12:00am THE STORY OF THE BELLS with Karl Haas

1:00 THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK with Alec Baldwin
\Helmut Rilling, conductor; Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart; Annette Dash, soprano; Daniel Taylor, countertenor; James Taylor, tenor; Shenyang, bass
George Frideric Handel: Messiah (1741)

3:00 CHRISTMAS MUSIC ALL NIGHT
Otto Nicolai: Christmas Overture (1833)--Bamberg Symphony Chorus; Bamberg Symphony/Karl Anton Rickenbacher (VirginClas 91079 CD) 10:51
Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols Op 28 (1942)--Westminster Abbey Choir; Aline Brewer, harp/Martin Neary (Sony 62615 CD) 22:58

Thomas Tallis: Christmas Mass "Puer natus est nobis" (1540)--Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (Gimell 934 CD) 23:38
Patric Standford: A Christmas Carol Symphony (1978)--City of Prague Philharmonic/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 557099 CD) 18:59
Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin: Magnificat (1610)--Sandra Simon, soprano; Ian Honeyman, tenor; Gareth Morrell, tenor; Jeffrey Strauss, bass; Apollo's Singers; Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell (Avie 2206 CD) 19:40
Randol Alan Bass: A Feast of Carols (1985)--Tallis Chamber Choir; National Symphony Orchestra/Randol Alan Bass (Kodanja 2003 CD) 16:25
John Rutter: Gloria (1974)--Cambridge Singers; John Scott, organ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/John Rutter (Collegium 100 CD) 17:13
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Part 6 BWV 248 (1734)--Dorothea Röschmann, soprano; Andreas Scholl, counter-tenor; Werner Güra, tenor; Klaus Häger, baritone; RIAS Chamber Chorus; Academy Ancient Music Berlin/René Jacobs (Harm Mundi 2908304 CD) 25:02
Victor Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony (1947)--City of Prague Philharmonic/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 557099 CD) 24:42
Witold Lutoslawski: Polish Christmas Carols (1946)--Julia Doyle, soprano; Philharmonia Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman (RCA 11561 CD) 31:02
Lorenzo Zavateri: Concerto Grosso in D Op 1/10 "Pastoral" (1735)--Gottfried von der Goltz, vn; Brigitte Täubl, violin; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/Gottfried von der Goltz (DHM 77352 CD) 9:54

7:00 MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE CHRISTMAS: A Holiday Brass and Choral Concert - Music of the Baroque/Jon Gray, conductor
Traditional: Canzona "Sol sol la sol"
Michael Praetorius: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland from "Polylymnia caduceatrix et panegyrica" (1619)--Susan Nelson, soprano; Nina Heebink, mezzo-soprano; Ryan O'Mealy, baritone
Thomas Ravenscroft: Remember, O Thou Man--Susan Nelson, soprano; Nina Heebink, mezzo-soprano; Fritz Robertson, tenor; Corey Grigg, baritone
Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree--Kimberly McCord, soprano
Claudio Monteverdi: Ego dormio SV 300 from "Sacri affetti" (1625)--Amy Conn, soprano; Ryan O'Mealy, baritone
Stephen Paulus: Pilgrim's Hymn from The Three Hermits
Johann Sebastian Bach: Virga Jesse floruit from “Magnificat” BWV 243a (1723)--Kimberly McCord, soprano; Kevin Keys, baritone
Herbert Howells: A Spotless Rose from Three Carol Anthems--Kevin Keys, baritone
Heinrich Schütz: Sei gegrüsset, Maria, SWV 333 from "Kleiner Geistichen Concerten" (1639)--Joseph Schlesinger, countertenor; Kimberly McCord, soprano
Franz Biebl: Ave Maria (Angelus Domini)--Stephen Noon, tenor; Corey Grigg, baritone
Samuel Scheidt: Galliard battaglia SSWV 59 from "Paduana, galliarda, courante" (1621)
Heinrich Schütz: Hodie Christus natus est SWV315 from "Kleiner Geistlichen Concerten" (1639)--Amy Conn, soprano; Daniel Shirley, tenor
Daniel Pinkham: Gloria in excelsis Deo from "Sinfonia sacra" (1958)
Traditional: Capriccio à 2 Cornetti, Sicut Cervus, Vom Himmel hoch, Sonata, In Ecclesiis & Adoramus te

Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore [Passameze (282) and Gaillarde (284), Ballet (264) a 4 & Ballet des coqs (254) à 5]
Morton Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium
Peter Cornelius: The Three Kings from Weihnachtslieder--Kevin Keys, baritone
Anonymous (16th Century): Coventry Carol
Hans Leo Hassler: Verbum caro factum est, Responsory for Second Vespers of the Nativity
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzona septimi toni a 8, C. 172 from "Sacrae symphoniae" (1597)
Michael Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros'entsprungen
Solemn Tone: Te Deum Laudamus

9:00 THE NUTCRACKER
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
Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2: Waltz Op 53 (1883)--Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (Chandos 9454 CD) 6:10

