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VPR Holiday Programming
DECEMBER Sun 18 1pm-4pm The Light Show - Celebrate the Solstice with Robert Resnik on All The Traditions. Wed 21 9pm-11pm Paul Winter Consort Solstice Celebration Sat 24 9:20am Favor Johnson - Willem Lange recounts the story of a country doctor, a loyal dog and fruitcake 4pm A Christmas Carol With Willem Lange - Willem reads the Dickens Classic, a VPR tradition 8pm My Place - Joel Najman plays pop Christmas Classics from the Golden Age of Rock & Roll Sun 25 9:20am Rona & Alice's Christmas by Willem Lange 10am-11am Tinsel Tales - Stories of joy, hope and childhood memories. 1pm-4pm A MultiCultural Holiday with Robert Resnik on All The Traditions Mon 26 7pm A Season's Griot. Kwanza begins Fri 30 7pm Radio Lab - Stress! - Learn why reducing stress should be on your list of resolutions Sat 31 7pm Politics Takes A Holiday With The Capitol Steps 8pm Toast Of The Nation - Count down to 2012 with music across the country JANUARY Sun 1 1pm-4pm The Best Local Music of 2011 on All The Traditions
VPR Classical Holiday Programming
DECEMBER Sat 10 11am VPR's Annual Holiday Concert with Counterpoint Tue 20 6pm-7pm Chanukah in Story and Song, Featuring The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble 8pm-9pm A Leroy Anderson Christmas with the BBC concert Orchestra and the Pops Concert Orchestra 9pm-10pm Welcome Christmas - VocalEssence rings in the season Wed 21 8pm-10pm Vespers of Monteverdi and Rachmaninoff, hosted by Walter Parker and Joe Goetz Thu 22 8pm-10pm Music of the Baroque Christmas Special, hosted by Peter Van De Graaff Fri 23 9:30am Handel's Messiah 3pm Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet 8pm-10pm St. Olaf Christmas - A service in song and word celebrating the Nativity. Sat 24 10am-12pm Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols - Live from King's College in Cambridge, England Sun 25 11am-12pm A Chanticleer Christmas - With the San Francisco-based men's choir 12pm-1pm Echoes of Christmas 2011 With the Dale Warland Singers 1pm-3pm Holiday pops 2011 Keith Lockhart, the Boston Pops and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus take the stage for your favorite carols 3pm-5pm Performance Today Presents Christmas Around The World JANUARY Sun 1 11am-1pm New Year's Day Live From Vienna - Live from the Golden Hall Of The Musikverein 1pm-3pm Yo-Yo Ma joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra for a blazing performance of Dvorak's Cello Concerto