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December 24, 2008
All is Calm
Christmas Eve of 1914 wasn't supposed to be a silent night. World War I was going on, and men were supposed to be killing one another. But, just for that night, both sides gave up fighting and made peace. Join us today as the men of Cantus tell the story of that night, in word and song.
Today's Playlist
hour 1
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Traditional
"He Whom the Shepherds Praised"
The Taverner Consort with conductor Andrew Parrott
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Traditional
"Infant Holy, Infant Lowly"
The London Brass
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Traditional
"Veni, Veni Emmanuel,""Corde Natus ex Parentis," and "Adeste Fideles"
Chanticleer
Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford, California
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Carl Davidoff
"Hymn"
The Cellissimo Quartet and friends with conductor Christian Mandeal
Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest, Romania
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Traditional (Arranged by Samuel Adler)
"Spin, Dreidel, Spin"
The Spivey Hall Children's Choir with conductor Martha Shaw and pianist Judy Mason
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Dan Duke from St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Igor Stravinsky
"Ave Maria"
The Gabrieli Consort with conductor Paul McCreesh
St. Elizabeth's Basilica, Wroclaw, Poland
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Sigvaldi Kaldalons
"Ave Maria"
Pianist Vikingur Heidar Olafsson
University Cinema, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Erick Lichte and Timothy Takach
Excerpts from "All is Calm"
Cantus
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Edward Elgar
"The Song of the Night," Op. 15, No. 1
The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra with conductor Scott Yoo
St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, Houston
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Gustav Nordqvist
"Christmas, Christmas, Radiant Christmas"
The Swedish Radio Symphony Chorus with conductor Mats Rondin
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
hour 2
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Benjamin Britten
Selections from "A Ceremony of Carols"
The American Boychoir with conductor Vincent Metallo
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Ignacy Jan Paderewski
"Nocturne"
Pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi
Portland International Piano Festival, Portland, Oregon
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Scott Ethier
"A Mother's Carol"
VocalEssence with conductor Philip Brunelle and Charles Hodgson, French horn
Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis
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Cristobal de Morales
"O Magnum Mysterium"
Piffaro
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
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Traditional (Arranged by Anders Ohrwall)
"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" and "Come to the Manger"
The University of California at Santa Barbara Chamber Choir with conductor Michael Marc Gervais
St. Anthony's Seminary Chapel, Santa Barbara, California
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Anthony Holborne
"As it Fell on a Holie Eve"
Lutenist Paul O'Dette
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
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John Frederick Coots
"Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
The Tokyo FM Boys' Choir with conductor and pianist Megumi Yorita
Tokyo FM Hall, Tokyo, Japan
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Anthony Holborne
"The Night Watch"
Julien Martin, recorder, with Capriccio Stravagante and conductor Skip Sempe
St James's Church, Bruges, Belgium
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Anonymous
"Alma Redemptoris Mater"
Chanticleer
Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford, California
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Andre Jolivet
"Pastorales de Noel"
Members of the Chicago Chamber Musicians
Anne and Howard Gottlieb Hall, Chicago
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Traditional (Arranged by Mads Tolling)
"Beautiful Savior"
Violist Mads Tolling
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Joseph Gregorio
"Dona Nobis Pacem"
The St. Olaf College Choirs with conductor Christopher Aspaas
Skoglund Auditorium, Northfield, Minnesota
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Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio
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Special Features
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Violin Sonata's beginning and evolution
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On the edge of listening
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The generation that started music over
My music is theatre music
Mezzo Soprano Susan Graham is one of the world's foremost opera and recital stars, a compelling and versatile singing actress. Enjoy the incredible Susan Graham in recital with Malcolm Martineau, Piano. Works by Chaubriet, Bizet, Franck, Fauré, and more!
Download the concert for free.
In Monday's "King Celebration" show, we heard music by Haitian composer Ludovic Lamothe, and we heard Martin Luther King III talk about what we can do in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti: "If my father (Martin Luther King Jr.) were here, he would be leading an effort to encourage people to give a little to make a great difference." If you'd like to give in support of those in Haiti, this website offers several choices, and suggestions for effective giving.
Performance Today's artists-in-residence for 2010. Learn about this exciting young quartet on the air, via audio downloads, videos, and much else. And the winner of our Master Class Contest gets a free private lesson with the Parkers! Learn more.
The Parker Quartet joins Fred Child in the studio to play Mendelssohn's String Quartet No. 2.
Canadian-American composer Karim Al-Zand has written a fantastical piece based on a set of drawings by 19th century French caricaturist and cartoonist J.J. Grandville. It's called "Visions from Another World," and each movement is based on a different Grandville drawing. Our January 7th show features the world premiere of the piece. See Grandville's original drawings.
One of violinist Gil Shaham's recent CDs is a recording of the Butterfly Lovers Concerto. Fred Child and Shaham talked about the music, its cultural history and the legend behind it. Visit Canary Classics for more info.
Listen
The women of Anonymous 4 joined PT at the Church of St. Bernard in St. Paul for terrific performances of early English and American carols all written about the Christmas story of the Cherry Tree.
The Cherry Tree
View the original draft of Handel's score for The Messiah, as well as other famous original scores, at the the British Library Board website.
In-studio with Lang Lang, David Chan and Hai-Ye NiPianist Lang Lang is a superstar soloist among classical musicians, but that hectic schedule often keeps him from performing chamber music. Until now. Listen to Lang Lang's in-studio chamber performance two other musical powerhouses: concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra David Chan and principal cellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra Hai-Ye Ni.
Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio
Thomas Hampson chose America's heartland - specifically Minnesota's bluff country - to kick off his Song of America tour. He gave a spectacular recital from three centuries of song at the Minnesota Beethoven Festival in Winona.
Download the concert for free.