11:00 ST. OLAF CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2012 with Alison Young - A Wondrous Gift is Given
St. Olaf Orchestra conducted by Steven Amundsen, St. Olaf Choir conducted by Anton Armstrong, Cantorei conducted by James Bobb, Chapel Choir and Viking Chorus conducted by Christopher Aspaas, Manitou Singers conducted by Sigrid Johnson
Matthew Peterson: Dawn: Redeeming, Radiant (World Premiere)
Gustav Holst: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Marty Haugen (arr John Ferguson): Awake! Awake and Greet the New Morn (World Premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ruler of Heaven from Christmas Oratorio
Hans Leo Hassler: Verbum caro factum est
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Bogoroditse Devo from All-Night Vigil
Matthew Culloton: In dulci jubilo
Stephen Main: The Darkest Midnight in December
Traditional (arr Ken Berg): Besançon Carol & A Shepherd's Carol
Hubert Parry (arr John Ferguson): He Comes to Us as One Unknown
Traditional French Carol (arr Robert Scholz): Angels We Have Heard on High
Francis Poulenc: Laudamus te
Christopher Aspaas: In the Bleak Midwinter (World Premiere)
Cary Ratcliff: Let Every Heart
Traditional American (arr Christopher Aspaas): Poor Wayfarin' Stranger
Lewis Redner (arr John Ferguson): O Little Town of Bethlehem
Kenneth Jennings: O Little Town of Bethlehem
Traditional English (arr Carolyn Jennings): I Saw Three Ships
Agneta Skold: Sanctus
Steven Amundson: Angels' Dance
Christopher Aspaas: Carol Collage "Love and Joy Come to You" [Here We Come a-Caroling (Trad. English), On Christmas Night All Christians Sing (Luke Wadding); Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Charles Wesley); Love Has Come (Ken Bible); What Child is This (William C. Dix); All My Heart Again Rejoices (Paul Gerhardt); Traditional English (arr John Ferguson): Joy to the World

Daniel Kantor (arr John Ferguson): Night of Silence
Christoph E.F. Weyse (arr F. Melius Christiansen): O Day Full of Grace
Giuseppe Verdi: Sanctus from "Requiem"
Rowland H. Prichard (arr John Ferguson): Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Robert Scholz: Nunc dimittis
Traditional Silesian (arr F. Melius Christiansen): Beautiful Savior

1:00 THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
Robert Porco, conductor; Mary Wilson, soprano; Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor; Alek Shrader, tenor; John Relyea, bass-baritone; Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus
George Frideric Handel: Messiah (1741)

3:15 LEROY ANDERSON CHRISTMAS 2012
Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival--BBC Concert Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for Brass Choir [While by My Sheep, In dulci jublio, Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming, I Saw Three Ships, From Heaven High I Come to You, We Three Kings of Orient Are, March of the Kings]
Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for Woodwind Ensemble [Angels in Our Fields, O Sanctissima, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, O Come, Little Children; Coventry Carol; We Three Kings of Orient Are; March of the Kings]
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride--BBC Concert Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin

4:00 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

5:00 CHRISTMAS FROM BETHLEHEM
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
Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D RV 589 (1708)--Julia Doyle, soprano; Rosa Lamoreaux, soprano; Daniel Taylor, countertenor; Bach Choir of Bethlehem; Bethlehem Bach Festival Orch/Greg Funfgeld (Analekta 9873 CD) 28:00

6:00 WELCOME CHRISTMAS: Bring a Torch!
Long a favorite from their appearances on A Prairie Home Companion, VocalEssence rings in the season with an all-new Welcome Christmas! It's an hour of joyful holiday music featuring the Minneapolis-based chorus. This year's program puts the focus on old French carols, alongside two world premieres in the annual VocalEssence/American Composers Forum Christmas carol contest. The new carols call for the intriguing combination of men's chorus with English horn.

7:00 KEYBANK'S SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
Vincenzo Tommasini: The Good-Humored Ladies: Suite (1920)--Cleveland Orchestra/Louis Lane (Sony 60311 CD) 20:27
Claude Debussy (arr Henri Büsser): Petite Suite (1889)--Cleveland Orchestra/Louis Lane (Sony 63056 CD) 13:38
Richard Wagner: A Siegfried Idyll (1870)--Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell (MAA 75 CD) 19:05

8:00 A CHANTICLEER CHRISTMAS 2012 with Brian Newhouse
Plainsong: Veni, et ostende/O Rex gentium / Veni, veni, Emmanuel
Jean Mouton: Nesciens Mater
Jacob Handl: Rorate Caeli
Traditional German (arr Praetorius & Bach): In dulci jubilo
Arvo Pärt: Bogoroditse Devo (“Mother of God and Virgin”)
Alexander Gretchaninoff: Svete tihiy (“Hail, Gladsome Light”)
Franz Biebl: Ave Maria
Herbert Howells: A Spotless Rose
Traditional French (arr John Rutter): Il est né le divin enfant
Traditional American (arr Joseph Jennings): It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Anonymous (arr Joseph Jennings): Star of Wonder Medley
Traditional English (arr Joseph Jennings): O Come, All Ye Faithful

9:00 A FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS & CAROLS 2012 – recorded yesterday
The Christmas Eve service held in King's College Chapel was introduced in 1918 to bring a more imaginative approach to worship. It was first broadcast in 1928 and is now broadcast to millions of people around the world. The service includes carols and readings from the Bible. The opening carol is always 'Once in Royal David's City', and there is always a new, specially commissioned carol.

11:00 LATE PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Pastoral Symphony (1734)--Academy 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
John Rutter: Five Meditations for Orchestra (c.1987)--Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/John Rutter (Decca 1821 CD) 17:53
Traditional: Wexford Carol--Marsha Genensky, soprano; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp (Harm Mundi 907325 CD)   5:55
Erik Satie (arr Claude Debussy): Gymnopédies Nos. 1 & 3 (1896)--Cleveland Orchestra/Louis Lane (Sony 63056 CD)   6:09
Benjamin Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin (1930)--The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Decca 10836 CD)   3:42