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Weekend of December 22, 2012
Advent at Ephesus
St. Cecilia is known as the patron saint of music. So when French hornist Martina Snell decided to give up her orchestral career and enter an order of Benedictine nuns, it's perhaps not surprising that she chose a new name for herself: Cecilia. She may have left her orchestra job behind, but she never gave up music. Now Mother Cecilia Snell and her fellow Benedictines have a surprising top-ranked CD, called Advent at Ephesus. Today we'll hear from Mother Cecilia, and hear highlights from this remarkable new CD.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Michael Convertino and Loreena McKennitt
The Bells of Christmas, from the Santa Clause
The West Edge String Quartet
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Traditional French
Claustrum Virgo (Son of a Flower)
Anonymous 4
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Anthony Holborne
The Fairie-Round, Galliard
Hesperion XXI
Fontfroide Music and History Festival, Fontfroide, France
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Traditional English
What Child Is This?
In Mulieribus, Anna Song, director
St. Mary's Cathedral, Portland, Oregon
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Engelbert Humperdinck
Evening Prayer, from Hansel and Gretel
Burning River Brass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
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Mel Torme
The Christmas Song
Burning River Brass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
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Traditional English (arranged by Dan Forrest)
The First Noel
The Brigham Young University Combined Choirs, Philharmonic Orchestra, Ronald Staheli, conductor
Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, Utah
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Alison Hall from Minneapolis
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Duke Ellington
Balthazar, from Three Black Kings
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
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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 (arranged by David Cherwien)
Of the Father's Love Begotten
Merilee Klemp, oboe, Nikki Lemire Bodurtha, harp
Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis
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Traditional Irish (arranged by Matthew Oltman)
Love Came Down at Christmas
Chanticleer
Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford, California
hour 2
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Anonymous
Angelus Ad Virginem
The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles
The Priory of Our Lady of Ephesus, Gower, Missouri
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Anonymous
Hodie Christus Natus est, from Vespers for Christmas Day
Apollo's Singers, Jeannette Sorrell, director
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Traditional Villancico (arranged by Roger Harvey)
Riu, Riu, Chiu
Burning River Brass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Andante in B-flat for Oboe and Orchestra
Albrecht Mayer, oboe, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Fr. Frederick Faber
Like the Dawning
The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles
The Priory of Our Lady of Ephesus, Gower, Missouri
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Anonymous
Benedixisti Domine
The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles
The Priory of Our Lady of Ephesus, Gower, Missouri
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Excerpts from the Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
The Frauenkirche Chamber Choir, Dresden Staatskapelle, Christian Thielemann, conductor
Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany
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Traditional English
Improvisation on Greensleeves
Bolette Roed, recorder
Music in Paradise Festival, Paradyz, Poland
