Today's Playlist

hour 1

• Erich Korngold
  Prelude and Serenade from "The Snowman"
  Violinist Lajos Farkas with the Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Werner Andreas Albert
  
• Mykola Leontovych
  "Carol of the Bells"
  The Empire Brass
  Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  
• Peter Tchaikovsky
  "Danse Arabe" and "Danse Russe" from "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
  The Empire Brass
  Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  
• Erno Dohnanyi
  "Pastorale"
  Pianist Erzsebet Kerek
  Theatre, Cambrai, France
  
• Anonymous
  "Ecce Virgo"
  The Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz
  
• Michel Corrette
  Sinfonia No. 6
  The Seattle Baroque Orchestra with conductor Ingrid Matthews
  Benaroya Hall, Seattle
  
• Francis Poulenc
  "Gloria"
  The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Netherlands Radio Choir with conductor Mariss Jansons and soprano Luba Organosova
  The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  
• Traditional (Arranged by Yolanda Kondonassis)
  "Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella"
  Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis
  Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  

hour 2

• Jehan Tobourot
  "Ding Dong, Merrily on High"
  The Baltimore Consort
  
• Traditional
  "Christmas Day in da Mornin'"
  The Baltimore Consort
  
• Leroy Anderson
  "Sleigh Ride"
  The Dallas Wind Symphony with conductor Jerry Junkin
  Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
  
• Bela Bartok
  Excerpts from "Romanian Christmas Carols," Sz. 57
  Pianist Erzsebet Kerek
  Theatre, Cambrai, France
  
• Sister Patsy Williamson
  "Pretty Home"
  The Rose Ensemble
  Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• Traditional
  "Give Good Gifts" and "Cold, Frosty Morning"
  The Rose Ensemble
  Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• Benjamin Franklin White
  "Jordan's Shore"
  The Rose Ensemble
  Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• John Playford
  "Scotch Cap" and "The Juice of Barley"
  The Rose Ensemble
  Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• Daniel Read
  "Sherburne"
  The Rose Ensemble
  Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• Traditional
  "Jesus the Light of the World"
  The Rose Ensemble
  Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• Maurice Ravel
  "The Valley of the Bells," from "Miroirs"
  The Sydney Symphony Orchestra with conductor Matthew Coorey
  Opera House, Sydney, Australia
  
• Traditional (Arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams)
  "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" and "Coventry Carol"
  Cantus
  Washington Pavilion of Arts and Sciences, Sioux Falls, South Dakota