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2014's Best Alternative Christmas Tunes
Every Friday, Sean Rameswaram, Studio 360 producer and host of the podcast Sideshow, rounds up the week in internet phenomena. But this week, Sean brings us five Christmas songs that break the mold and...
View ArticleClassical Christmas Carols
Mendelssohn wrote the music for "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," but he’d have been surprised that it became Christmas music. This week on Classics for Kids, learn about other classical compositions that...
View Article'Tis the Musical Season
Christmas music has a short shelf-life. It's welcome in December and spurned in January, tied more than most music to a specific spot on the calendar. This harkens back to a time of community...
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Christmas 2014: The Season of the Choral Album
Some years bring an influx of Christmas recordings from chamber groups, orchestras, or opera divas. The year 2014 has been a strong one for holiday releases by choral groups. We're spinning three this...
View Article#3677: Music for Christmas Eve
To be sure, there will be a few "Jingle Bells", "Silent Nights", and other Christmas carols from the likes of Tony Trischka, Tribecastan, Joshua Bell and Friends. Listen to conflicted holiday song from...
View ArticleChristmas Eve with WindSync
The dynamic young Houston-based wind quintet called WindSync recently dropped by the Young Artists Showcase to record a special Christmas Eve program.As the name indicates, WindSync attempts to...
View ArticleHandel’s Messiah
Recorded in 2012, the New York Philharmonic performs Handel’s Messiah, conducted by Gary Thor Wedow, with soprano Layla Clair; countertenor Tim Mead; tenor Kenneth Tarver; bass Alastair Miles; and the...
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The WQXR Holiday Channel Returns With Your Seasonal Favorites
Get into the holiday spirit with WQXR's all-classical Christmas channel. The Holiday Channel runs from Dec. 1-Jan. 6 and features continuous seasonal favorites, carols, hymns and just the right amount...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Handel's First 'Messiah' + Map of NYC and NJ Performances
Audio: Jeff Spurgeon introduces Handel’s classic oratorio "For unto us a child is born" performed by the resident Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra from Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan."I...
View ArticleHoliday Portraits
The Christmas festival is rich with pictorial implications that composers have interpreted with intriguing ingenuity.Program playlist:LARRY VISSER: While shepherds watched their flocks –Larry Visser...
View ArticleA Guide to 2015's Alt-Holiday Music
The Industrial Christmas Music Complex is a lot like Christmas itself: you're going to get some totally boring socks and sweaters, but you might end up with some unexpected and wonderful surprises,...
View ArticleGig Alert: Ronnie Spector
ARTIST: Ronnie SpectorGIG: Wednesday night at City WineryRonnie Spector deserves the title of “living legend.” The Spanish Harlem native became the leader of the hugely successful girl group The...
View ArticleHere's Christmas Music You’ll Actually Want to Play
The Industrial Christmas Music Complex is a lot like Christmas itself: you're going to get some totally boring socks and sweaters, but you might end up with some unexpected and wonderful surprises,...
View ArticleReflective Stocking Stuffers
It's been a warm set of holidays, but that doesn't mean we can't set a reflective and introspective mood with some new music that perfectly encapsulates the spirit of the season.From Rob Mosher's...
View ArticleTon Koopman Conducts Handel's 'Messiah'
Ton Koopman leads the New York Philharmonic in Handel's Messiah. The Westminster Symphonic Choir under the direction of Joe Miller joins the orchestra, along with soloists soprano Sunhae Im,...
View ArticleA Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Live From Cambridge
Hosted by Michael Barone, this live broadcast from the chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England, is where the 30-voice King’s College Choir performs the legendary Festival of Nine Lessons and...
View Article#3677: Music, More Music for Christmas
Listen to music of the season this Christmas, New-Sounds Style, with banjo, zither and theremin, piano insides, plus viola and electronics...in the service of some holiday classics. To be sure, there...
View ArticleWatch: An A Cappella Christmas Songbook With The King’s Singers
At 7 pm on Wednesday, Nov. 30, watch an a cappella Christmas from England when The King’s Singers come to The Greene Space at WQXR. A live video webstream of the sold-out concert is available below.In...
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The WQXR Holiday Channel Plays Your Classical Christmas Favorites
Get into the holiday spirit with WQXR's all-classical Christmas channel. The Holiday Channel runs from Dec. 1-Jan. 6, and features continuous seasonal favorites, carols, hymns and just the right amount...
View ArticleAlternative Christmas Songs to Get You Through the Holidays
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. It's that time of the year again: Christmas music is playing everywhere, from stores, to offices, to car radios. You're bound to hear staples...
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