Today's Playlist

hour 1

• Louis Couperin
  Les Carillons de Paris (The Bells of Paris)
  Andrew Lawrence-King, Baroque harp
  
• Thomas Robinson
  Twenty Ways upon the Bells
  Rolf Lislevand, lute, Arianna Savall, harp
  Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
  
• Anonymous 13th Century
  Exultet hec Concio
  Discantus, Brigitte Lesne, director
  Grote Kerk, Enschede, the Netherlands
  
• Jon Thorarinsson
  Bright and Glorious
  The Hamrahlid Choir, Thorgerdur Ingolfsdottir, director
  Hateigs Church, Reykjavik, Iceland
  
• Karl-Johan Ankarblom
  Christmas Eve Medley
  The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Per Hammarstrom, conductor
  Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
  
• Tomas Luis de Victoria
  O Magnum Mysterium
  Stile Antico
  Flanders Festival, Bruges, Belgium
  
• Traditional (Arranged by Michaelis Brouzos and Giorgos Bechlivanoglou)
  Variations on Greensleeves
  The Animacorda Guitar Duo
  Pythagorion Amphitheatre, Anixi-Athens, Greece
  
• Traditional
  The Parting Glass and Reel - Christmas Eve
  The Danu Ensemble
  The Local Pub, Dungarvan, Ireland
  
• Peter Tchaikovsky
  Waltz of the Flowers, from the Nutcracker, Op. 71
  The French National Orchestra, Kurt Masur, conductor
  Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
  
• Maurice Durufle
  Ubi Caritas
  The Trinity Choir, guest choirs, Thea Kano, director
  Trinity Church Wall Street, New York City
  
• Traditional Polish
  Improvisation on Lulajze Jezuniu
  Bolette Roed, recorder
  Music in Paradise Festival, Paradyz, Poland
  
• Traditional (Arranged by Steven Stucky)
  Lulajze, Jezuniu
  Chanticleer
  St. Vincent de Paul Church, Petaluma, California
  

hour 2

• Benjamin Britten
  Excerpts from a Ceremony of Carols
  The American Boychoir, Vincent Metallo, director
  
• Hugo Adler
  Hannerot Hallalu
  The Carolina Chamber Chorale, Zhou Jin, piano, Timothy Koch, director
  
• Giovanni Gastoldi
  Balletti
  The American Brass Quintet
  Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  
• Traditional (Arranged by Igor Kuljeric)
  Croatian Christmas Carols
  The Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, soloists, Tonci Bilic, conductor
  Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Zagreb, Croatia
  
• Traditional Scottish
  Medley No. 1
  The Chris Norman Ensemble
  Beaches Fine Arts Series, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
  
• Egil Hovland
  Stay With Us (Captive and Free)
  The St. Olaf Combined Choirs, St. Olaf Orchestra, Sigrid Johnson, conductor
  St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Northfield, Minnesota
  
• David Lovrien
  Minor Alterations No. 2
  The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
  Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
  
• Robert Sieving
  O Stella de Bethlehem
  VocalEssence Chorus and Ensemble Singers, Michael Dayton, English horn, Philip Brunelle, director
  Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis
  
• James Kallembach
  The Yonge Child
  VocalEssence Chorus and Ensemble Singers, Michael Dayton, English horn, Philip Brunelle, director
  Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis
  
• Traditional (Arranged by Anders Ohrwall)
  Away In a Manger
  The Pro Arte Singers, Jacqui Kerrod, harp, Arthur Sjogren, director
  New Canaan Presbyterian Church, New Canaan, Connecticut
  
• Traditional
  Joy to the World
  Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Children's Chorus, Kent Nagano, conductor
  Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal, Quebec
  
• Mel Torme and Robert Wells
  The Christmas Song
  The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Per Hammarstrom, conductor
  Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden