (1720) Hélène Grimaud, piano Deutsche Gram 12504 3:32
07:40:51 Cyril J. Mockridge: Miracle on 34th Street: Suite (1947) Royal Philharmonic David Newman Telarc 88801 11:00
07:53:36 Isaac Albéniz: Rumores de la Caleta [Malagueña] Op 71 # 6 (1887) Jason Vieaux, guitar Azica 71224 4:09
07:58:33 Fritz Kreisler: Syncopation (1926) Ray Chen, violin Decca 4833852 2:01
08:07:42 Randol Alan Bass: The Night Before Christmas (1988) Dorothy Silver, narrator Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2008 6:25
08:16:11 Claude Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane (1904) Yolanda Kondonassis, harp Oberlin 21 Bridget Reischl Telarc 80694 10:12
08:28:16 Percy Grainger: Molly on the Shore (1907) Marc-André Hamelin, piano Hyperion 66884 3:12
08:32:19 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers (1892) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2008 6:59
08:41:48 Sir Edward Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for Strings Op 47 (1905) Vienna Philharmonic Sir John Eliot Gardiner Deutsche Gram 463265 12:52
08:55:52 John Williams: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme (2001) Berlin Philharmonic John Williams Deutsche Gram 5:02
09:06:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910) Sinfonia of London Sir John Barbirolli EMI 67264 16:10
09:24:08 Leroy Anderson: Bugler's Holiday (1954) Catherine Moore, trumpet BBC Concert Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Naxos 559313 2:33
09:30:58 Meredith Willson: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (1953) Singing Hoosiers Cincinnati Pops Erich Kunzel Telarc 80538 3:51
09:36:57 Bedrich Smetana: The Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians (1866) Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Decca 444867 5:45
09:44:51 Eric Whitacre: little tree (1996) Elora Festival Singers Noel Edison Naxos 559677 5:27
09:52:04 Jean-Philippe Rameau: The Hen from Concert No. 6 en sextuor (1768) Musicians of the Louvre Marc Minkowski Deutsche Gram 4795448 4:26
09:56:45 John Lennon/Paul McCartney: Michelle (1965) Milos Karadaglic, guitar Mercury 24425 2:32
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:01:21 Ludwig Bonvin: Christmas Night's Dream Op 10 (1900) Gowanus Arts Ensemble Reuben Blundell New Focus 166 4:20
10:05:58 Traditional: Sleep, Baby Jesus West Edge String Quartet Centaur 3087 3:52
10:11:03 Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel: Suite (1893) Royal Philharmonic Rudolph Kempe EMI 68736 26:12
10:38:37 Luigi Cherubini: Concert Overture in G (1815) Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner EMI 54438 10:23
10:51:41 Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in a Op 56 'Scottish' (1842) Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Telarc 80184 34:04
11:27:25 Otto Nicolai: Christmas Overture (1833) Bamberg Symphony Chorus Bamberg Symphony Karl Anton Rickenbacher Virgin 91079 10:51
11:39:37 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 16 in C K 128 (1772) Prague Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Telarc 80242 11:19
11:52:08 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Pastoral Symphony (1734) Academy for Early Music Berlin René Jacobs Harmonia Mundi 2908304 7:47
12:00 BBC News; LUNCHTIME WITH THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
12:08:21 Ottorino Respighi: Church Windows: The Flight into Egypt (1927) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2014 6:30
12:14:52 Gian Carlo Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors: Suite (1951) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2002 6:15
12:21:08 Katherine K. Davis: The Little Drummer Boy (1941) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2008 3:56
12:27:35 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade: The Kalender Prince Op 35 (1888) Daniel Majeske, violin Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Decca 4787779 10:59
