Half an hour of the finest classical music
Episode m001tb0h, broadcast at Wednesday 20th December 2023, 7:00pm.
“From Lassus to Williams and Bach to Elfman. Snowy film scores, traditional carols, twinkling harp, and jubilant organ music make up this Christmas mix. Producer: Naomi Anderson”
Track listing
- 0:14 – Angels from the realms of glory (track 8, A Festival Of Nine Lessons and Carols)
- Conductor Stephen Cleobury
- Choir Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
- Composer Anonymous
- Performer Peter Stevens
- 1:53 – Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 700
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Peter Hurford
- 4:13 – Omnes de Saba
- Choir The Sixteen
- Conductor Harry Christophers
- Composer Orlande de Lassus
- 7:30 – Star of Bethlehem (Instrumental) (track 4, Home Alone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Anniversary Edition))
- Performer John Williams
- 10:21 – Weihnachtsbaum, S. 186: VI. Carillon (track 106, Liszt: Weihnachtsbaum & Ballades Nos. 1 & 2)
- Composer Franz Liszt
- Performer Rhondda Gillespie
- 12:27 – The Three Kings
- Composer Jonathan Dove
- Ensemble VOCES8
- 17:29 – Ice Dance (track 7, Edward Scissorhands)
- Composer Danny Elfman
- Conductor Shirley Walker
- Ensemble The Paulist Choristers of California
- 19:13 – The Suffolk Harmony, 1784: No. 1, Shiloh, "Methinks I see a heavenly host" (track 1, Christmas Carols)
- Conductor Andrew Parrott
- Choir Taverner Choir
- Composer William Billings
- 21:57 – Paraphrase on "Greensleeves" (track 12, Christmas Harp)
- Composer Carlos Salzedo
- Performer Xavier de Maistre
- 23:37 – Paraphrase on "it came upon a midnight clear" (track 12, Christmas Harp)
- Composer Carlos Salzedo
- Performer Xavier de Maistre
- 25:13 – Silent Night
- Performer Black Dyke Band
- Performer Nicholas J. Childs