On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear a special set of Hallelujahs. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us for this week's Piano Puzzler.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
George Frideric Handel: Air With Variations
London Brass
Harmonious Blacksmith
Teldec 4392
Traditional: Greensleeves
Bob McCaffery-Lent, guitar
Northwest Focus Live at Classical KING FM, Seattle, WA
Herbert Howells: Sing Lullaby
Choral Arts; Robert Bode, artistic director
Northwest Focus Live at Classical KING FM, Seattle, WA
Traditional (arr. Reginald Jacques): The Holly and the Ivy
Choral Arts; Robert Bode, artistic director
Northwest Focus Live at Classical KING FM, Seattle, WA
Traditional (arr. Snell): Il est ne
LSO Brass Quintet
St. John's United Methodist Church, Lubbock TX
Traditional (arr. Baldwin): March of the Kings
LSO Brass Quintet
St. John's United Methodist Church, Lubbock TX
Sammy Cahn (arr. Frackenpohl): Let it Snow
LSO Brass Quintet
St. John's United Methodist Church, Lubbock TX
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Matthew Rhea from Fishers, IN
George Frideric Handel: Messiah: Part The First: 1. Sinfony; Part The Second: 40. Hallelujah
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, director
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, OH
Traditional (arr. Luther Henderson): Saints Hallelujah
Chuck Daellenbach, tuba; Canadian Brass
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah
Time for Three
3 Fervent Travelers
Koch 2035
Hour 2
Traditional: Ding Dong Merrily on High, Christmas Day in da Mornin'
Baltimore Consort
Bright Day Star: Music for the Yuletide Season
Dorian 90198
Paul Mealor: A Spotless Rose, from Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Nordic Choir; Allen Hightower, conductor
Center for Faith and Life, Luther College, Decorah, IA
Traditional: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Oh how a rose e'er blooming)
Eva Beneke, guitar
MPR's Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Fredrik Sixten: There is no rose of such vertu
Chanticleer
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, NY
Peter Tchaikovsky (arr. Duke Ellington) (arr. Oliver Boekhoorn):: Nutcracker Jazz Suite: 1. Overture; 2. Toot Toot Tootie Toot; 8. Dance of the Floreadores; 6. Volga Vouty
Calefax Reed Quintet
Church, Haarlem, Netherlands
Hugh Martin (arr. Harriet Adie): Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Harriet Adie, Keziah Thomas, Eleanor Turner, Elizabeth Scorah, harps
4 Girls 4 Harps at Christmas
Discovery 107
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Brigham Young University Men's Chorus; Rosalind Hall, conductor
de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT
John Lennon and Yoko Ono (arr. Jake Shimabukuro and Robert Thurston): Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele
Yo-Yo Ma and Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace
Sony 24414
Franz Gruber (arr. Ralph Woodward): Silent Night
Ken Udy, organ; Salt Lake Childrens Choir; Ralph Woodward, conductor
Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, UT
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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