Sunday December 25
12:00am ADVENTURES IN GOOD MUSIC with Karl Haas: “The Story of the Bells”
1:00 WCLV CHRISTMAS MORNING:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in D BWV 243 (1723)--Carolyn Sampson, soprano; Ingeborg Danz, alto; Mark Padmore, tenor; Sebastian Noack, bass; Collegium Vocale Gent; Collegium Vocale Orchestra/Philippe Herreweghe (Harm Mundi 901781 CD) 33:56
Various (arr John Eliot Gardiner): "Once As I Remember..." (1998)
Robert Cowper: Gloria in excelsis; Anonymous: Ave Maria; Angelus ad Virginum; Giovanni Palestrina: Alma Redemptoris mater; Traditional (arr Edgar Pettman): Gabriel's message; Giovanni Bassano: Hodie Christus natus est; Anonymous: Jolly shepherd; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est; Traditional (arr Charles Wood): Past three o'clock; Michael Praetorius: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen; Traditional: There is no rose; Lajos Bárdos: Ave maris stella; Herbert Howells: A spotless rose; Heinrich Schütz: Ach Herr, du Schöpfer aller Ding, SWV 450; Anonymous: Entre le boeuf et l'ane gris; Traditional (arr Louis-Gaston Soublette): Patapan (Guillô, pran ton tamborin); Michael Praetorius: Psallite unigenito; Richard Dering: Quem vidistis, pastores?; Traditional (arr Martin Shaw): The cradle; William Byrd: Lullaby, my sweet little baby; Traditional: El rorro; Traditional (arr R. Hammond): Once as I remember; Johann Walther: Joseph, lieber Joseph mein; John Gardner: Entry of the Three Kings; Traditional: The King of all Kings; Robert Armstrong: Ring out ye crystal spheres; Thomas Weelkes: Gloria in excelsis Deo; William Byrd: O magnum mysterium; John Tavener: The Lamb; Anonymous (arr Ralph Vaughan Williams): This endere nyghth--Monteverdi Choir; Brass Ensemble/Sir John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 462050 CD) 73:04
Witold Lutoslawski: Polish Christmas Carols (1946)--Julia Doyle, soprano; Philharmonia Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman (RCA 11561 CD) 31:02
John Rutter: "Christmas Day in the Morning" (1993)
Traditional-English (arr Rutter): I Saw Three Ships (2:10); Anonymous-Spanish: Riu, riu, chiu (2:20); John Rutter: Mary's Lullaby (3:27); Traditional-Cornish (arr Rutter): Sans Day Carol (3:07); Traditional-French (arr Rutter): Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle (2:02); John Rutter: Star Carol (2:50); Traditional-French (arr Healy Willan): What Is This Lovely Fragrance? (3:24); Traditional-Irish (arr Rutter): Wexford Carol (3:58); Traditional-French (arr Rutter): Quittez Pasteurs (2:28); John Rutter: Donkey Carol (3:32); Traditional-Welsh (arr Rutter): Deck the Hall (1:40); John Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol (2:54); Traditional-English (arr Rutter): We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1:42)--Stephen Varcoe, baritone; Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium 121 CD) 36:25
Various: "Celebration" - Christmas Fanfares, Carols and Readings, Pt. 1 (1990)
John Francis Wade (arr Willcocks): O come, all ye faithful (4:19); Traditional (arr Sir Malcolm Sargent): Mary had a baby (1:53); "Noël: Christmas Eve, 1913" by Robert Bridges (1:10); Elisabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (4:01); "Marcello's Speech from Hamlet, Act 1 Sc. 1" by Wm Shakespeare (0:28); Traditional-French (arr Rutter): Christmas Night (3:48); Traditional (arr Willcocks): The First Nowell (5:18); "Memories of Christmas (extract)" by Dylan Thomas (1:38); William Mathias: Bell Carol (4:14); Herbert Howells: Here is the little door (4:05); "The Oxen" by Thomas Hardy (0:46); Henry John Gauntlett (arr Willcocks): Once in Royal David's City (5:06)--BBC National Chorus of Wales; Huw Tregelles Williams, organ; Aled Jones, narrator; Fanfare Trumpets, Welsh Guards/John Hugh Thomas (Nimbus 5310 CD) 36:39
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 63 "Christen, ätzet diesen Tag" (1716)--Carolyn Sampson, soprano; Ingeborg Danz, alto; Mark Padmore, tenor; Sebastian Noack, bass; Collegium Vocale Gent; Collegium Vocale Orchestra/Philippe Herreweghe (Harm Mundi 901781 CD) 27:15
Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr Roy Douglas): Nativity Play "The First Nowell" (1958)--Sarah Fox, soprano; Roderick Williams, baritone; Joyful Company of Singers; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos 10385 CD) 29:01
6:00 WITH HEART AND VOICE with Peter Dubois: For playlists, click here.
