Choral Holiday: Seasonal vocal favorites for Christmas

Enjoy choral classical music for the holiday season, including selections from Handel's Messiah, Bach's Christmas Oratorio and favorites like Silent Night and Joy to the World.

Playlist:

00:00:00
Franz Gruber
Silent Night
Stella Chamber Choir
Solveig Agren, conductor

00:02:08
Joy to the World
Worcester Cathedral Choir
Donal Hunt, conductor

00:03:36
We Wish you a Merry Christmas
Marble Collegiate Church Choir
Richard Erickson, conductor
Paul Plishka, bass

00:05:05
Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio, Part II: Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht
Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra
Geza Oberfrank, conductor

00:06:21
In Dulci Jubilo
Stella Chamber Choir
Solveig Agren, conductor

00:09:25
Franz Schubert
Ave Maria
Stella Chamber Choir
Solveig Agren, conductor
Rosmarie Kalin, soprano
Elisabeth Feldt, piano

00:13:44
Sussex Carol (arr. G. Rossiter)
Finchley Children's Music Group
Grace Rossiter, conductor
Phillip Langridge, tenor

00:15:44
George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
Capella Istropolitana
Jaroslav Krcek, conductor

00:19:29
Stephen's Song
Stella Chamber Choir
Solveig Agren, conductor

00:20:29
Antoine Busnois
Noel
Musica Ficta
Bo Holten, conductor

00:22:26
Ding Dong
Stella Chamber Choir
Solveig Agren, conductor
Elisabeth Feldt, piano

00:24:57
George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
Capella Istropolitana
Jaroslav Krcek, conductor

00:26:26
To Bethlehem, My Heart
Stella Chamber Choir
Solveig Agren, conductor
Anna-Sofia Gahnfelt, soprano

00:30:21
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!
Marble Collegiate Church Choir
Richard Erickson, conductor
Paul Plishka, bass

00:32:12
There Is No Rose
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, conductor

00:36:41
Saint Lucia
Stella Chamber Choir
Solveig Agren, conductor

00:40:39
George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Behold the Lamb of God
Capella Istropolitana
Jaroslav Krcek, conductor

00:44:03
The Sky is Starry Black
Stella Chamber Choir
Solveig Agren, conductor

00:45:33
I Wonder as I Wander
Marble Collegiate Church Choir
Richard Erickson, conductor
Camellia Johnson, soprano

00:49:25
Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio: Part II: Wir singen dir in deinem Heer
Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra
Geza Oberfrank, conductor

00:50:44
Gaudete Christus est natus
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, conductor

00:52:21
Coventry Carol
Worcester Cathedral Choir
Donald Hunt, conductor

00:56:22
Tore Torlind
Lucia
Stella Chamber Choir
Solveig Agren, conductor
Maria Johansson, alto

00:59:08
George Frideric Handel
Messiah: For Unto Us a Child is Born
Scholars Baroque Ensemble

01:03:08
St. Stephen's Song
Stella Chamber Choir
Solveig Agren, conductor

01:04:20
Rocking
Worcester Cathedral Choir
Donald Hunt, conductor

01:06:01
Little Lucia / Good Morning
Stella Chamber Choir
Solveig Agren, conductor

01:07:10
Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio: Part VI: Ich steh' an deiner Krippen hier
Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra
Geza Oberfrank, conductor

01:08:25
In Dulci Jubilo (arr. R.L. Pearsall)
Worcester Cathedral Choir
Donald Hunt, conductor

01:12:07
Ave Maria
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, conductor

01:14:51
King Jesus Hath a Garden
Elora Singers
Noel Edison, conductor

01:17:18
O Tannenbaum
Marble Collegiate Church Choir
Richard Erickson, conductor
Paul Plishka, bass

01:19:14
George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive
Scholars Baroque Ensemble

01:25:08
Gustav Holst
4 Old English Carols: A Babe is Born
Finchley Children's Music Group
Grace Rossiter, conductor
John Evanson, piano

01:27:23
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Marble Collegiate Church Choir
Richard Erickson, conductor
Paul Plishka, bass

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