Another Classical Christmas on The Third Floor: #229

TTF Program 229

December 15th, 2019

Hour One

1. Claudio Monteverdi -- Exultent caeli, The Monteverdi Choir, dir. John Eliot Gardiner, 7:41
2. Handel:  Messiah Christmas Arias from Part 1 with I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Arleen Auger, soprano;; Michael Chance, contralto; Howard Crook, tenor; John Tomlinson, bass; The English Concert; The English Concert Choir; The English Concert; dir. Trevor Pinnock) 43:50
3. Wassail Carol:  Choir of New College, Oxford

Hour Two

1. Choral music performed by choirs of North America:  NY Polyphony, Elora Festival Singers, St. Thomas:  Coventry Carol (NY Polyphony)  O Holy Night -- Wassail Song -- Hodie Christus Natus Est (Elora Festival Singers) Es ist ein Ros entsprungen -- I Saw Three Ships -- Nova! Nova! -- Come Thou Redeemer of the earth -- in the bleak mid-winter -- The Lamb (The Choir of St. Thomas Church, NYC) 32:00
2. Quem vidistis, pastores?; Salvator noster; O magnum mysterium -- Christmas in Venice with The Monteverdi Choir, the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; dir. John Eliot Gardiner, 21:18

Hour Three

1. Anonymous 4 ; Wells Cathedral Choir (Biebl Ave Maria), The King’s Singers (carols from Howells) 18:30
2. Leroy Anderson and the BBC Concert Orchestra Carol Medley featuring different sections of the orchestra Christmas Medley (BBC Concert Orchestra, dir. Leonard Slatkin) 32:08