A Ceremony of Carols
12/05/12 9:00AM
Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols was first performed 70 years ago today. We'll listen to it conducted by Robert Shaw.
Playlist
9:02am
| Sonata #4 in C, Op. 3/4 |
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| Composer: Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville |
| Ensemble: Musicians of the Louvre |
| Conductor: Marc Minkowski |
| CD/Album: Mondonville: 6 Sonates Op. 3 |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 474550 |
9:14am
| Ave Maria, for Double Choir |
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| Composer: Tomas Luis de Victoria |
| Ensemble: The Tallis Scholars |
| Conductor: Peter Phillips |
| CD/Album: Christmas Carols and Motets |
| Record co./Cat #: Gimell 10 |
9:21am
| Symphony #38 "Prague" in D, K 504 |
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| Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Ensemble: Orchestra Mozart |
| Conductor: Claudio Abbado |
| CD/Album: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29, 33, 35, 38, 41 |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 4777598 |
10:01am
| Concerto grosso per il Santissimo Natale in C, Op. 3/12 big concerto for the blessed Christmas |
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| Composer: Francesco Manfredini |
| Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor: Herbert von Karajan |
| CD/Album: Albinoni: Adagio, Pachelbel: Canon & gigue, Corelli:Manfredini, Vivaldi concerti |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 419046 |
10:13am
| A Ceremony of Carols |
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| Composer: Benjamin Britten |
| Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers |
| Conductor: Robert Shaw |
| CD/Album: A Robert Shaw Christmas - Angels on High |
| Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80461 |
10:38am
| Oboe Concerto in a |
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| Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor: Bryden Thomson |
| Soloists: David Theodore, oboe |
| CD/Album: Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony |
| Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8594 |
11:01am
| Piano Trio #7 "Archduke" in Bb, Op. 97 |
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| Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Soloists: Joseph Kalichstein, piano ; Jaime Laredo, violin ; Sharon Robinson, cello |
| CD/Album: Beethoven: The Complete Cycle of Trios (Vol. 1) |
| Record co./Cat #: Arabesque 6758 |
11:44am
| Salve Puerule |
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| Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
| Ensemble: Choir of Westminster Abbey |
| Conductor: Simon Preston |
| CD/Album: Christmas Carols |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 445572 |
11:49am
| Resonet In Laudibus |
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| Composer: Michael Praetorius |
| Ensemble: Choir of Westminster Abbey |
| Conductor: Simon Preston |
| Soloists: Christopher Herrick, organ |
| CD/Album: Christmas Carols |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 445572 |
11:52am
| The Apple Tree Carol |
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| Composer: Elizabeth Poston |
| Ensemble: Choir of Westminster Abbey |
| Conductor: Simon Preston |
| CD/Album: Christmas Carols |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 445572 |
11:55am
| Alleluja! Freuet euch ("Alleluja! Rejoice!") |
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| Composer: Andreas Hammerschmidt |
| Ensemble: Choir of Westminster Abbey |
| Conductor: Simon Preston |
| CD/Album: Christmas Carols |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 445572 |
12:05pm
| Flute Sonata in Eb, BWV 1031 |
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| Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Soloists: Robert Stallman, flute ; Edwin Swanborn, harpsichord |
| CD/Album: Bach Sonatas - Stallman and Swanborn |
| Record co./Cat #: Bogner's Cafe 105 |
12:17pm
| Three Botticelli Pictures |
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| Composer: Ottorino Respighi |
| Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
| CD/Album: Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III etc. |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 437533 |
12:39pm
| Piano Concerto #2 in F, Op. 102 |
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| Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich |
| Ensemble: I Musici de Montreal |
| Conductor: Maxim Shostakovich |
| Soloists: Dmitri Shostakovich Jr.,piano |
| CD/Album: Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8443 |