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9.00am

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IN DULCI JUBILO

HEINRICH SCHEIDEMANN: Preambulum in F major

CHRISTIAN GEIST: Wie sch枚n leuchtet der Morgenstern; Pastores dicite quidnam vidistis

JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH: Merk auf, mein Herz

DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; F眉rchtet euch nicht; Das neugeborene Kindelein; In dulci jubilo; Jesu dulcis memoria; Wie sch枚n leuchtet der Morgenstern

JOHANN ADAM REINCKEN: Fuga in G minor; Preambulum in D minor

FRANZ TUNDER: Ein kleines Kindelein

MATTHIAS WECKMANN: Rex virtutum

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK: Ab Oriente venerunt Magi

Theatre of Voices; Paul Hillier (artistic director)

DaCapo 6.220661 (Hybrid SACD)

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A CAVALIER CHRISTMAS (MUSIC FROM THE TIME OF THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR)

ORLANDO GIBBONS: See, see the Word is incarnate

WILLIAM BYRD: Behold I bring you glad tidings; O God, that guides the cheerful sun

RICHARD DERING: Laetamini cum Maria; Quem vidistis, pastores

ALESSANDRO GRANDI: O quam tu pulchra es

MARTIN PEERSON: Upon my lap my sovereign sits

WILLIAM LAWES: Aire

HENRY LAWES: Hark, shepherd swains

GEORGE JEFFREYS: Hark, shepherd swains; Busy time this day; Brightest of days

JOHN JENKINS: Newark Siege

The Ebor Singers; Chelys Consort of Viols; Paul Gameson

Resonus RES10202 (CD)

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WINTER鈥橲 NIGHT

GREGORIO ALLEGRI: Salvatorem expectamus

PLAINCHANT: Corde natus ex parentis

HUGO DISTLER: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, variations 1-7 from Die Weihnachtsgeschichte

HERBERT HOWELLS: A Spotless Rose

GIOVANNI BERNANDINO NANINO: Salve Regina

PIERRE VILLETTE: Hymne 脿 la Vierge

JOHN TAVENER: Today the Virgin

JEAN MOUTON: Nesciens mater

REGINALD JACQUES: Away in a Manger

GEORGES DUPUY DE M脡RY: Marie ber莽ant l鈥橢nfant J茅sus

PETER WARLOCK: Bethlehem Down

ELIZABETH POSTON: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

Skylark Ensemble; Matthew Guard (artistic director)

HMR-002 (CD)

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JESU, JOY OF MAN鈥橲 DESIRING

TRADITIONAL: Christmas Proclamation; Emmanuel; Angels We Have Heard on High; Adeste Fideles; Gaudete; Of the Father鈥檚 Love Begotten; Gabriel鈥檚 Message; We Wish You a Merry Christmas

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Jesu, Joy of Man鈥檚 Desiring; Wake, Awake, For Night is Flying

FRANZ GRUBER JR.: Sleep, Little Jesus

MYKOLA LEONTOVYCH: Carol of the Bells

JOSEPH ANDREW BODANOWICZ: Snowflakes

WILLIAM J. KIRKPATRICK: Away in a Manger

LOWELL MASON: Joy to the World

PETER JOSEPH WARDLAW: Madonna鈥檚 Lullaby

Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz. OP (organ and acoustic guitar), Sr. Mary Esther Downey, OP (flute), Sr. Peter Joseph Wardlaw, OP (violin), Sr. John Michael Wynne, OP (xylophone)

Sony 88985417412 (CD)