12:40:35 George Frideric Handel: Messiah: Comfort Ye...Every valley shall be exalted (1741) Kenneth Tarver, tenor Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2002 3:14
12:43:49 George Frideric Handel: Messiah: And the glory of the Lord (1741) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2002 3:01
12:46:49 George Frideric Handel: Messiah: Hallelujah (1741) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco MAA 2008 3:43
12:53:20 Richard Wagner: Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries (1856) Cleveland Orchestra George Szell CBS 46286 5:25
13:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Rob Grier
12:59:22 Juan de Araujo: Los coflades de la estleya (1700) Ensemble Caprice Matthias Maute Analekta 9957 4:16
13:04:06 Joaquín Rodrigo: There Go the Shepherds (1963) Narciso Yepes, guitar Deutsche Gram 419620 3:09
13:08:17 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Suite Op 71a (1892) Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Telarc 80068 20:34
13:30:41 Richard Addinsell: A Christmas Carol: Suite (1951) Ambrosian Singers Royal Philharmonic David Newman Telarc 88801 14:07
13:46:07 Traditional: Auld Lang Syne Opus 216 Opus 216 10324 2:10
13:50:33 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 Op 29 'Inextinguishable' (1916) New York Philharmonic Alan Gilbert DaCapo 220624 35:56
14:27:40 Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Trio No. 2 Op 22 (1807) Trio Parnassus MDG 3307 12:44
14:42:32 Antonín Dvorák: Romance in f Op 11 (1877) Arabella Steinbacher, violin Berlin Radio Symphony Marek Janowski PentaTone 353 11:45
14:55:05 Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down (1927) City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 557099 4:08
15:00:06 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Miniature Overture (1892) Burning River Brass BurnRiver 2008 1:51
15:02:26 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Crown of Roses (1883) Rodolfus Choir Ralph Allwood BBC 326 2:31
15:06:11 Anton Arensky: Variations on Theme by Tchaikovsky Op 35a (1893) English String Orchestra William Boughton Nimbus 7020 14:05
15:21:37 Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Noëls on Instruments H 534 (1693) Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Eclectra 2041 6:20
15:29:34 John Rutter: Brother Heinrich's Christmas (1982) Cambridge Singers City of London Sinfonia John Rutter Collegium 115 19:14
15:49:17 Traditional: The First Nowell (1833) Capella SF Ragnar Bohlin Delos 3485 5:01
15:54:43 Hugh Martin: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (1944) Dallas Wind Symphony Jerry Junkin Reference 126 4:55
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell
16:03:37 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo from Piano Concerto No. 18 K 456 (1784) Mitsuko Uchida, piano Cleveland Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida Decca 4786763 7:53
16:13:06 Francis Poulenc: Four Christmas Motets (1952) RIAS Chamber Chorus Marcus Creed Harmonia Mundi 2908304 11:29
16:28:41 Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Robert Page MAA 1999 2:02
16:33:10 Johannes Brahms: Minuet & Rondo from Serenade No. 2 Op 16 (1859) Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Nicholas McGegan PhiBaroque 5 11:21
16:46:17 Jack Sutte: Clearly, We Saw Angels on a Few Ships at Midnight (2021) Factory Seconds Brass Trio Sutte 2023 2:17
16:48:43 Julie Giroux: Christmas and Sousa Forever (2010) Dallas Wind Symphony Jerry Junkin Reference 126 3:39
16:52:23 Albert Hague: You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (1966) Thurl Ravenscroft, bass Symphony Orchestra Rhino 75969 2:56
16:56:04 Jacob Handl: Mirable mysterium (1590) Stile Antico Harmonia Mundi 807575 3:59
17:05:51 John Johnson: Lute Duet 'Greensleeves' (1580) Sharon Isbin, guitar Sony 745456 5:08
17:19:09 Jennifer Conner: Quiet Promise (2011) Quire Cleveland Ross Duffin Quire 102 3:06
