The bells are jangling in rhythm with the trotting horses; the air is crisp and frosty, but we're warm and toasty in our winter gear. We have music for winter, Christmas, and Hannukah on this episode of Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Henri Pensis: Fantasy on Two Christmas Carols
Miramar Sinfonietta | Henri Pensis, conductor
Album: Twentieth Century "Contrasts"
Albany 509
Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons: Winter: Snow
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
Album: GLAZUNOV: Seasons (The) / Scenes de ballet
Amadis
Lewis A. Kocher: Winter's Journey
The National Flute Choir | Amy Rice Blumenthal, conductor
Album: Here We Come a'FLUTING
ALRY 27
Traditional, arr. Ola Gjeilo: Wintertide
The Choir of Royal Holloway | Rupert Gough, conductor
Album: Winter Songs
Decca 4816326
Karim Kamar: Ice Skaters
Karim Kamar, piano
Album: Winter Etudes - EP
Ostereo Limited
Traditional, arr. Noam D. Elkies: Mi Ze Hidlik? (Who has lit these candles?)
Counterpoint | Robert De Cormier, conductor
Album: Shalom
Albany
Judith Clurman & David Chase: Eight Days of Lights
James Cunningham, piano | Essential Voices USA | Judith Clurman, conductor
Album: REJOICE! Honoring the Jewish Spirit
Acis
David Shire: Everlasting Light
James Cunningham, piano | Essential Voices USA | Judith Clurman, conductor
Album: REJOICE! Honoring the Jewish Spirit
Acis
Traditional, arr. Jeff Tyzik: Chanukah Suite
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra | Jeff Tyzik, conductor
Album: A Holiday Celebration - 2005 Gala Holiday Pops
RPO
Lee Mendelson, arr. Caleb Nei: Christmas Time is Here
Caleb Nei, Piano
Album: Imagine Christmas
Sono Luminous DSL-92216
Ivo Antognini: Christe, Redemptor Omnium
Declan Wildes, tenor | Katherine Hunka, violin | Aoife Nic Athlaoich, cello | The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin | Irish Chamber Orchestra | Desmond Earley, conductor
Album: Be All Merry
Signum 643
Scott Hoying and Kevin Oluwole Olusole: That's Christmas to Me
Chicago a cappella | Paul Nicholson, conductor
Chicago a cappella, Pilgrim Congregational Church, Chicago, IL
Concert Record Date: 12/15/2019
Richard Matheson: I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever
Guy Campion & Mario Vachon, pianos
Album: Noel Pianissimo
Analektra 9818
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
Album: Holiday Pops
RCA 63252
Alexander Krein: Caprice Hebraique, Op.24
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin | Orion Weiss, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Joel Engel: Freilakhs, Op. 20, No. 2
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin | Orion Weiss, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Georgy Vasilevich Sviridov: Snow is Falling
Radio France Children's Chorus | Radio France Philharmonic | Geoffroy Jourdain, conductor
Auditorium, Radio France Broadcasting House, Paris, France
Music: 10:30
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel: Dream Pantomime
Boston Pops Orchestra | Arthur Fiedler, conductor
Album: Pops Christmas Party
RCA 6428
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Boston Pops Orchestra | Keith Lockhart, conductor
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Katherine K. Davis, arr. Christina Courtin: The Little Drummer Boy
I'm With Her (Sara Watkins, Aoife O'Donovan, and Sarah Jarosz), vocals | The Knights | Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Album: The Knights Before Christmas
Bright Shiny Things 159
Adolphe Adam, arr. Christina Courtin: O Holy Night
Gaby Moreno, vocals | The Knights | Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Album: The Knights Before Christmas
Bright Shiny Things 159
Traditional, arr. Valerie Coleman: Go Tell It On The Mountain
Imani Winds
Album: This Christmas with Imani Winds
Koch 7748
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