Today's Playlist

hour 1

• Traditional French (arranged by Mack Wilberg)
  Angels We Have Heard on High
  The Luther College Combined Choirs, Luther College Symphony Orchestra, Sandra Peter, conductor
  Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
  
• Traditional (arranged by Bob Chilcott)
  The Gift
  The King's Singers
  Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  
• Leroy Anderson
  A Christmas Festival
  The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
  Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
  
• James Lord Pierpont
  Jingle Bells
  Chicago a cappella
  Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville Illinois
  
• Traditional Polish
  Kolysanka Marii Panny (Mary's Lullaby)
  The Salt Lake Children's Choir, Ralph Woodward, director
  Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, Utah
  
• Franz Biebl
  Ave Maria
  Burning River Brass
  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
  
• Dave Brubeck
  Precious Gift His Wondrous Birth
  The Baltimore Choral Arts Chorus, Tom Hall, director
  Baltimore Basilica, Baltimore
  
• Giuseppe Verdi
  Sanctus, from Messa da Requiem
  The St. Olaf Combined Choirs, St. Olaf Orchestra, Anton Armstrong, conductor
  St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Northfield, Minnesota
  
• Alfred Reed
  Russian Christmas Music
  The Dallas Wind Symphony, Mary Preston, organ, Jerry Junkin, conductor
  Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
  
• Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Gloucestershire Wassail
  The Utah State University Chamber Singers, Cory Evans, director
  St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Hyde Park, Utah
  

hour 2

• Traditional Croatian (arranged by Igor Kuljeric)
  Croatian Christmas Carols
  Soloists, the Croatian Radio and Television Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Tonci Bilic, conductor
  Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Zagreb, Croatia
  
• Gustaf Nordqvist
  Jul, Jul, Stralande jul (Yule, Yule, Radiant Yule)
  The Swedish Chamber Choir, Simon Phipps, director
  Christiane Church, Gothenburg, Sweden
  
• Anthony Holborne
  Heigh-ho Holiday
  Hesperion XXI
  Fontfroide Music and History Festival, Fontfroide, France
  
• Traditional
  Gaudete! Gaudete! Christus est natus!
  Ben Davies, bass, the Sixteen, Harry Christophers, director
  Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England
  
• Traditional Polish
  Improvisation on Lulajze Jezuniu (Hush Little Jesus)
  Bolette Roed, recorder
  Music in Paradise Festival, Paradyz, Poland
  
• Traditional
  We Wish You a Merry Christmas
  The Tokyo FM Boys' Choir, Etsuyo Tachikawa, director
  Tokyo FM Hall, Tokyo, Japan
  
• Traditional Georgian
  Alilo
  The Rustavi Folk Chorus
  Organ Hall, Chisinau, Moldova
  
• Traditional
  Quem Pastores Laudavere
  The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, director
  Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England
  
• Traditional Irish
  Le Coinnle na Naingeal (Angel's Candles)
  The Danu Ensemble
  The Local Pub, Dungarvan, Ireland
  
• Traditional
  Nana
  The Rustavi Folk Chorus
  Organ Hall, Chisinau, Moldova
  
• Grant McLachlan
  Come Colours Rise
  The Baltimore Choral Arts Chorus and Orchestra, Tom Hall, director
  Baltimore Basilica, Baltimore
  
• Traditional
  Hey, I say, hey! It's Christmas!
  The Bulgarian National Radio Mixed Chorus, Dragomir Iossifov, director
  Bulgarian National Radio, Sofia, Bulgaria
  
• Peter Tchaikovsky
  The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, from the Nutcracker, Op. 71a
  The Glass Duo
  International Chopin Piano Festival, Duszniki Zdroj, Poland
  
• Jan Sandstrom
  Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen (Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming)
  The Swedish Chamber Choir, Simon Phipps, director
  Christiane Church, Gothenburg, Germany
  
• Morten Lauridsen
  O Magnum Mysterium
  Benjamin Raymond, Frederic Gagnon, and Frederic Demers, trumpets, Angelo Munoz and Guy Bernard, trombones, Jordan de Souza, conductor
  Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, Quebec