Today's Playlist

hour 1

• Hector Berlioz
  "The Shepherd's Chorus" from "The Birth of Christ"
  The Boston Pops Orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus with conductor Keith Lockhart
  
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  "Gloria in Excelsis Deo," BWV 191
  The Los Angeles Philharmonic and La Chapelle de Quebec with conductor Bernard Labadie, soprano Mary Wilson and tenor James Taylor
  Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
  
• Vince Guaraldi
  "Christmas Time is Here"
  Chanticleer
  Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford, California
  
• Traditional (Arranged by Percy Grainger)
  "The Sussex Mummer's Carol"
  The Dallas Wind Symphony with conductor Jerry Junkin
  Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
  
• Dan Forrest
  "Carol of Joy"
  The Brigham Young University Choirs and Orchestra with conductor Ronald Staheli
  Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, Utah
  
• Traditional (Arranged by David Greenberg)
  "Christmas in Cape Breton"
  The Seattle Baroque Orchestra with conductor David Greenberg
  Benaroya Hall, Seattle
  
• J. Rosamond Johnson
  "Lift Every Voice"
  The Glee Clubs of Spellman and Morehouse Colleges with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and conductor Chelsea Tipton
  Morehouse College, Atlanta
  
• Gian Carlo Menotti
  Selections from "Amahl and the Night Visitors"
  The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor JoAnn Falletta
  Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
  
• F. Melius Christiansen
  "O Day Full of Grace"
  The St. Olaf College Choirs with conductor Anton Armstrong
  Skoglund Auditorium, Northfield, Minnesota
  

hour 2

• Traditional
  "Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending"
  The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, with conductor Richard Marlow
  
• George Frideric Handel
  "Joy to the World"
  The Swedish Wind Ensemble with conductor Bengt Ollen
  St.Clare's Church, Stockholm, Sweden
  
• Anthony Holborne
  "Heigh Ho Holiday"
  Capriccio Stravagante with conductor Skip Sempe
  St James's Church, Bruges, Belgium
  
• Leos Janacek
  "Graduale"
  The Helsinki Chamber Chorus with conductor Nils Schweckendiek
  Kallio Church, Helsinki, Finland
  
• Jean Sibelius
  "Now, Beside the Manger of the Little One"
  The Helsinki Chamber Chorus with conductor Nils Schweckendiek
  Kallio Church, Helsinki, Finland
  
• Francis Poulenc
  "Hodie Christus Natus Est"
  The Helsinki Chamber Chorus with conductor Nils Schweckendiek
  Kallio Church, Helsinki, Finland
  
• Orlande de Lassus
  "Hodie Apparuit"
  In Mulieribus with conductor Anna Song
  St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Portland, Oregon
  
• Traditional (Arranged by Nigel E. Jones)
  "Suo-Gan"
  The Northland Youth Choir with conductor Melissa Downes
  Davis Concert Hall, Fairbanks, Alaska
  
• Traditional (Arranged by Robert DeCormier)
  "The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy"
  Counterpoint with conductor Robert DeCormier
  Vermont Public Radio, Burlington, Vermont
  
• Traditional
  "As Joseph was a-Walking"
  Cantus
  Washington Pavilion of Arts and Sciences, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  
• Traditional (Arranged by Kenneth Jennings)
  "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
  The Concordia College Choir with conductor Rene Clausen
  Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
  
• Giovanni Gabrieli
  "Canzona Duodecimi Toni"
  The Lubbock Symphony Orchestra with conductor Tomasz Golka
  First United Methodist Church, Lubbock, Texas
  
• Traditional
  "Patapan"
  The Spivey Hall Children's Choir with conductor Martha Shaw and pianist Judy Mason
  Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  
• Traditional
  "Deck the Halls"
  The King's Singers
  Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  
• Claude Debussy
  "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" and "Serenade for the Doll"
  Pianist Nelson Freire
  Newmark Theatre, Portland, Oregon
  
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  Sinfonia and "Ruler of Heaven" from "Christmas Oratorio"
  The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Swedish Radio Chorus with conductor Peter Dijkstra
  Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden