A Caroling They Go: Some Radio Stations Can't Wait for Christmas
It's not even Thanksgiving yet, but on radios nationwide it's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas.More than 150 FM music stations have already ditched regular programing this month in favor of an...
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For New Classical Christmas Albums, Less is More
It’s that time of year again, when orchestras across the land are dusting off their holiday pops programs and choruses are warming up for Messiahs and sing-a-along carol extravaganzas.But for the...
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Classical Holiday Concerts for Every Taste in 2013
From medieval Christmas music at the Cloisters to modern versions of Handel's Messiah, here are some concerts around New York to help you get in the holiday spirit.Messiah ... Refreshed!Distinguished...
View ArticleChristmastime in New York: Cathedral Choir of the Cathedral of St. John the...
Recorded live at the Medieval Sculpture Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in December 2012, the Choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine presents a program that spans hundreds of years and...
View ArticleAnonymous 4 Sings Medieval Christmas Music
Recorded live at Corpus Christi Church in New York, the veteran vocal ensemble Anonymous 4 sings medieval music from England, France and Spain that praises the Virgin Mary.
View ArticleA New Yorker's Christmas with Nimet Habachy
One of the great WQXR traditions: Host Nimet Habachy's reflections on Christmas in New York.Program details:Traditional: "Carol of the Bells," The New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor...
View ArticleThe Holiday Channel Returns with Carols, Yuletide Favorites
LISTEN TO THE WQXR HOLIDAY CHANNELWQXR is bringing the Christmas spirit with the return of our annual all-classical holiday channel. Starting Saturday, Dec. 1 through January 6, we'll stream continuous...
View ArticleNick Lowe Celebrates 'Christmas At The Airport'; That Was A Hit?!?
In this episode: The British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe explains what's behind his new holiday album, Quality Street, and plays live in the Soundcheck studio.Then, a looks at three versions of the...
View ArticleNick Lowe: 'I Didn't Want To Be Artier Than Thou'
Nick Lowe -- the celebrated British singer-songwriter and producer -- just released an album fit for the holidays. On Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All the Family, Lowe covers lesser-known...
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What the Radio City Christmas Spectacular Could Do for Opera
I partake of a much broader range of cultural offerings than most people would expect of me. This is not a question of “high culture/low culture” as much as the fact that we can learn from, and enjoy,...
View ArticleWebcast: Canadian Brass Plays Christmas Music in The Greene Space
Friday, Dec. 13 at 7 pm, the Canadian Brass made an exclusive New York appearance in The Greene Space for a festive and nostalgic program of holiday music. The event was video webcast on...
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Handel & Haydn Society Excels in Choral Christmas Music
FREE Facebook Download: H&H Plays "O Little Town of Bethlehem"*Yes, "Joy to the World: An American Christmas,” includes its share of modern British composers, old English carols, and a couple of...
View ArticleWedow Conducts Handel's Messiah
Gary Thor Wedow conducts Handel’s Messiah, recorded with the New York Philharmonic in 2012. This celebrated oratorio features soprano Layla Claire, countertenor Tim Mead, tenor Kenneth Tarver, bass...
View ArticleHandel's Messiah from Trinity Church
Music director Julian Wachner conducts the resident Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra from Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan in Handel’s classic oratorio, which received its New World...
View ArticleSt. Olaf Christmas Festival
More than 600 student musicians are part of this year's St. Olaf Christmas Festival, a 100-year-old tradition deeply cherished in Northfield, Minn., as well as listened to raptly by millions throughout...
View ArticleA Chanticleer Christmas
A Chanticleer Christmas is American Public Media's one-hour celebration of the season as told through the glorious voices of Chanticleer, the 12-voice San Francisco-based men's choir. The program spans...
View ArticleAn American Organist's Christmas
Performers, composers, arrangers, and instrument builders join in providing music for the holiday celebration.Program details:ROBERT POWELL: 4 Carols, fr A Medieval Carol Celebration –Edie Johnson...
View Article'A Christmas Story': Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and a BB Gun
Christmas movies that run on TV each December have a familiar sound – jangly, sweet and carol-laden. That is, until “A Christmas Story” appears. Though it hasn't been given much attention, the 1983...
View ArticleMy Favorite Christmas Carol (This Year)
It usually happens around Thanksgiving. Some Christmas tune starts running around in my head and just doesn’t let go.This year, it’s “This Little Babe,” from Benjamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols.”...
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