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ORIENTALE LUMEN III

MIKHAIL GLINKA: Cherubimic hymn

TRADITIONAL: St Peter鈥檚 Lament; Christ is risen

INTERLUDE: Easter Bell prayer; Interludio for folk flute; Bell prayer

TAM脕S BUBN脫: Psalm 127

GRIGORY LVOVSKY: Lord, have mercy

PAVEL TCHESNOKOV: We sing unto Thee; The Pre-eternal Council

ELLIOT COLE: Postludes

GEORGY SVIRIDOV ARR. ALEXANDER SEMENOV: Saintly love

ALEXANDER SEMENOV: Your birth, oh Christ, our God; Heaven and Earth

STANISLAV LUDKEVICH: Wondrous news

GY脰RGY PHILIPP: Christmas bell prayer; Hark, how the bells

M脕RK BUBN脫: Bells of Annunciation; Mal鈥檏a moma dvori mete

LEONID KULIKOVOJ: Three magi came

HEGUMEN FEOFAN ZIBOROV: Christ is born

Saint Ephraim Male Choir

Budapest Music Centre Records BMC CD 251 (CD)

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THE SILVER STARS AT PLAY

PAUL AYRES: Hodie Christus natus est

CHERYL FRANCES-HOAD: This Time is Born a Child

ANDREW CUSWORTH: Of a rose synge we

HUW MORGAN: Make we Joy now in this Fest

PETER PARSHALL: That Yong毛 Child

DAVID FAWCETT: The Angel Gabriel

JOHN TURNER: Away in a Manger

FREDERICK FRAHM: Unto Us a Son is Given

CHERYL CAMM: Cantate Domino

PHILLIP COOKE: Susanni

PETER MAXWELL DAVIES: Child of the Manger

JOHN MCCABE: Peace Carol

ANDREW MAYES: Christmas Music

JENNI PINNOCK: Christmas Bells

SIMON CUMMINGS: Infant holy, Infant lowly

DOUGLAS STEELE: Two Carols; Come ye now at Christmas; The Child of God

COLIN HAND: He left the silver stars at play

MATTHEW COLERIDGE: Balulalow

SARAH RIMKUS: Brightest and Best

ANDREW TOOVEY: Alleluya for Christmas

SADIE HARRISON: As-sal膩mu 鈥榓laykum Bethlehem

MARK HEWITT: Silent Night

Kantus Chamber Choir; Elspeth Storach (director); Simon Passmore (piano)

Prima Facie PFCD075 (CD)

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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library

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Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Piece: Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051

Reviewer: Sara Mohr-Pietsch

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BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS

English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Solo Deo Gloria SDG 707 (2 CDs)

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Other Recommended Recordings:

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Below is a shortlist of other recordings which Sara also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee the availability of these discs.

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Freiburger Barockorchester; Gottfried von der Golz (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi HMC 902176.77 (CD)

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European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock (conductor)

Avie AV2119 (CD)

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10.15am

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JOHANN SCHELLE: ACTUS MUSICUS AUF WEYH-NACHTEN 鈥� CHRISTMAS CANTATAS

JOHANN SCHELLE: Uns ist ein Kind geboren; Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar; Da die Zeit erf眉llet ward; Uns ist ein Kind geboren; Machet die Tore weit; Ehre sei Gott in der H枚he; Actus Musicus auf Weyh-Nachten

Monika Mauch (soprano); Myriam Arbouz (soprano); Marian Dijkhuizen (alto); Georg Poplutz (tenor); Jakob Pilgram (tenor); Raimonds Spogis (bass); Concerto Palatino; K枚lner Akademie; Michael Alexander Willens (director)

CPO 555 155-2 (CD)

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JOHANN KUHNAU: COMPLETE SACRED WORKS III

JOHANN KUHNAU: Magnificat; O heilige Zeit (for Soprano & Bass); O heilige Zeit (for Soprano, Alto, Tenor & Bass); Frohlocket, ihr V枚lker, und jauchzet, ihr Heiden

Opella Musica; camerata lipsiensis; Gregor Meyer (director)

CPO 555 021-2 (CD)

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CHRISTOPH GRAUPNER: EPIPHANIAS-KANTATEN

