December 22, 2011
Welcome Winter
"To shiver, frozen, amid icy snow in the bitter blast of a horrible wind; to run constantly stamping one's feet; and to feel one's teeth chatter on account of the excessive cold." Antonio Vivaldi wrote those words to describe one of his biggest hits. Winter, from "The Four Seasons," is on the way in today's show, in honor of the winter solstice. Plus, PT's annual celebration of Christmas around the Country.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
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Traditional
Lovely Vine and Joy to the World
The Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen, conductor
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Thomas Weelkes
Yan ta ra ran ta tan, Cries Mars
Piffaro
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
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Anonymous
Exultemus et Laetemur
In Mulieribus, Anna Song, director
St. Mary's Cathedral, Portland, Oregon
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Luca Marenzio
Scendi dal Paradise
The American Brass Quintet
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Felix Mendelssohn
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
The Salt Lake Children's Choir, Kenneth Udy, organ, Ralph B. Woodward, director
Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City
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Anonymous
Vieni, Vieni (Come, Come) and Traditional Pastoral
The Toronto Consort, David Fallis, director
Town Hall, Seattle
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Traditional French
Saltarello and Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella
Ensemble Galilei
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Philip Stopford
Lully, Lulla, Lullay
Kacee Cambron, soprano, the Utah State University Chamber Singers, Dr. Cory Evans, director
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Hyde Park, Utah
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Leonard Bernstein
Waltz from Divertimento for Orchestra
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Barbican Hall, London, England
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Hans Leo Hassler
Jubilate Deo
Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson, director
Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin, Texas
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Benjamin Moser, piano
Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Felix Mendelssohn
A Star Shall Rise Up Out of Jacob
The Brigham Young University Combined Choirs and Philharmonic Orchestra, Rosalind Hall, conductor
deJong Concert Hall, Provo, Utah
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Phillipp Nicolai
How Brightly Shines the Morning Star
The Brigham Young University Combined Choirs and Philharmonic Orchestra, Rosalind Hall, conductor
deJong Concert Hall, Provo, Utah
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Traditional English
The First Noel
Ensemble Galilei
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Traditional (Arranged by Darmon Meader)
The First Noel
Chicago a cappella, Jonathan Miller, director
Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville Illinois
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Edward Elgar
Finale from the Starlight Express
The Virginia Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Chrysler Hall, Norfolk, Virginia
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Traditional
O Little One Sweet and Noel Nouvelet
The King's Singers
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Antonio Vivaldi
Winter, from the Four Seasons
Malin Broman, violin, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Per Hammarstrom, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
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Moritz Moszkowski
Etincelles (Sparks), Op. 36, No. 6
Olga Kern, piano
Halton Theater, Charlotte, North Carolina
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Samuel Adler
Who Kindled These Lights?, from the Flames of Freedom
The New London Children's Choir, Ronald Corp, director
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Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp Minor, Op. posth.
Lise de la Salle, piano
Broadcasting Hall, Bremen, Germany
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Schlittenfahrt (Musical Sleigh Ride)
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Per Hammarstrom, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
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Morten Lauridsen
O Nata Lux
The King's Singers
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Harold Darke
In the Bleak Midwinter
The Brigham Young University Concert Choir, Rosalind Hall, director
deJong Concert Hall, Provo, Utah
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John Mackey
Aurora Awakes
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas