HOLIDAY SPECIALS
December 2009

 

 

 

Saturday, Dec. 12
12:00p - A Car Talk Christmas Carol Redux
8:00p - Chanukah in Story and Song

Wednesday, Dec. 16
8:00p - UT Holiday Choral Concert

Thursday, Dec. 17
8:00p - Handel's "Messiah" with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Mendelssohn Choir

Friday, Dec. 18
12:00p - Cantus: All is Calm
   Presenting an uplifting musical drama about the surprising 1914 World War I Christmas truce, Cantus—one of America's most accomplished male choirs—and Theater Latté Da have created a profoundly moving new work of musical radio theater. Using soldiers' diary entries and beautiful new arrangements of Christmas favorites, All is Calm tells both sides of the story as men who had been trying to kill each other in the fields of France spontaneously put down their guns, walked across no-man’s land and sang together.
8:00p - 2008 Jazz for Tots - U.T. School of Music
   Produced by WUOT's Allan Ellstrom

Saturday, Dec. 19
9:00p - A Carolina Christmas From Biltmore Estate, with Kathy Mattea
10:00p - St. Olaf Christmas Festival

Sunday, Dec. 20
11:00p - A Mexican Baroque Christmas with The Rose Ensemble

Monday, Dec. 21
10:00p- UT School of Music Holiday Encore
11:00p - Christmas with Morehouse and Spelman Glee Clubs

Tuesday, Dec. 22
10:00p - Echoes of Christmas
   For more than 30 years, The Dale Warland Singers provided magical performances to listeners across the country, gaining acclaim as America's premier choir. The ensemble's signature holiday concert—beloved by public radio listeners nationwide—was the annual Echoes of Christmas program. Drawing upon the group's archive of live performances, Dale Warland together with host Brian Newhouse (SymphonyCast) create a very special musical treat: a collection of the best and most moving choral classics celebrating Christmas.
11:00p - Mother of God: a Portrait in Song, from Public Radio International

Wednesday, Dec. 23
11:00a - Jonathan Winters' A Christmas Carol
8:00p - Knoxville Symphony Orchestra 23rd Annual Clayton Holiday Concert
10:00p - A Chanticleer Christmas
    America’s finest male chorus celebrates the mystery and wonder of Christmas with traditional and best-loved Christmas songs from Gregorian chant to Gospel.
11:00p - Christmas Around the Country

Thursday, Dec. 24
7:00p - Jazz Piano Christmas XX
8:00p - Welcome Christmas!
    This lively musical program is a perennial broadcast favorite featuring the Minneapolis-based ensemble, VocalEssence. Recognized internationally as one of America's premier choral arts organizations, VocalEssence is led by the Philip Brunelle.
9:00p - Christmas with the Philadelphia Singers 2009
10:00p - Choirs & Carols: An NPR Christmas
    Hear musicians from around the world in NPR's performance studio as they share special holiday moments. Join host Lisa Simeone for ancient harmonies from Trio Medieval, traditional carols from the Riga Dom Boys Choir, and a rarely heard Christmas song by Sibelius, straight from Finland's YL Choir. The Pittsburgh Brass unpacks a pair of 500-pound bells to ring in the holiday, and the members of Trio Voronezh tune up a balalaika or two.
11:00p - A Harpist's Christmas
    America's premier harpist, Yolanda Kondonassis, celebrates the season with treasures of Christmas music for the harp.