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Let our traditions become your traditions...
Saturday, December 16th
9:00 pm
Turntable For One
Join H. William Stine for "The Annual Turntable For One Christmas Party" featuring many of his favorite holiday jazz vocals.
Sunday, December 17th
9:00 pm
Millennium of Music
Robert Aubry Davis hosts an hour of performances by various ensembles from the "Music Before 1800" concert series.
Monday, December 18th
6:00 am
Early Morning Classics
Gary Gerard starts your day with classical music chosen to reflect the spirit of the season.
9:00 pm
The Voice in Concert
Peter Shimkin presents an evening of vocal works including Missa Criolla and Navidad Nuestra (Ramirez), Star of Bethlehem (Rhineberger), plus A Christmas Cantata and Ave Maria (Honegger).
Tuesday, December 19th
6:00 am
Early Morning Classics
All week at 6:00 am Gary Gerard features classical music chosen for this holiday week.
8:00 am
Tuesday Morning Classics
Fred Velardi continues his four-week celebration of the birth of Beethoven, as he has each December for over a decade. Tune in for Beethoven's major piano concertos, symphonies, and sonatas.
3:00 pm
Tuesday Afternoon Classics
Michael Salit spends a festive afternoon with you sharing selections like The Nutcracker Suite as arranged by Billy Strayhorn for Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.
6:00 pm
Tuesday Evening Classics
Join Philip Harris for classical works like The Christmas Eve Suite (Rimsky-Korsakov) and Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti).
8:00 pm
Evening at the Opera
Tonight's opera was chosen for this evening because it is based on "Christmas Eve," a work from a 1832 story collection by Nikolai Gogol. Join host Peter Shimkin for Tchaikovsky's Cherevichki.
Wednesday, December 20th
6:00 am
Early Morning Classics
Gary Gerard continues to find and share classical works suitable for the season and the early hour.
8:00 am
Wednesday Morning Classics
Michael Salit joins you with seasonal music like Glory to the Newborn King sung by Chanticleer and Irving Berlin's White Christmas performed by the Eaken Piano Trio.
Noon
Wednesday Afternoon Classics
Susan Prince invites you to join her for “carols from near and far, music for the winter solstice, and joyful Christmas evergreens.”
6:00 pm
Wednesday Evening Classics
Diana Blase joins you for two hours of traditional carols and arrangements like What Child is This?, Noël Nouvelet, Villancico de Navidad, and I Wonder as I Wander.
8:00 pm
Film Music
Join Diana Blase for her annual tradition of airing of A Charlie Brown Christmas.
9:00 pm
The New York Philharmonic
Our weekly broadcast of the NY Phil features Handel's Messiah, led by Baroque specialist Masaaki Suzuki.
Thursday, December 21st
6:00 am
Early Morning Classics
Gary Gerard hosts two hours of classical music celebrating the first day of winter.
8:00 am
Thursday Morning Classics
On Thursday Morning Classics during the month of December and early January, Parker Prout will present Bach’s Christmas Oratorio during the 9 o'clock hour. The work is a collection of six cantatas Bach wrote for Christmastide. The performances are by Concentus Musicus of Vienna, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt .
Noon
Thursday Afternoon Classics
Jennifer Barron celebrates with the complete Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti) and selections from The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky).
3:00 pm
Thursday Afternoon Classics
Join us for an evergreen program of works like the Wassail Song, The Holly and The Ivy, and Weihnachten Op. 79, No. 1 (Mendelssohn), hosted by Bea Asken.
9:00
Good Folk
Dick Hageman hosts a program titled A Midwinter Night's Dream featuring Loreena McKennitt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Gretchen Peters, and Nóirín Ní Riain.
11:00 pm
New Music Gallery
Contemplative holiday instrumentals from albums by guitarist Bryan Lubeck, hosted by Dick Hageman.
Friday, December 22nd
6:00 am
Early Morning Classics
Join Gary Gerard for this early edition of holiday classical music.
8:00 am
Friday Morning Classics
Gary Fountain introduces you to new recordings including Carols from Norway sung by soprano Lise Davidsen, The Christmas Life by contemporary composer Lucy Walker, and Mary, Mother by contemporary composer Bob Chilcott.
10:00 pm
The Night Café
Will Duchon and Night Café regulars share holiday greetings and jazz recordings.
Saturday, December 23rd
6:00 am
Early Morning Classics
Join Gary Gerard for this last early morning of holiday classical music before Christmas.
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Classics
Don Wismann tells us "my program on the 23rd is completely Christmas themed. Choral works of Pinkham, Rutter, and Whitacre, as well as favorite offerings from King’s College Choir, Cambridge. I will also feature a brand-new recording of The Nutcracker Suite by Santtu-Mathias Rouvali and the Philharmonia Orchestra."
Noon
Saturday Afternoon Classics
Gary Fountain hosts an afternoon of festive classical works including Sleigh Ride (Delius), All Bells in Paradise, Blake’s Lullaby, and Sans Day Carol (arranged by John Rutter), The Winter’s Tale, Op. 18 (Larsson), and Carillon and Huron Carol from the album Northern Lights (a new recording by contemporary composer Kati Agócs).
4:00 pm
American Jukebox
Garrett Stack presents "Christmas Countdown," where he - you guessed it - counts down the 30 most-recorded pop Christmas songs... though not always sung by the artist you might expect.
6:00 pm
One Great Holiday Song
Tune in for a classic holiday song from the Great American Songbook era, interpreted by various artists, hosted by Rich Moran.
9:00 pm
Turntable For One
H. William Stine tells us he has "gotten a ton of new holiday music and I'll be sharing the good stuff depending on whether the audience has been naughty or nice this year." [Editor's note: Bill, we're member-supported. They've been nice.]
Sunday, December 24th
6:00 am
Morning and Afternoon Classics
All morning and into the early afternoon, join us for festive classical music chosen for Christmas Eve Day, hosted by Bill Battista, Gary Gerard, and John Ryden.
3:00 pm
WMNR Concert Hall
Join us for a performance of Handel's Messiah, performed by The New York Philharmonic and the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, led by Baroque specialist, conductor Suzuki Masaaki.
5:00 pm
Boston Pops Christmas
Whether you're gathering 'round a Christmas pudding or winding down with a cup of eggnog, you'll enjoy all the classic arrangements you'd expect from the Pops.
6:00 pm
A Leroy Anderson Christmas
Hosted by conductor Leonard Slatkin and the composer's son, our General Manager Kurt Anderson, the program features performances of Anderson's Christmas music as well as narration by the composer describing how he composed some of his favorite music and what the holiday meant to him.
7:00 pm
Quiet Christmas with Kelly Yost
As the day begins to quiet down, join Kelly Yost for relaxing solo piano fare, including the piano music of George Winston.
8:00pm
Winter Holidays Around the World
Bill McGlaughlin takes you from 12th century Christmas music to Dave Brubeck's La Fiesta de la Posada, with stops at many other eras and genres along the way.
9:00 pm
Millennium of Music
Robert Aubry Davis features two gems released by the Musical Concepts label: A Minstrel's Christmas (Alfred Deller) and Baroque Christmas Sanctus (Ex Cathedra).
10:00 pm
Early Music Now
Sara Schneider is your host for an hour of familiar carols and chants, festive selections for brass instruments, and motets by composers like Giovanni Gabrieli, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelick, and Giovanni Bassano.
Monday, December 25th
6:00 am
Christmas Early Morning Classics
Up early with little ones or still wrapping? Gary Gerard has your soundtrack!
9:00 am
A Fireside Christmas
Will Duchon joins you for his 16th annual celebration of jazz, classical, and world Christmas music.
Noon
Christmas Afternoon Classics
John Ryden celebrates with Concerto Op. 8/6 in G minor in forma di pastorale per il Santissimo Natale (Torelli), works by Handel for a Rizzoli recording titled A Classical Christmas, music from a BBC Music recording titled Music for Christmas from the 12th to the 20th Century, and Marian Anderson sings Ave Marie. Wendell Rector follows John with more classical sounds of the season.
5:00 pm
Exploring Music
Bill McGlaughlin listens to Handel all week at 5:00 pm, including Messiah.
6:00 pm
Christmas Classics
Host Peter Van de Graaff shares three hours of classical music chosen for Christmas Day.
9:00 pm
The Voice in Concert
Peter Shimkin is your host for carols and hymns sung by Kathleen Battle and the Robert Shaw Chorale.
Tuesday, December 26th
6:00 pm
Tuesday Evening Classics
Philip Harris joins you for holiday classical music including Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck) and traditional carols.
Wednesday, December 27th
9:00 pm
The New York Philharmonic
Our weekly broadcast from the Phil's archives is a selection of winter-themed highlights from their storied discography. You will hear sleigh bells from Mozart, Mahler, and Leroy Anderson, Concertmaster Frank Huang leading Winter from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, and selections from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.
Thursday, December 28th
9:00 am
Thursday Morning Classics
On Thursday Morning Classics during the month of December and early January, Parker Prout will present Bach’s Christmas Oratorio during the 9 o'clock hour. The work is a collection of six cantatas Bach wrote for Christmastide. The performances are by Concentus Musicus of Vienna, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Saturday, December 30th
9:00 pm
Turntable For One
"The Last Turntable For One You'll Ever Hear... in 2023" will be a review of some of host H. William Stine's favorite themes plus he'll announce a few musical resolutions that he's making.
Sunday, December 31st
5:00 pm
Sunday Evening Classics
Join our Kurt Anderson for historic New Year's Eve concert recordings from the vast and varied archives of the Berlin Philharmonic.
9:00 pm
New Year's Eve Classics
Gary Gerard keeps you company with festive classical music as you count down to midnight.
Monday, January 1st
6:00 am
Early Morning Classics
Gary Gerard is back (yes, it's pre-recorded) with celebratory music chosen for New Year's Day!
11:00 am
New Year's Day from Vienna
A WMNR tradition continues! Join us live for the annual Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert. Under the baton of Maestro Franz Welser-Möst in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein, the Vienna Philharmonic presents a program of lively and nostalgic music from the vast repertoire of the family of Johann Strauss and their peers.
With warmest wishes from all of us at WMNR Fine Arts Radio
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