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It's Christmas with Susie Dent, Paul Anthony Jones and Chloe Flower

Cerys's Christmas special with seasonal words from Susie Dent and Paul Anthony Jones and Christmas songs with Chloe Flower. Plus a selection of Christmas session tracks.

Cerys's Christmas special with seasonal words from Susie Dent and Paul Anthony Jones and Christmas songs with Chloe Flower. Plus a selection of Christmas session tracks.
Susie Dent is a Lexicographer, a writer and a TV presenter. She recently published her book 'Words for Life - To Boost Every Day of the Year', which features 365 of her favourite most useful and surprising words, alongside the year’s seasons.
Paul Anthony Jones is the author of A Winter Dictionary: A Collection of Words for the Festive Season. The book is about long forgotten words and phrases used to describe Winter months.
Chloe Flower is an internationally acclaimed pianist, composer and activist redefining modern classical music. She recently released 'She Composed: The Holidays' - the world’s first festive record entirely composed by women, spanning a thousand years of music history - from medieval hymnography to modern composition.

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Music Played

  • George Baker Selection

    Little Green Bag

    • The Best Of Cult Fiction (Various).
    • Virgin.

  • Orchestra Mambo International

    Feliz Navidad Salsera (6 Music Session, 22 Dec 2024)

  • Tania

    Parranda De Navidad

    • 15 Grandes Éxitos De Tania.
    • Musart-Balboa.
    • 14.

  • Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys

    Turkey In The Straw

    • Music PEI free download.

  • Nusantara Beat

    Kalangkang

    • Glitterbeat Records.

  • Mauricio Fleury

    Kadıköy

    • Kadıköy.
    • Altercat.
    • 1.

  • Gjermund Larsen Trio

    O helga natt

    • The Orchard Enterprises.

  • Cornershop

    Brimful of Asha

    • Polygram TV.

  • Asha Bhosle

    Karle Pyar Karle

    • The Train / Sachaa Jhutha.
    • Universal.

  • Buck Owens

    Act Naturally (Live in Bakersfield)

    • Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967).
    • Omnivore Recordings.
    • 19.

  • Sierra Ferrell

    Kicking Up Dust (6 Music Session, 10th Dec 2025)

  • Black Ivory

    I Keep Asking You Questions

    • Best of Perception & Today Records Sampler: I Keep Asking You Questions B/W Goin.
    • BBE Music.
    • 1.

  • Liz Berry, Cerys Matthews & Hidden Orchestra

    Christmas Eve

    • Christmas Eve.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.

  • Ніна Матвієнко, Сергій Хмельов & Zoloti Kluchi Trio

    Come Out Ivan

    • Alexander Sparinsky.

  • Mabel Scott

    Boodie Woogie Santa Claus

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Nifty Music, Inc..
    • 2.

  • Van Morrison

    Into The Mystic

    • Warner Bros.

  • Joe Gibbs & The Professionals

    Chapter Two

    • African Dub Chapter Two.
    • VP Records.
    • 1.

  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    O Little Town Of Bethlehem

    • Swinging Christmas.
    • Verve.
    • 7.

  • Fats Waller

    Winter Weather

    • Swingin' Christmas Party.
    • RCA Bluebird.
    • 9.

  • Kejaleo

    Chana (feat. Rosalía, Jordi Franco, Roger Blavia, Cristo Fontecilla, Diego Cortés & Xavi Turull)

    • Alaire.
    • Karonte.
    • 2.

  • Lusa

    Tinseltown In The Rain

    • Sia6 records.

  • Chloe Flower, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Jessica Cottis

    December (No. 12 from Das Jahr, H. 385)

    • She Composed: The Holidays.
    • Popsical Music Group.
    • 9.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Baby, I Love You (Live at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, May 7, 1968)

    • The Atlantic Albums Collection.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 5.

  • Nina Simone

    Children Go Where I Send You (Live)

    • 85 Essential Classics.
    • AudioSonic Music.
    • 28.

  • Jimmy Shand

    Dashing White Sergeant (Reel) / Original Tune / Dornoch Links / The Rose Tree [M

    • Jimmy Shand.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 3.

  • Christy Moore

    My Little Honda 50

    • Folk Tale.
    • Sony Music Entertainment.
    • 3.

  • Lionel Hampton

    Flying Home

    • Jukebox Hits 1943-1950.
    • Acrobat Music.
    • 1.

  • Angelo Petisi

    Tarentella parigina

    • The Best Of Angelo Petisi.
    • Top Tracks.
    • 5.

  • Chutima Duangporn

    Yord Muay Thai

    • Thai Beat A Go-Go Vol. 4.
    • Subliminal Sounds.
    • 10.

  • Steamhammer

    Junior's Wailing

    • Steamhammer.
    • Numero Group.
    • 2.

  • Spirit

    Opa Ta Bazuki

    • greek feast.
    • travelscape records.

  • Billie Holiday & Count Basie & His Orchestra, Billie Holiday & The Count Basie Orchestra

    Swing, Brother, Swing (Live)

    • Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia (1933-1944).
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 4.

  • Les Paul

    Lady Of Spain

    • The New Sound.
    • Capitol Records.
    • 6.

  • Souad Massi

    Samt

    • Samt.
    • BACKING TRACK PRODUCTION.
    • 1.

  • Phil Manzanera & Andy Mackay

    Good King Wenceslas (feat. The Players)

    • Christmas - Mackay & Manzanera.
    • BFD.
    • 3.

  • Paul Revere and the Raiders

    The Turkey

    • The Complete Columbia Singles.
    • Legacy Recordings.
    • 10.

  • Hayes Carll

    Wild As A Turkey

    • Trouble In Mind.
    • Lost Highway Records.
    • 8.

  • Tony Camargo

    El Año Viejo

    • El Año Viejo.
    • RCA Records Label.
    • 7.

  • Vicente Fernández

    México Lindo Y Querido

    • Vicente Fernandez La Leyenda Viviente (Digi-Pack).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Mahalia Jackson

    O Holy Night

    • Mahalia Sings Christmas, Vol. 1.
    • Top Tracks.
    • 4.

  • Katie Melua & Bob Chilcott

    Schedryk

    • folksongs - tour de monde.
    • Anima Nostra.

  • Blick Bassy

    Ngui Yi

    • VF MUSIQUES - TOT OU TARD.

  • Buck Owens & The Buckaroos

    I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)

    • I Don't Care.
    • Sundazed Music / Modern Harmonic.
    • 1.

  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    Go Tell It On The Mountain

    • The Season For Miracles.
    • UNI/MOTOWN.
    • 8.

  • Nat King Cole

    O Tannenbaum

    • Christmas With Nat & Dean.
    • EMI.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Dec 202510:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music