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Half an hour of the finest classical music

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

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 20 Dec 2023 19:00

Music Played

  • Anonymous

    Angels from the realms of glory

    Performer: Peter Stevens. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • A Festival Of Nine Lessons and Carols.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 700

    Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • Decca.
  • Orlande de Lassus

    Omnes de Saba

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Hyperion.
  • John Williams

    Star of Bethlehem (Instrumental)

    • Home Alone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Anniversary Edition).
    • Masterworks.
    • 4.
  • Franz Liszt

    Weihnachtsbaum, S. 186: VI. Carillon

    Performer: Rhondda Gillespie.
    • Liszt: Weihnachtsbaum & Ballades Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.
  • Jonathan Dove

    The Three Kings

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Voces8.
  • Danny Elfman

    Ice Dance (Edward Scissorhands)

    Ensemble: The Paulist Choristers of California. Orchestra: Uncredited orchestra. Conductor: Shirley Walker.
    • Edward Scissorhands.
    • Geffen.
    • 7.
  • William Billings

    The Suffolk Harmony, 1784: No. 1, Shiloh, "Methinks I see a heavenly host"

    Choir: Taverner Choir. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Christmas Carols.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Carlos Salzedo

    Paraphrase on "Greensleeves"

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre.
    • Christmas Harp.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 12.
  • Carlos Salzedo

    Paraphrase on "it came upon a midnight clear"

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre.
    • Christmas Harp.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 12.
  • Black Dyke Band & Nicholas J. Childs

    Silent Night

    • Union Square Music Ltd.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Dec 2023 19:00

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