The Holly and the Ivy

Available for 10 days

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) To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say 'Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live'.