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The Holly and the Ivy

Fiona Talkington offers a selection of music-making reflecting Christmas in the home alongside festive concert recordings from Germany and from our own BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

Fiona Talkington offers a selection of music-making reflecting Christmas in the home, alongside festive concert recordings from Germany and from our own BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto in E major, TWV53:E1
Sabine Stoffer (viola d’amore)
Gustav Friedrichson (oboe d’amore)
Anne Parisot (flute)
Les Passions de l’Âme
Meret Lüthi (violin & director)

Malcolm Arnold
The Holly and the Ivy: A Fantasy on Christmas Carols
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne
Johannes Witt (conductor)

Felix Mendelssohn
Six Christmas Pieces, Op. 72
Howard Shelley (piano)

Robert Schumann
Marchenbilder Op. 113
Tabea Zimmerman (viola)
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker Suite
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Leslie Suganandarajah (conductor)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata: ‘Darzu ist erschienen ser Sohn Gottes’ BWV. 40
Viola Thurnay (contralto)
Zoltan Megyes (tenor)
Lorant Naibauer (bass)
Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Erik Bosgraaf (recorder/director)

Felix Mendelssohn
'Christe, du Lamm Gottes'
Stuttgart Children's Choir
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Frieder Bernius (conductor)

Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in C minor Op. 66
Mithras Trio

Les patineurs
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Leslie Suganandarajah (conductor)

Johannes Brahms
Two Songs Op. 91
Fleur Baron (mezzo)
Tabea Zimmerman (viola)
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

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Mon 22 Dec 202513:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for viola d'amore, oboe d'amore, flute, strings and continuo TWV 53:E1

    Performer: Sabine Stoffer. Performer: Gustav Friedrichson. Performer: Anne Parisot. Ensemble: Les Passions de l’Âme. Director: Meret Lüthi.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    The Holly and the Ivy: A Fantasy on Christmas Carols

    Performer: WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne. Conductor: Johannes Witt.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    6 Kinderstücke, Op. 72 ("Christmas Present") No. 1 in G Major

    • Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music 5.
    • Hyperion.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    6 Kinderstücke, Op. 72 ("Christmas Present") No. 2 in E-Flat Major

    • Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music 5.
    • Hyperion.

  • Robert Schumann

    Marchenbilder Op. 113

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker Suite Op.71a

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.

  • George Warren

    Organ Improvisation on Christmas Carols

    Performer: George Warren.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata: 'Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes', BWV 40

    Performer: Erik Bosgraaf. Performer: Viola Thurnay. Performer: Zoltán Megyesi. Performer: Lóránt Najbauer. Performer: Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest. Performer: Zoltán Pad.

  • Alan Fernie

    A Christmas Suite: Ding Dong, Merrily On High / Silent Night / Deck the Halls

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • ObrassoRecords.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    6 Kinderstücke, Op. 72 ("Christmas Present") No. 3 in G Major

    • Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music 5.
    • Hyperion.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    6 Kinderstücke, Op. 72 ("Christmas Present") No. 4 in D Major

    • Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music 5.
    • Hyperion.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Christe, du Lamm Gottes

    Conductor: Frieder Bernius. Ensemble: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Ensemble: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Choir: Kammerchor Stuttgart.
    • Mendelssohn: Geistliches Chorwerk. Motetten, Psalmen, Choralkantaten, Lobgesang.
    • Carus.
    • 8.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio in C minor Op.66 No. 2

    Performer: Mithras Trio.

  • Émile Waldteufel

    Les patineurs

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Two Songs Op.91

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Singer: Fleur Barron.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    6 Kinderstücke, Op. 72 ("Christmas Present)" No. 5 in G Minor

    • Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music 5.
    • Hyperion.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    6 Kinderstücke, Op. 72 ("Christmas Present") No. 6 in F Major

    • Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music 5.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Dec 202513:00
    BBC Radio 3