Classical New England Holiday Channel Playlist

Here is the complete playlist for the 2012 Holiday Music Channel from Classical New England. 

Please join us for our special holiday broadcasts. 

Happy Holidays!

Hour One, with Laura Carlo

Ding Dong Merrily
Baltimore Consort
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The Seven Joys of Mary
Andrew Parrott
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Bach - In Dulci Jubilo
Thomas Goeman, organ
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Reger - Aus Der Jugendzeit, Op. 17 - Aus Der Jugendzeit, Op. 17: No. 9. Weihnachtstraum
Jeffrey Biegel
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Holst - Lullay, My Liking, Op. 34/2, H 129
E. Power Biggs, Gregg Smith Singers
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The First Nowell
Dale Warland Singers
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Billings - A Virgin Unspotted
His Majestie's Clerkes
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Vivaldi - Concerto, RV 270, Per Il Santissimo Natale
Angele Dubeau & La Pieta
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Holst - In The Bleak Midwinter
Lionheart
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Dancing Day
Toronto Children's Chorus
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Joy To The World
Trombones Under The Tree
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Once in Royal David's City
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, director
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Pez - Minuet-Trio
Les Violins Du Roy, Bernard Labadie, director
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Vaughan Williams - In Bethlehem City
Members Of The New London Chamber Choir, Members Of The Henrietta Barnett School Choir, Andrew Parrott, director
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Angel Tidings
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
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Howells - A Spotless Rose
Handel & Haydn Society Chorus, Grant Llewellyn, director
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Bach - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Angela Hewitt, piano
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We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Westminster Choir
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Hour Two, with Brian McCreath

Handel - For Unto Us A Child Is Born, from Messiah
Westminster Choir
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Gabriel's Message
Choir Of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, director
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Tchaikovsky - Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy & Trepak, from The Nutcracker
Handbell Ensemble Sonos
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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
London Cello Sound With Choir Of Clare College
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Leontovych - Ukrainian Bell Carol
Gregg Miner
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Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow
Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano; Warren Jones, piano
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Greensleeves/Scottish Jig
A Scottish Christmas
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Torelli - Christmas Concerto in G minor, Op. 8, No. 6
Collegium Mozart Salzburg, Jürgen Geise, director
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Mendelssohn - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott, director
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The Christmas Song
New England Brass Band

I Wonder As I Wander
Emily Van Evera; Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott, director
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The Cherry Tree Carol
Edward Flower
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Mary Had a Baby
Cantus
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Es Ist Ein Ros' entsprungen/Wir Singen Dir, Immanuel
Baltimore Consort
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What Sweeter Music
Bell Voce Women's Chorus of Vemont
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Deck The Halls
Camilli Quartet
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Angels We Have Heard On High
Chanticleer
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Hour Three, with Cathy Fuller

Go Tell It on the Mountain
Boston Boys Choir

Joulun Kellot (The Bells Of Christmas)
Angele Dubeau & La Pieta
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Bring A Torch
Dale Warland Singers
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Fetes De Noel (Svyatki), Op. 41, No. 3: Chanteurs
Jeffrey Biegel
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Rutter - Nativity Carol
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
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Johann Michael Bach - In dulci jubilo
Baltimore Consort
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Coventry Carol
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; Coventry Cathedral Choir and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Robin Stapleton, director
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Corelli - Chistmas Concerto, Op. 6, No. 8
Musica da Camera, Robert King, director
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Veni, Veni Emmanuel
His Majestie's Clerkes, Paul Hillier, director
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Winter In Cairo
Turtle Island String Quartet
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Olatunji - Betelhemu
University Of Kansas Combined Choirs
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Joy to the World
E. Power Biggs, organ; Gregg Smith Singers
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Sussex Carol (On Christmas night all Christians sing)
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, director
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A Suite of English Carols: The First Noel, Coventry Carol, Deck the Halls
Solid Brass
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Hour Four with James David Jacobs

Gloucestershire Wassail - Somerset Wassail
Western Wind Vocal Ensemble
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Wassailing Song
Arturo Delmoni and friends
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Patapan
E. Power Biggs, organ; Gregg Smith Singers
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Little Drummer Boy
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
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Thomson - O My Deir Hert
Handel & Haydn Society Chorus, Grant Llewellyn, director
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Bach - Wachet Auf
Newman-Oltman Guitar Duo

Berlioz - Shepherds' Farewell
Westminster Choir
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Yon - Jesu Bambino
Jon Weber
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Gruber - Silent Night
Cantus
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O Come All Ye Faithful
Gloucester Cathedral Choir
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Manfredini - Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8
Collegium Mozart Salzburg, Jürgen Geise, director
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Morten Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium
Handel & Haydn Society Chorus, Grant Llewellyn, director
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Holst/Liszt/Taylor - In The Bleak Midwinter/Etudes De Concert, No. 3, "Un Sospiro”
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
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Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
Gregg Miner
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Hour Five with Benjamin K. Roe

Tchaikovsky – March, from The Nutcracker
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
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Huron Carol Interlude
Angele Dubeau & La Pieta
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Bach, arr. Lor - Sarabande, Cello Suite No. 1
Scott Kritzer
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Christmas Tidings
Sonos Handbell Ensemble, James Meredith, Scott Anderson
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Vivaldi – Concerto, RV 270, Per Il Santissimo Natale: I. Allegro
Angele Dubeau & La Pieta
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Winter
Richard Stoltzman,Robert Salter
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Vivaldi – Concerto, RV 270, Per Il Santissimo Natale: II. Adagio
Angele Dubeau & La Pieta
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Thin Ice
Turtle Island String Quartet
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Vivaldi – Concerto, RV 270, Per Il Santissimo Natale: III. Allegro
Angele Dubeau & La Pieta
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Christmas Day in da Mornin'
Baltimore Consort
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Calling the Children
Tony Trischka
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In Dulci Jubilo
Renaissonics
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Tchaikovsky - Les Saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37b: XII. December: Christmas
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
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What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
Gregg Miner
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O Come, O Come, Emannuel
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Peter Breiner
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Corelli - Chistmas Concerto, Op. 6, No. 8
Ensemble Pantaleon
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Hour Six with Alan McLellan

O Come All Ye Faithful
Dale Warland Singers
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Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze
The Bach Choir Of Bethlehem
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Bach - Te Deum laudamus
Manfred Schuler Zither and Folk Music Ensemble
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Puer Natus Est
Abby Of Liguge
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Praetorius - Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen
Dale Warland Singers
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Ding Dong! Merrily On High/Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
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Quelle Est Cette Odeur Agreeable
Chanticleer
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Riu, riu, chiu
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, director
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Humperdinck - Hansel and Gretel Prelude
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
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Prokofiev - Troika
Sonos Handbell Ensemble, James Meredith, director
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Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Baltimore Consort
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Good King Wenceslas
Westminster Choir
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Carol Of The Birds
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Peter Breiner
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Goss, arr. Willcocks - See Amid The Winter's Snow
Toronto Children's Chorus
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Praetorius - Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Turtle Island String Quartet
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Bach - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
David Russell, guitar
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Hour Seven, with Cheryl Willoughby

Trad. English - The Old Yeare Now Away is Fled
Sandra Simon and Apollo's Fire, Jeanette Sorrell, director
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David Cutforth - There is no rose
St. Martin's Chamber Choir of Denver
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Traditional Shaker Hymn - Simple Gifts
Christopher Parkening, guitar
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Francisco Guerrero - ¡Hombres, victoria, victoria!
The Rose Ensemble
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Traditional Austrian, arr. David Dusing - Da Droben Vom Berge (Lullaby)
Counterpoint Ensemble, Robert De Cormier, director
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Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride
Cleveland Orchestra
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Traditional French arr. Lawson - Noel Nouvelet
The King's Singers
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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
James Ehnes viola, Eduard Laurel, piano
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Traditional Irish - The Darkest Midnight in December
Meredith Hall, soprano; Sylvain Bergeron, lute;  La Nef
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John Playford (from the English Dancing Master, 1651) - Drive The Cold Winter Away
Sylvain Bergeron, lute;  La Nef
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Alf Houkom - The Rune of Hospitality
The Dale Warland Singers
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Handel (orch. Mozart) - Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Boston Pops and Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Keith Lockhart, conductor
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Traditional French - Il est ne, le divin Enfant
Die Singphoniker
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Howad Blake - The Snowman
Richard Stoltzman & Friends
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Peter Niedmann - In The Ending Of The Year
Harvard University Choir
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Traditional Italian - Ballata di Gloria - La Rotta
Altramar Medieval Music Ensemble
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Prudence Houston - To All The Good Children, a Happy New Year
The Pro Arte Singers and Indiana University Children's Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier, director
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Traditional Scottish - Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)/Auld Lang Syne
Chris Botti, trumpet;  Yo-Yo Ma, cello
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Hour Eight, with Brian McCreath

Emile Waldteufel - Les Patineurs (The Skater's Waltz)
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Felix Slatkin, conductor

Traditional French, arr. Gustav Holst - Masters In This Hall
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, conductor
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Traditional Italian - Glory 'n Cielo
The Boston Camerata and The Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble, Joel Cohen, director
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Yakiv Yatsynevych - Bells Rang in Early Jerusalem
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier, director
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Leroy Anderson - Carol of the Bells
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Carmen Dragon, director
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Tomas Luis de Victoria - O Magnum Mysterium
Robert Shaw Festival Singers & Chamber Singers, Robert Shaw, director
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Ottorino Respighi - Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
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Traditional arr. James Galway - Patapan
James Galway, flute;  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Georg Friderich Handel - Judas Maccabaeus: See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes, March, and Sing Unto God
U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus & Soloists and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
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Traditional English - A "Wassail" Suite
The Waverly Consort, Michael Jaffee, director
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Poem written by Susan Cooper - The Shortest Day
Robert J. Lurtsema, narrator; The Revels, John Langstaff, director
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Peter Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Snowflakes, from The Nutcracker
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, conductor
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Francis Poulenc - Hodie Christus natus est
RIAS Chamber Choir, Marcus Creed, director
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Traditional - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Tanglewood Festival Chorus and Boston Pops, John Williams, conductor
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