Every Christmas, the Romero family always finds a way to be together... and that means a big guitar jam session. On Wednesday's Performance Today, hear a Christmas suite played by two generations of Romero family guitarists.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Isaac Albeniz (arr. Celedonio Romero): Piezas caracteristicas, Op 92: No. 12 Serenata
Pepe Romero, guitar
Noches de Espana: Romantic Guitar Classics
Philips 442150
John Jacob Niles (arr. Matthew D. Nielsen): I Wonder as I Wander
BYU Combined Choirs, Philharmonic Orchestra; Kory Katseanes, conductor
Brigham Young University, de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT
Traditional (arr. Joey Hoelscher): Still, Still, Still
BYU Singers; Ronald Staheli, conductor
Brigham Young University, de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Dan Larkin from Windsor, CA
Massimo Paris: X'mas Suite
The Romeros: Pepe, Celin, Lito, Celino and Angel Romero, guitars; Concerto Malaga; Massimo Paris, conductor
Christmas with Los Romeros
DG 17474
Hour 2
Hector Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ (The Birth of Christ): The Shepherd's Chorus
Boston Pops Orchestra & Tanglewood Festival Chorus; Keith Lockhart, conductor
Holiday Pops
RCA 63252
George Frederic Handel (arr. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart): The Messiah, Part I (selections)
Sinfonia da Camera; University of Illinois Oratorio Society; Ian Hobson, Conductor
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, IL
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004: Chaconne
Yura Lee, violin
Music@Menlo, Stent Family Hall, Menlo School, Atherton, CA
Dan Locklair: Symphony No. 2 "America": Movement 3. Thanksgiving Day
Western Piedmont Symphony; John Gordon Ross, conductor
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, Lenoir Rhyne University, Hickory, NC
Traditional (arr. Dan Forrest): See Amid the Winters Snow
BYU Combined Choirs and Philharmonic; Andrew Crane, conductor
Brigham Young University, De Jong Concert Hall, Provo, UT
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