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Christmas classical with Petroc Trelawny

Petroc Trelawny talks to John Robinson, Director of Music at Blackburn Cathedral, and presents festive musical picks from stars including Nicola Benedetti and Isata Kanneh-Mason.

Petroc Trelawny talks to John Robinson, Director of Music at Blackburn Cathedral, and hears about the cathedral's preparations for the busiest time of the liturgical year.
Nicola Benedetti, Isata Kanneh-Mason and John Wilson introduce their favourite Christmas music, and Petroc revisits festive live music highlights from the In Tune studio.

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Tue 23 Dec 202517:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Trad.

    Sussex Carol

    Performer: Rupert Jeffcoat. Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks. Choir: Armonico Consort. Conductor: Christopher Monks.
    • On Christmas Night.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 601.

  • Frederick Delius

    Sleigh Ride [Winter Night]

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Christmas Fantasy.
    • DECCA.
    • 10.

  • Natalie MacMaster

    A Christmas Jig / Mouth of the Tobique Reel

    Composer: Trad.. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Natalie MacMaster. Performer: Marta Cook. Performer: Mac Morin. Performer: J.D. Blair.
    • Songs of Joy & Peace.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Trad.

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Performer: Timothy Cooke. Music Arranger: John Rutter. Choir: Blackburn Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Richard Tanner.
    • Christmastide at Blackburn Cathedral.
    • Lammas.
    • 2.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Le Noël des Oiseaux

    Lyricist: Armand Sylvestre. Singer: Benjamin Appl. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Florian Helgath.
    • The Christmas Album.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 13.

  • Franz Xaver Gruber

    Silent Night (Arr. for String Quartet by Joel Love)

    Music Arranger: Joel Love. Ensemble: Miró Quartet.
    • Hearth.
    • Pentatone.
    • 114.

  • Philip Lane

    Wassail Dances

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony.
    • Naxos.
    • 11-13.

  • Mykola Leontovych

    Carol of the Bells

    Music Arranger: Peter J. Wilhousky. Choir: St John's Episcopal Cathedral Choir, Denver. Conductor: Donald Pearson.
    • Delos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter BWV 650

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Jubilo.
    • Warner.
    • 21.

  • Trad.

    Wexford Carol

    Music Arranger: Honey and the Bear. Ensemble: Honey and the Bear. Ensemble: Kyson Point.

  • Franz Liszt

    Weihnachtsbaum, S. 186: XII. Polnisch

    • Liszt: Complete Piano Music 8 – Weihnachtsbaum & Via Crucis.
    • Hyperion.

  • Howard Blake

    Walking in the Air (The Snowman)

    Conductor: Robert Ziegler. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Christmas at the Movies.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Harold Edwin Darke

    In The Bleak Midwinter

    Conductor: Daniel Hyde.
    • In the Bleak Midwinter: Christmas Carols from King's.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 4.

  • Francesco Manfredini

    Sinfonia da chiesa in D major, Op 2 No 12, 'Sinfonia pastorale'

    Performer: Thorsten Rosenbusch. Performer: Christian Trompler. Performer: Karl-Heinz Schröter. Performer: Harald Winkler. Performer: Raphael Alpermann. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen.
    • Christmas Concertos - Kammerochestrer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Vince Guaraldi

    Christmas Time Is Here

    Composer: Lee Mendelson. Ensemble: Vince Guaraldi Trio. Choir: St. Paul's Episcopal Church choristers.
    • A Charlie Brown Christmas (Super Deluxe Edition).
    • Craft Recordings.
    • 6.

  • Franz Lehár

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Here Come the Classics, Vol. 12: The Glory of Vienna.
    • RPO.
    • 11.

  • Trad.

    Suesser die Glocken nie klingen

    Lyricist: Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger. Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. Conductor: Jochen Rieder.
    • It's Christmas!.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    There Is No Rose (A Christmas Offering)

    Performer: Kristina Arakelyan. Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.

  • Jean Sibelius

    High are the snowdrifts (5 Christmas Songs Op 1, arr for orchestra)

    Music Arranger: Ilkka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Christmas Music From Finland.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Che gelida manina (La bohème)

    Lyricist: Giuseppe Giacosa. Lyricist: Luigi Illica. Singer: Roberto Alagna. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Puccini: La Bohème.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Trad.

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Composer: Bartholomäus Gesius. Performer: Robert Quinney. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection, Vol. II.
    • The Sixteen Productions Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Franz Liszt

    Weihnachtsbaum, S. 186: IV. Adeste fideles. Gleichsam als Marsch der heil

    • Liszt: Complete Piano Music 8 – Weihnachtsbaum & Via Crucis.
    • Hyperion.

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  • Tue 23 Dec 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3

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