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December 15, 2011

Anonymous 4

The women of Anonymous 4 recently joined host Fred Child for music and conversation in a chilly St. Paul church. Even so, their performances radiated warmth and joy. They tell the story of the Cherry Tree carol, and sing early English and American Christmas carols.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Claude Debussy
    First movement from Violin Sonata
    Christian Tetzlaff, violin, Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
  • Alphonse the Wise
    Cantiga de Santa Maria (Song to the Virgin Mary)
    Suonare e Cantare, Jean Gaillard, director
    Capucine Church, Fribourg, Switzerland
  • John Vergin
    There is no Rose of Such Virtue
    In Mulieribus, Anna Song, director
    St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Portland, Oregon
  • Anonymous
    El Noi de la Mare (the Boy's Mother), Catalan Lullaby
    Rolf Lislevand, Baroque guitar, Arianna Savall, harp and voice
    Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
  • Antonin Dvorak
    Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53
    Christian Tetzlaff, violin, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, conductor
    Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Chorale Prelude, BWV 659 (Come Now, Savior of the Gentiles)
    Adam Neiman, piano
    Skaneateles Music Festival, Skaneateles, New York

hour 2

  • Alexander Glazunov
    Chant du Menestrel (the Minstrel's Song), Op. 71
    Mischa Maisky, cello, the Orchestra of Paris, Semyon Bychkov, conductor
  • Otto Olsson
    Advent, Op. 33, No. 1
    The Swedish Wind Ensemble, Chorus of the Stockholm Music Gymnasium, Katarina Andreasson, director
    St. Clare's Church, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Josef Suk
    Meditation on the Saint Wenceslas Chorale
    The Talich Chamber Orchestra, Jan Talich, conductor
    Conservatory, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Perfchat with Anonymous 4
  • Traditional
    English and American Carols
    Anonymous 4
    Church of Saint Bernard, St. Paul
  • Alexander Glazunov
    Scherzo from Saxophone Quartet, Op. 109
    The Amstel Saxophone Quartet
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Dance of the Tumblers, from the Snow Maiden
    The Buffalo Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
    Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
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