Archive for the ‘Holiday Programs’ Category
12/21/17 – Welcome Christmas! – 10PM
New for 2017, Welcome Christmas is a perennial Christmas favorite from VocalEssence, one of the world’s premier choral ensembles. Join host John Birge for an hour of traditional carols and new discoveries, including the world premiere of two carols from the annual Christmas Carol Contest. Playlist Alice Parker: March of the Kings; I Saw Three Ships; Carol of […]
12/20/17 – A Chanticleer Christmas – 10PM
This unique, one-hour program of holiday music is presented live in concert by Chanticleer. Hear why this superb 12-man ensemble is known as “an orchestra of voices,” as they perform holiday classics and new favorites, with choral commentary by host Brian Newhouse. Programme
12/18/17 – Advent Voices – 10PM
Advent is a time of quiet contemplation and waiting. It’s waiting for darkness to become light and for hopes to be realized. Throughout the centuries Advent has been observed musically in sacred and secular ways. Join Lynne Warfel for an hour of the most beautiful vocal music inspired by and written for Advent. Program • […]
12/16/17 – Chanukah with Chicago a cappella @8pm
A Chanukah Celebration with Chicago a cappella Join Jonathan Miller, artistic director of Chicago a cappella and a longtime champion of Jewish choral music, for an inspiring and informative show featuring choral music set to Chanukah texts. Familiar tunes include “I Have a Little Dreidel” (both in its original Yiddish form and in a neo-funk […]
12/24/16 – Christmas with the Baltimore Choral Arts Concert – 6pm
plus a special encore presentation Sunday 12/25 @ 2pm Get into the Christmas spirit with WBJC’s special broadcast of this year’s Christmas with Baltimore Choral Arts Concert. Tom Hall and Choral Arts ring in the Holidays from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen for this popular and often sold out concert. The Full Chorus and […]
12/25/16 – Hollywood Holiday – 7pm
Lynne Warfel, host of Saturday Cinema, takes you on a one hour musical retrospective of some of Hollywood’s most cherished Christmas themed movies. program Hague: “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” – Michael Chertock, piano; Telarc 80485 “Christmas at the Movies” Williams: “Star of Bethlehem” from Home Alone – Williams/Boston Pops/Tanglewood Chorus; Sony 48232 “Joy […]
12/22/16 – Leroy Anderson Christmas – 10pm
This one hour program contains 80% music of classic Christmas arrangements and original music by Leroy Anderson. It is hosted by conductor Leonard Slatkin and the composer’s son Kurt Anderson, and features recorded performances of Leroy Anderson’s Christmas Music with Leonard Slatkin conducting the BBC Concert Orchestra, and Leroy Anderson conducting his “Pops” Concert Orchestra. […]
12/21/16 – A Chanticleer Christmas – 10pm
Christmas is our favorite time of year, when we accompany your holiday season with joy and tranquility in music old, new, and familiar. Nanino, Byrd, Praetorious, Gabrieli, Villette and Poulenc are among the composers who wrote of what happened at the manger; Joseph Jennings, Robert Shaw, Alice Parker and Robert de Cormier are among those […]
12/19/16 – Rose Ensemble: Christmas in Baroque Malta – 10pm
THE ROSE ENSEMBLE live in concert The Rose Ensemble’s celestial voices team up with a Baroque band to present this unique seasonal program of glorious 17th-century music from Italy, preserved in the Cathedral archives on the Island of Malta, and now being heard for the first time in hundreds of years. Imagine the splendor of […]
12/20/16 – Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir – 10pm
The sounds of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir floated into many homes during the holidays in the ’60s & ’70s on Goodyear and Firestone albums, bringing lush renditions of favorite Christmas carols. Those warm memories and feelings come right back again in this holiday special. The choir continues its tradition of great artistry with touching arrangements […]
