'Tis the season for Christmas and winter holiday concerts. On Thursday's Performance Today, join us for festive music from across the country, featuring highlights from the St. Olaf Christmas Festival in Minnesota, the BYU Christmas Celebration in Utah, and more!
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Epistle Sonata in C major KV 329
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Andrew Parrott, conductor
Mozart: Mass in C Minor KV427; 2 Epistle Sonatas KV67 & 329
Denon 79573
Steven Amundson: With Joyful Hearts
The St. Olaf Orchestra; Steven Amundson, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Skoglund Center Auditorium, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Traditional Swedish (arr. Charles Forsberg): In Winter's Night
Charles Gray, viola; St. Olaf Choir; Anton Armstrong, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590
Dover String Quartet
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, Page Theatre, Saint Mary's University, Winona, MN
Randall Thompson & Fenno Heath (arr. Rosalind Hall): Nowell
BYU Men's Chorus; Rosalind Hall, conductor
De Jong Concert Hall, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Traditional (arr. F. Melius Christiansen): Beautiful Savior
Mass Choir of St. Olaf; Anton Armstrong, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
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
Giovanni Battista Viotti (arr. Fritz Kreisler): Violin Concerto no. 22 in A minor: Movements 2 & 3
Benjamin Beilman, violin; Hyeyeon Park, piano
Music@Menlo, Stent Family Hall, Menlo School, Atherton, CA
Traditional: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Chanticleer; William Fred Scott, conductor
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space; Church of St Ignatius Loyola, New York City, NY
Traditional (arr. Dan Forrest): O Come All Ye Faithful
Combined BYU Choirs and BYU Philharmonic; Rosalind Hall, conductor
BYU School of Music, de Jong Concert Hall, Provo, UT
Adolphe Adam (arr. Shawn Kirchner): O Holy Night
BYU Singers; Andrew Crane, conductor
Brigham Young University, De Jong Concert Hall, Provo, UT
Emile Waldteufel (arr. First Piano Quartet): Skater's Waltz
The 5 Browns: Ryan Brown, Melody Brown, Gregory Brown, Deondra Brown, and Desirae Brown, piano
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Max Reger: Mary's Lullaby, Op. 76, No 52; Silent Night, Op. 17
Gregory Brown, piano
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Johann Sebastian Bach: Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset dir Tage!, from Christmas Oratorio
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
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