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Holiday music from the late Joey DeFrancesco, Warren Wolf, blues singers Shemekia Copeland and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, and more
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, KKRN, WJSU, WOUB and more
- Added: Dec 14, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 11
This week on the show: Let's dive into the world of music. Did you know the Christmas song Silent Night originated in a small Austrian village 20...
- Added: Dec 20, 2018
- Length: 30:00
While thoughts of Christmas music usually turn to carols and choirs, many original instrumental works have been written for the season—including on...
Bought by WUAL, Hawaii Public Radio, WUAL, WKSU, and KRPS
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
George Bizet used an old Provencal carol to open his L’Arlesienne Suite. A British hymn writer borrowed the tune from a now-forgotten work by Felix...
Bought by Interlochen Public Radio, WUAL, WUFT, KRPS, KRPS and more
- Added: Oct 29, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 11
Jingle Bells – what could be more familiar at Christmas time? Arranger Howard Cable made a new version of Jingle Bells that Canadian Brass tuba pl...
- Added: Nov 29, 2008
- Length: :20
Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops recorded the Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky. Although it's a staple of the holiday season, conductor Erich Kunzel ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2007
- Length: :18
Fred Flaxman presents the delightful "Santa Claus Symphony" by William Henry Fry.
- Added: Dec 05, 2006
- Length: 57:00
- Purchases: 21
Recycling one's own music was a common practice in Handel's day. Interestingly, or strangely, one of the best known choruses from Handel's Messiah...
Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX
- Added: Nov 29, 2006
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 3
There's a longstanding debate over the appropriate time of year to perform Handel's "Messiah." With its Christmas and Easter messages, is it more ...
Bought by WKYU, WITF, New England Public Media, KISU, and KWAX
- Added: Nov 29, 2006
- Length: :28
- Purchases: 5
Some of America's earliest classical music came from the Moravians, a German Protestant sect, who settled in isolated regions of Pennsylvania and N...
Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX
- Added: Nov 29, 2006
- Length: :26
- Purchases: 3
