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Weekend of December 24, 2011

Christmas Around the World

On the way for Christmas, 2011, we'll bring you some of the best and brightest holiday performances from all over the globe. From the magnificent concert halls of Europe, to churches large and small, to a warm and inviting Irish pub, it's our annual tour of Christmas Around the World.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Traditional
    Lovely Vine and Joy to the World
    The Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen, conductor
  • 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 (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

  • 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
  • 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
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