7:00 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SENTINEL
7:30 MUSICA SACRA, Pt. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in D BWV 243 (1723)--Julia Doyle, soprano; Rosa Lamoreaux, soprano; Daniel Taylor, countertenor; Benjamin Butterfield, tenor; Daniel Lichti, bass; Bethlehem Bach Festival Orch/Greg Funfgeld (Analekta 9873 CD) 27:12
8:00 CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR
8:30 MUSICA SACRA, Pt.2
Francis Poulenc: Four Christmas Motets (1952)--RIAS Chamber Chorus/Marcus Creed (Harm Mundi 2908304 CD) 11:29
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No.191 "Gloria in excelsis Deo" (1741)--Julia Doyle, soprano; Benjamin Butterfield, tenor; Bach Choir of Bethlehem; Bethlehem Bach Festival Orch/Greg Funfgeld (Analekta 9873 CD) 14:55
9:00 THE NUTCRACKER sponsored by Discount Drug Mart
Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act 1 Op 71 (1892)--American Boychoir; Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa (DeutGram 435619 CD) 45:23
Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act 2 Op 71 (1892)--Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa (DeutGram 435619 CD) 42:41
Peter Tchaikovsky: The Crown of Roses (1883)--Rodolfus Choir/Ralph Allwood (BBC 326 CD) 2:31
Anton Arensky: Variations on Theme by Tchaikovsky Op 35a (1893)--English String Orchestra/William Boughton (Nimbus 7020 CD) 14:05
11:00 CHRISTMAS WITH THE ACADEMY
Traditional: Past three o'clock; O come, all ye faithful 'Adeste fideles'; Ding dong! Merrily on high; In the bleak mid-winter; Henry J. Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's city; Traditional: Sussex Carol, 'On Christmas Night all Christians Sing'; Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance; flowing); Il est né, le divin Enfant; Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; Franz Gruber: Stille Nacht 'Silent Night'--Rosemary Joshua, soprano; Ian Bostridge, tenor; Gerald Finley, baritone; ASMF Chorus; Academy St. Martin in Fields/Sir Neville Marriner (Philips 442141 CD) 35:41
Traditional: Still, still, still; Michael Praetorius: Singt und klingt (Psallite); Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Away in a manger; Anonymous: Personet hodie; Traditional: In dulci jubilo; Elisabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; Felix Mendelssohn: Hark! the herald angels sing; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio BWV 248; Hector Berlioz: Shepherds' farewell from "L'Enfance du Christ"--Rosemary Joshua, soprano; Ian Bostridge, tenor; Gerald Finley, baritone; ASMF Chorus; Academy St. Martin in Fields/Sir Neville Marriner (Philips 442141 CD) 22:41
12:00pm LA NOCHEBUENA: A Spanish Renaissance Christmas with the Rose Ensemble
1:00 A CLEVELAND CHRISTMAS
Traditional: I Saw Three Ships; Traditional: Song of the Birds; Traditional: Riu, riu, chiu—Sandra Simon, soprano; Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell (Eclectra 2041 CD) 8:40
David-Lawson: Born on a New Day; Traditional (arr Helvey): Away in a Manger; Dix-Lohman: What Child; John Jacob Niles: I Wonder as I Wander; Fissenberg: Love Came Down at Christmas—The Ensemble from FederatedChurch in ChagrinFalls
Traditional (arr Harvey): Ding Dong, Merrily on High; Simon Wills: A Prelude and Fugue for Christmas—Burning River Brass
Manz: E’en so Lord Jesus Quickly Come; Michael Praetorius: Lo How a Rose e’er Blooming; Traditional: O Come, O Come Emmanuel—Old Stone Singers/Warren Scharf; Margaret Scharf, organ; Jocelyn Chang, harp
Richard Purvis: Prelude on “Greensleeves”; Anonymous (arr Charles Callahan): Go Tell it on the Mountain—Todd Wilson, organ [Norton Memorial Organ at Severance Hall] (MAA 11009 CD) 5:30
Traditional: Annunciation Carol; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est; Traditional: The Seven Joys of Mary—Choir of St. John the Evangelist, Cleveland 9:23
2:00 HODIE
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Christmas Cantata "Hodie" (1954)--Elizabeth Gale, soprano; Robert Tear, tenor; Stephen Roberts, baritone; London Symphony Chorus; Choristers St Paul's Cathedral; London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox (EMI 54128 CD) 57:47
3:00 WCLV CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS
Bryan Kelly: Improvisations on Christmas Carols (1969)--City of Prague Philharmonic/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 557099 CD) 12:35
Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr Ralph Greaves): Fantasia on "Greensleeves" (1934)--Cleveland Orchestra/Robert Porco (MAA 2002 CD) 4:26
Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for Brass (1955)--BBC Concert Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 559357 CD) 11:33
Victor Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony (1947)--City of Prague Philharmonic/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 557099 CD) 24:42
4:00 THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA ON THE RADIO - The Cleveland Orchestra/ Robert Porco; Mary Wilson, soprano; Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor; Alek Shrader, tenor; John Relyea, bass-baritone; Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus - Severance Hall concert of December 2009 - sponsored in part by Judson at University Circle
George Frideric Handel: Messiah (1741)
6:15 THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Craig Courtney: A Musicological Journey through "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (1990)--Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Symphony Orchestra/Jerold Ottley (Bonneville 9402 CD) 12:12
6:30 MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
7:00 KEYBANK'S SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel: Suite (1893)--Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Rudolph Kempe (EMI 68736 CD) 26:12
William Henry Fry: Santa Claus Symphony (1853)--Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch/Tony Rowe (Naxos 559057 CD) 26:11
8:00 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SENTINEL & BIBLE LESSON
9:00 KEEPING CHRISTMAS
Various: "Keeping Christmas" - Carols & The Christmas Story (2010)
The First Nowell; Reading: Matthew 1:18-21; O Prince of Peace! O Sharon's Dewy Rose; A Tender Shoot; Reading: Matthew 1:22-25; Shall I Tell You Who Will Come to Bethlehem; A Child's Welcome; Carol of the Star; Reading: Matthew 2:1-6; Willow Carol; O Come, All Ye Faithful; Reading: Matthew 2:7-11; In the Bleak Midwinter; The Holly and the Ivy; Reading: Matthew 2:12-15; Nativity Carol; Angels We Have Heard On High; Reading: Matthew 2:16-18; Missa ad Praesepe: Kyrie, Sanctus & Benedictus, Agnus Dei; Silent Night; Reading: Matthew 2:19-23; Infant Holy, Infant Lowly--Members of Elements Theatre Company; James E, Jordan, organ; David C. Chalmers, organ; Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth C. Patterson (GloriaDei 50 CD) 60:12
10:00 PIPEDREAMS with Michael Barone: On Christmas Day - magical music, both old and new, adds immeasurably to the spirit of the Nativity Festival.
David Halls: Sing, o sing this blessed morn–Salisbury Cathedral Choir, David Halls, conductor; Daniel Cook (1876 Henry Willis/Salisbury Cathedral, England, UK) Priory PRCD1025
Myron Roberts: Improvisation on "God rest you merry, gentlemen"–Frederick Hohman (1982 Reuter/Holy Name of Jesus, RCC, San Francisco, CA) Pro Organo CD 7040
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude "Vom Himmel hoch" BWV 606–Fynske Chamber Choir, Alice Joensen, conductor; Kevin Bowyer (1962 Marcussen/St. Hans Church, Odense, Denmark) Nimbus NI 5457/8
Johann Sebastian Bach: Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch" BWV 769–Pieter Dirksen (1733 Hinsz/Petruskerk, Leens, The Netherlands) Etcetera 1400
Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Four Christmas Carols (Vom Himmel hoch; Pastorale on Silent Night; Freu dich sehr.
Hermann Schröder: Susani–Childrens Choir Saulgau, Hugo Birkhofer, conductor; Mario Hospach (1985 Rebmann choir organ/St. John Church, Soulgau, Germany) ebs 6019
Pierre Cochereau: Variations sur un Noël (improvisation)–Pierre Cochereau (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) Solstice FY058
11:00 LATE PROGRAM
John Rutter: Five Meditations for Orchestra (c.1987)--Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/John Rutter (Decca 1821 CD) 17:53
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Pastoral Symphony (1734)--Academy for Ancient Music Berlin/René Jacobs (Harm Mundi 2908304 CD) 7:47
Arthur Foote: A Night Piece for Flute & Strings (1918)--Maurice Sharp, flute; Cleveland Sinfonietta/Louis Lane (Epic 1116 6:28
Robert Parsons: Ave Maria (c.1565)--Fairhaven Singers/Ralph Woodward (Guild 7380 CD) 5:42
Erik Satie (arr Claude Debussy): Gymnopédies Nos. 1 & 3 (1896)--Cleveland Orchestra/Louis Lane (Sony 63056 CD) 6:09
John Rutter: What Sweeter Music (1987)--Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/John Rutter (Decca 1821 CD) 4:00
Frederick Delius (arr Sir Thomas Beecham): Hassan: Serenade (1923)--Rafael Druian, violin; Martha Dalton, harp; Cleveland Sinfonietta/Louis Lane (Sony 48260 CD) 2:37
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