Today's Playlist

hour 1

• Traditional
  "He Whom the Shepherds Praised"
  The Taverner Consort with conductor Andrew Parrott
  
• Traditional
  "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly"
  The London Brass
  
• Traditional
  "Veni, Veni Emmanuel,""Corde Natus ex Parentis," and "Adeste Fideles"
  Chanticleer
  Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford, California
  
• Carl Davidoff
  "Hymn"
  The Cellissimo Quartet and friends with conductor Christian Mandeal
  Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest, Romania
  
• Traditional (Arranged by Samuel Adler)
  "Spin, Dreidel, Spin"
  The Spivey Hall Children's Choir with conductor Martha Shaw and pianist Judy Mason
  Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  
• "The Piano Puzzler"
  This week's contestant is Dan Duke from St. Paul, Minnesota.
  
• Igor Stravinsky
  "Ave Maria"
  The Gabrieli Consort with conductor Paul McCreesh
  St. Elizabeth's Basilica, Wroclaw, Poland
  
• Sigvaldi Kaldalons
  "Ave Maria"
  Pianist Vikingur Heidar Olafsson
  University Cinema, Reykjavik, Iceland
  
• Erick Lichte and Timothy Takach
  Excerpts from "All is Calm"
  Cantus
  
• Edward Elgar
  "The Song of the Night," Op. 15, No. 1
  The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra with conductor Scott Yoo
  St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, Houston
  
• Gustav Nordqvist
  "Christmas, Christmas, Radiant Christmas"
  The Swedish Radio Symphony Chorus with conductor Mats Rondin
  Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
  

hour 2

• Benjamin Britten
  Selections from "A Ceremony of Carols"
  The American Boychoir with conductor Vincent Metallo
  
• Ignacy Jan Paderewski
  "Nocturne"
  Pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi
  Portland International Piano Festival, Portland, Oregon
  
• Scott Ethier
  "A Mother's Carol"
  VocalEssence with conductor Philip Brunelle and Charles Hodgson, French horn
  Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis
  
• Cristobal de Morales
  "O Magnum Mysterium"
  Piffaro
  Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
  
• Traditional (Arranged by Anders Ohrwall)
  "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" and "Come to the Manger"
  The University of California at Santa Barbara Chamber Choir with conductor Michael Marc Gervais
  St. Anthony's Seminary Chapel, Santa Barbara, California
  
• Anthony Holborne
  "As it Fell on a Holie Eve"
  Lutenist Paul O'Dette
  Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• John Frederick Coots
  "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
  The Tokyo FM Boys' Choir with conductor and pianist Megumi Yorita
  Tokyo FM Hall, Tokyo, Japan
  
• Anthony Holborne
  "The Night Watch"
  Julien Martin, recorder, with Capriccio Stravagante and conductor Skip Sempe
  St James's Church, Bruges, Belgium
  
• Anonymous
  "Alma Redemptoris Mater"
  Chanticleer
  Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford, California
  
• Andre Jolivet
  "Pastorales de Noel"
  Members of the Chicago Chamber Musicians
  Anne and Howard Gottlieb Hall, Chicago
  
• Traditional (Arranged by Mads Tolling)
  "Beautiful Savior"
  Violist Mads Tolling
  Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• Joseph Gregorio
  "Dona Nobis Pacem"
  The St. Olaf College Choirs with conductor Christopher Aspaas
  Skoglund Auditorium, Northfield, Minnesota