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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.

hour 1

  • Traditional
    Lovely Vine and Joy to the World
    The Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen, conductor
  • Thomas Weelkes
    Yan ta ra ran ta tan, Cries Mars
    Piffaro
    Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
  • Anonymous
    Exultemus et Laetemur
    In Mulieribus, Anna Song, director
    St. Mary's Cathedral, Portland, Oregon
  • Luca Marenzio
    Scendi dal Paradise
    The American Brass Quintet
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • 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
  • Anonymous
    Vieni, Vieni (Come, Come) and Traditional Pastoral
    The Toronto Consort, David Fallis, director
    Town Hall, Seattle
  • Traditional French
    Saltarello and Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella
    Ensemble Galilei
    National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  • 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
  • Leonard Bernstein
    Waltz from Divertimento for Orchestra
    The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
    Barbican Hall, London, England
  • Hans Leo Hassler
    Jubilate Deo
    Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson, director
    Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin, Texas
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
    Benjamin Moser, piano
    Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
  • 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
  • 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
  • Traditional English
    The First Noel
    Ensemble Galilei
    National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  • Traditional (Arranged by Darmon Meader)
    The First Noel
    Chicago a cappella, Jonathan Miller, director
    Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville Illinois
  • Edward Elgar
    Finale from the Starlight Express
    The Virginia Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
    Chrysler Hall, Norfolk, Virginia

hour 2

  • Traditional
    O Little One Sweet and Noel Nouvelet
    The King's Singers
  • Antonio Vivaldi
    Winter, from the Four Seasons
    Malin Broman, violin, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Per Hammarstrom, conductor
    Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Moritz Moszkowski
    Etincelles (Sparks), Op. 36, No. 6
    Olga Kern, piano
    Halton Theater, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Samuel Adler
    Who Kindled These Lights?, from the Flames of Freedom
    The New London Children's Choir, Ronald Corp, director
  • Frederic Chopin
    Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp Minor, Op. posth.
    Lise de la Salle, piano
    Broadcasting Hall, Bremen, Germany
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Schlittenfahrt (Musical Sleigh Ride)
    The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Per Hammarstrom, conductor
    Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Morten Lauridsen
    O Nata Lux
    The King's Singers
  • Harold Darke
    In the Bleak Midwinter
    The Brigham Young University Concert Choir, Rosalind Hall, director
    deJong Concert Hall, Provo, Utah
  • John Mackey
    Aurora Awakes
    The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
    Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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