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John is in conversation with 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Aristo Sham about his new album.
We have Live Music from Glenarm , and John's Triple Tracker looks at Saint Nicholas in Classical Music.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 7 Dec 202519:03
BBC Radio Foyle & BBC Radio Ulster

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Music Played

  • Vienna Philharmonic

    Sound the Bells! (Version for Full Orchestra)

    Conductor: John Williams.

  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sleigh Ride

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.

  • Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    3 Christmas Pictures: Sleighbell Serenade

  • Aristo Sham

    Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40: V. Rigaudon. Allegro con brio

  • Sir Simon Rattle

    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Miniature Overture

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.

  • Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford

    Lully, Lulla, Lullay

  • Berlin Philharmonic Brass

    O Tannenbaum

  • Vladimir Ashkenazy

    Blake: Walking In The Air (Excerpt \Lifecycle\), Op. 310

  • The Ayoub Sisters

    Pierpont: A Christmas Fantasy

    Conductor: Paul Campbell. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

  • Jess Gillam

    Coventry Carol (Arr. Rimmer for Saxophone & Ensemble)

  • Tenebrae

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Conductor: Nigel Short.

  • VOCES8

    Bethlehem Down

  • Winchester College Chapel Choir, Onyx Brass & Benjamin Cunningham

    Past 3 OClock

  • Jess Gillam

    Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Arr. Metcalfe)

  • German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carol Symphony: I. Allegro energico

  • Simon Lepper & James Atkinson

    Debussy Fetes Galantes Book 2 (Live at Glenarm)

  • Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón

    Bist du bei mir (Formerly Attributed to JS Bach as BWV 508, Arr. Rombi)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.

  • Aristo Sham

    Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Arr. Busoni for Piano): No. 10, Herzlich tut mich verlangen II

  • Aristo Sham

    Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Arr. Busoni for Piano): No. 11, O Welt, ich muss dich lassen II

  • Ferrante and Teicher

    Brazillian Sleigh Bells (Remastered)

Credits

PresenterJohn Toal
ProducerDanny O’Neill

Broadcast

  • Sun 7 Dec 202519:03
    BBC Radio Foyle & BBC Radio Ulster