17:23:27 Robert Russell Bennett: The Many Moods of Christmas: Medley No. 3 (1963) Atlanta Symphony Chorus Atlanta Symphony Robert Shaw Telarc 80087 12:46
17:40:32 Karl Jenkins: Lullay (2009) Polyphony Stephen Layton Deutsche Gram 4793232 3:58
17:45:20 Karl Jenkins: Exsultate, jubilate (1993) Polyphony Stephen Layton Deutsche Gram 4793232 4:14
17:51:02 Gaetano Maria Schiassi: Sinfonia Pastorale (1735) Northwest Chamber Orch Alun Francis Helios 88028 9:10
18:00 BBC News; DINNER CLASSICS
18:08:05 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
18:37:07 Traditional: Still, still, still Musica Sacra Richard Westenburg Deutsche Gram 429732 2:41
18:41:46 Mikola Leontovich: Carol of the Bells (1916) Musica Sacra Richard Westenburg Deutsche Gram 429732 1:16
18:44:40 Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow: Concert Overture (1940) Berlin Radio Symphony Michail Jurowski CPO 999891 9:31
18:55:19 Conrad Kocher: As With Gladness Men of Old (1838) Musica Sacra Richard Westenburg Deutsche Gram 429732 2:52
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Mills
19:01:33 Arturo Márquez: Danzon No. 2 (1994) Simón Bolívar Symphony Gustavo Dudamel Deutsche Gram 4795448 9:38
19:12:29 Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird (1910) Chicago Symphony Pierre Boulez Deutsche Gram 437850 46:03
20:00 NIGHT MUSIC with John Mills
20:00:37 Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in D BWV 243 (1723) Collegium Vocale of Ghent Collegium Vocale Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe Harmonia Mundi 901781 33:56
20:35:59 Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne BWV 1004 (1720) Soyeon Kate Lee, piano Koch Intl 7759 14:56
20:51:59 Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 140: Chorale 'Wachet auf' (1731) Burning River Brass BurnRiver 2004 5:26
20:57:48 Carlos Salzedo: Suite of Eight Dances: Tango (1943) Yolanda Kondonassis, harp Telarc 80581 2:22
21:02:50 Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a Op 33 (1872) Lynn Harrell, cello Cleveland Orchestra Sir Neville Marriner Decca 410019 19:00
21:22:50 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Pas de deux (1892) Boston Symphony Seiji Ozawa Deutsche Gram 435619 9:11
21:32:55 Frank Bridge: Sir Roger de Coverley (1922) English String Orchestra William Boughton Nimbus 5366 4:44
21:38:57 Franz von Suppé: The Jolly Robbers: Overture (1868) Vienna Philharmonic Zubin Mehta CBS 44932 6:21
21:46:46 Michael Praetorius: Christmas Vespers, Pt. 1 'A Lutheran Advent Service' (1621) Sandra Simon, soprano Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Koch Intl 7673 40:47
22:28:25 Dag Wirén: Serenade for Strings Op 11 (1937) English String Orchestra William Boughton Nimbus 7020 14:22
22:44:45 Christopher Rouse: Karolju: Finale 'Italian' (1991) Philharmonia Chorus BBC Symphony David Zinman RCA 11561 8:22
22:53:48 Isaac Albéniz: Iberia: Evocatión (1906) Lang Lang, piano Sony 771901 6:30
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:01:56 Erik Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1 (1888) Albrecht Mayer, English horn Academy St. Martin in Fields Mathias Mönius Decca 4782564 3:34
23:05:31 Daryl Runswick: Fantasia on 'The Coventry Carol' and 'In dulci jubilo' (1996) London Cello Sound Geoffrey Simon Cala 55003 6:32
23:12:04 Carl Reinecke: Cavatina from Serenade for Strings Op 242 (1896) Catherine Tunnell, cello German Chamber Academy Neuss Johannes Goritzki CPO 999159 6:55
23:19:07 Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Arabian Dance (1892) Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Telarc 80068 3:26
23:22:33 Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song (1946) Opus 216 Opus 216 10324 3:29
23:26:04 Guillaume Lekeu: Adagio for Orchestral Quartet (1891) Ensemble Musique Oblique Harmonia Mundi 901455 10:07
23:36:21 Sir Thomas Beecham: The Faithful Shepherd Suite: Pastorale (1932) Royal Philharmonic Yehudi Menuhin MCA 6231 4:51