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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Christmas Cantata

Mark Forrest introduces specially recorded performances of music for the Christmas period, from Giovanni Gabrieli to Irving Berlin, for all ages, sacred and profane.

Mark Forrest introduces specially recorded performances of music for the Christmas period, from Giovanni Gabrieli to Irving Berlin, for all ages, sacred and profane.

Including:

Ottorino Respighi
Trittico Botticelliano
WDR Symphony Orchestra
Cristian Macalaru (conductor)

Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzone a tre voce
Intonozione
Hodie Christus natus est a 7
La Venexiana
Claudio Cavina (conductor)

Christoph Graupner
Suite in G major, GWV. 458
Germán Echeverri (viola d’amore)
Gabriele Gombi (bassoon)
Les Passions de l’Âme
Meret Lüthi (director)

Paul Hindemith
Dance of the Wooden Dolls, from 'Tuttifäntchen Suite'
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne
Johannes Witt (conductor)

Claude Debussy (arr. Hans Abrahamsen)
Children’s Corner
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat, K. 482
Julius Asal (piano)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Jacqueline Shave (director)

Leroy Anderson
A Christmas Festival
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Leslie Suganandarajah (conductor)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
'Auf, schicke Dich recht feierlich', Wq. 249 (Christmas Cantata)
Hana Blažíková (soprano)
Jan Börner (countertenor)
Mirko Ludwig (tenor)
Dominik Wörner (bass)
Les Passions de l’Âme
Meret Luthi (director)

Irving Berlin
White Christmas (arr. violin & orchestra)
Juraj Cizmarovic, (violin)
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne
Johannes Witt (conductor)

Duke Ellington
Nutcracker Suite
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Leslie Suganandarajah (conductor)

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2 hours, 56 minutes

Last on

Tue 23 Dec 202513:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Trittico botticelliano (Three Botticelli Pictures), P. 151

    Performer: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzone a tre voce - Intonazione - Hodie Christus natus est a 7

    Orchestra: La Venexiana. Conductor: Claudio Cavina.

  • Christoph Graupner

    Suite in G major, GWV. 458

    Performer: Germán Echeverri. Performer: Gabriele Gombi. Ensemble: Les Passions de l’Âme. Director: Meret Lüthi.

  • Paul Hindemith

    Tanz der Holzpuppen, from 'Tuttifäntchen Suite'

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

  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner, L. 113

    Music Arranger: Hans Abrahamsen. Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto in E flat major, K.482

    Performer: Julius Asal. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Jacqueline Shave.

  • Leroy Anderson

    A Christmas Festival

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Christmas Cantata 'Auf, schicke Dich recht feierlich' Wq. 249

    Singer: Hana Blažíková. Singer: Jan Börner. Singer: Mirko Ludwig. Singer: Dominik Wörner. Ensemble: Les Passions de l’Âme. Director: Meret Lüthi.

  • Irving Berlin

    White Christmas

    Performer: WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne. Performer: Juraj Čižmarovič. Music Arranger: Kevin Kaska. Conductor: Johannes Witt.

  • Trad.

    Oh Little Town of Bethlehem 1 (Arr. for Harp by Graham Fitkin)

    • The Three Harps of Christmas.
    • GFR.
    • 7.

  • Duke Ellington

    Nutcracker Suite

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.

Broadcast

  • Tue 23 Dec 202513:00
    BBC Radio 3