Sunday DECEMBER 20, 2009 Back

Winter Solstice

http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/december-solstice-customs.html

http://www.candlegrove.com/solstice.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice

Mistletoe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistletoe

http://landscaping.about.com/cs/winterlandscaping1/a/mistletoe.htm

http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/history/mistletoe.htm

Holly

http://www.christmascarnivals.com/christmas-history/christmas-holly-history.html

http://www.fantasy-ireland.com/christmas-holly.html

Christmas Carols and Hymns

http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/

http://christmassongbook.net/

http://www.carols.org.uk/

Carol of the Bells -- history of the song

http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2004/7/20046906.shtml

History of Holiday Traditions

http://www.history.com/content/christmas/christmas-around-the-world

http://www.merry-christmas.com/traditions.htm

First Hour

• Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, Canite tuba & Rorate coeli, Voices of Ascension, Dennis Keene, Delos 3210, PRINCE OF MUSIC: GIOVANNI PALESTRINA
• Traditional (English), Wassail Song, Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Sony 7033, A FESTIVAL OF CAROLS IN BRASS
• Medieval carol, As I Lay On Yoolis Night, Anonymous 4, Harmonia Mundi 907099, ON YOOLIS NIGHT: MEDIEVAL CAROLS & HYMNS
• Francesco Geminiani, Concerto Grosso #12 in d LA FOLLIA, Boston Baroque, Christina Day Martinson - violin, Telarc 80698, THE FOUR SEASONS
• Georg Philipp Telemann, Concerto in D for 3 Corni da Caccia, Capella Istropolitana, Zdenek Divoky - horn, Bedrich Tylsar - horn, Zdenek Tylsar - horn, Sunday Baroque Autumn, THE SEASONS OF SUNDAY BAROQUE: AUTUMN
• Giuseppe Sammartini, Concerto Grosso in g op.5 #6 Christmas Concerto, King's Violins, Dorian 90180, A TREASURY OF BAROQUE CHRISTMAS CONCERTOS

Second Hour

• Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata BWV133: opening chorus, Collegium Vocale Gent, Harmonia Mundi 901781/82, CHRISTMAS CANTATAS FROM LEIPZIG
• John Johnson (c.1545-1594), Greensleeves, Sharon Isbin - guitar, Sony 45456, JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD
• Henry VIII, Grene growith the holy, Anonymous 4, Harmonia Mundi 907325, WOLCUM YULE CELTIC AND BRITISH SONGS
• Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Concerto Grosso in f Op.1 #8 CHRISTMAS CONCERTO, Berlin Philharmonic, DG 449924, CHRISTMAS ADAGIO
• Anonymous English Carol 15th c., There is no rose of such virtue, Monteverdi Choir, Philips 462050, ONCE AS I REMEMBER ...
• Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto #4 in f WINTER, Boston Baroque, Christina Day Martinson - violin, Telarc 80698, THE FOUR SEASONS

Third Hour

• Francisco Guerrero, Canite tuba, His Majestie's Clerkes, Centaur 2168, NEWS OF GREAT JOY
• Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto #2 bwv1047, Academy of Ancient Music, Harmonia Mundi807461/62, BACH BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS
• Christoph Graupner, Cantata for the 1st Sunday in Advent, Les Idees Heureuses, Analekta AN2 9115, CHRISTMAS IN DARMSTADT
• Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in e RV270 Il RIPOSO, Academia Montis Regalis, Enrico Onofri - violin, Naive 30417, CONCERTI PER VIOLINO VOL. 1 LA CACCIA
• Traditional, Ding! Dong! Merrily on high, Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, EMI 490809, THE CAROL ALBUM: SEVEN CENTURIES OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC
• Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite #4 in Ab (orig Eb) BWV1010, Victoria Drake - harp, WELL TEMPERED 5193, FROM THE BACH NOTEBOOK OF HARPIST VICTORIA DRAKE

Fourth Hour

• Pavel Vejvanovsky, Sonata Natale, Academy of Ancient Music, L'Oiseau Lyre 410179, CHRISTMAS CONCERTOS
• Michel Richard Delalande, Simphonies des Noels pour Instruments, Masques, Analekta 9908, NOEL BAROQUE (BAROQUE CHRISTMAS)
• Traditional (English), The Boar's Head Carol, The Sixteen, Hyperion 66263, CHRISTMAS MUSIC FROM MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE EUROPE
• Francesco Manfredini, Concerto #12 in C CHRISTMAS op.3, Les Amis de Philippe, cpo 638, FRANCESCO MANFREDINI: 12 CONCERTI OP.3
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Noels for Instruments, King's Violins, Dorian 90180, A TREASURY OF BAROQUE CHRISTMAS CONCERTOS
• Johann Sebastian Bach, Keyboard Concerto in f BWV1056, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, David Fray - piano, Virgin 213064, JS BACH KEYBOARD CONCERTOS
• Samuel Scheidt, In Dulci Jubilo, Canadian Brass, Ryan Anthony - trumpet, Joe Burgstaller - trumpet, Opening Day 7347, LEGENDS

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