CHRISTOPH GRAUPNER: Was Gott thut, das ist wohl gethan, er ist mein Licht; Erwacht, ihr Heyden; Die Wa脽er Wogen im Meer sind gro脽; Was Gott thut, das ist wohl gethan, es bleibt gerecht sein Wille; Gott, der Herr, ist Sonne und Schild

Andrea Lauren Brown (soprano); Kai Wessel (alto); Georg Poplutz (tenor); Dominik W枚rner (bass); Kirchheimer BachConsort; Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch (director and violin)

CPO 555146-2 (2 CDs)

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DAQUIN: NOUVEAU LIVRE DE NO脣LS

LOUIS-CLAUDE DAQUIN听: Nouveau Livre de No毛ls

Adriano Falcioni (Jean-Pierre Cavaill茅 organ of the Abbey of Gellone 脿 St Guilhelm-le D茅sert (H茅rault))

Brilliant Classics 94895 (CD)

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IT鈥橲 A WONDERFUL LIFE

JAKE HEGGIE: It鈥檚 a Wonderful Life 鈥� An Opera in Two Acts

William Burden (George Bailey); Talise Trevigne (Clara); Andrea Carroll (Mary Hatch); Rod Gilfry (Mr. Gower/Mr. Potter); Joshua Hopkins (Harry Bailey); Anthony Dean Griffey (Uncle Billy Bailey); Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Patrick Summers (conductor); Gene Scheer (librettist)

Pentatone PTC 5186 631 (2 Hybrid SACDs)

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IN WINTER鈥橲 ARMS

BOB CHILCOTT: Wenceslas; Jesus, Springing; My Perfect Stranger; The Nine Gifts; Gloria

James Shaffran (baritone); Todd Fickley (organ); Marian Rian Hays (harp); Julie Angelis Boehler (timpani); Cantus Primo Youth Choir; The Classical Brass Quintet; Gretchen Kuhrmann (conductor)

Signum Classics SIGCD512 (CD)

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10.55am 鈥� New Releases

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GRAHAM FITKIN: STRING QUARTETS

GRAHAM FITKIN: Servant; Inside; A Small Quartet; Another Small Quartet; String; Pawn

Sacconi Quartet

Signum Classics SIGCD518 (CD)

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ARTURO FUENTES: GLASS DISTORTION

ARTURO FUENTES: Broken mirrors; Liquid crystals; Ice reflection; Glass distortion

Quatuor Diotima

KAIROS 0015015KAI (CD)

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ALBERTO POSADAS: SOMBRAS

ALBERTO POSADAS: Elogio de la sombra; Tr谩nsito I; La tentaci贸n de las sombras; Tr谩nsito II; Del reflejo de la sombra

Quatuor Diotima; Sarah Maria Sun (soprano); Carl Rosman (clarinet)

Naive V5442 (CD)

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STEFAN W臉G艁OWSKI: CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSIC

STEFAN W臉G艁OWSKI: Beginning; Kohelet; Modeh ani; Anthem; Appendix

David Krakauer (clarinet); Cezary Konrad (percussion); Adam Ko艣mieja (piano); Miko艂aj Trzaska (saxophone); Maciej Jaro艅 (violin); Weronika Dziedzic (voice); Mateusz 艁asowki (voice); Justyna Ptaszy艅ska (voice); Dawid Szurmiej (voice)

KAIROS 0015026KAI (CD)

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THOMAS HYDE: THAT MAN STEPHEN WARD

A One-man Opera to a libretto by David Norris

Damian Thantrey (baritone); Nova Music Opera Ensemble; George Vass (conductor)

Resonus RES10197 (CD)

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11.45am 鈥� Disc of the Week

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THE WAGNER PROJECT

RICHARD WAGNER: Overtures, preludes and scenes from Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg, Das Rheingold, Die Walk眉re, Der fliegende Holl盲nder, Tannh盲user and Parsifal

Matthias Goerne (baritone); Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Harding (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi HMM 902250.51 (2 CDs)