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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Classical Music Playlist, December 24, 2025

 

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American composer Christopher Rouse completed his 11-movement suite of original Christmas carols titled “Karolju” [“kah-ROLL-you”] in 1990. Unusually, that title is a made-up word, as are his original texts — save for an occasional seasonal word — written to sound like carols in different languages such as French, Spanish, Russian, German, Italian and so on. Dedicated to his daughter for her first Christmas in 1990, “Karolju” for choir and orchestra is today’s Midday Masterpiece.

Read the composer's own notes about "Karolju" HERE.
6:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Noels sur les Instruments H 534 H 531
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
6:15 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio for clarinet, viola and piano "Kegelstatt" in Eb major K 498
Martin Frost, clarinet; Antoine Tamestit, viola; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
6:35 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi
Philharmonia Orchestra
6:44 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Christmas with the Academy (Suite No. 1)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chorus
7:00 a.m.
7:00 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 8 in F minor Opus 1/8
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
7:15 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Pastoral Suite (Suite Pastorale)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
7:33 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Many Moods of Christmas (Suite No. 1)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Chorus
7:45 a.m.
John Field
Piano Sonata in B major H 17
Miceal O'Rourke, piano
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
Holiday Programming
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Michael Barone, host
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Holiday Programming
Las Posadas PART 1.1
Angela Mariani, host
10:01 a.m.
Holiday Programming
Las Posadas PART 1.2
Angela Mariani, host
10:06 a.m.
Holiday Programming
Las Posadas PART 1.3
Angela Mariani, host
10:23 a.m.
Holiday Programming
Las Posadas PART 2
Angela Mariani, host
11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Holiday Programming
December Around the World
Jennifer Reason, host
12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
St. Olaf Christmas Festival PART 1
1:00 p.m.
1:07 p.m.
Holiday Programming
St. Olaf Christmas Festival PART 2
2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Christopher Rouse
Karolju
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus; David Zinman, conductor
2:30 p.m.
Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Fourth Wall Ensemble; Christopher Allen, conductor
2:35 p.m.
William Kirkpatrick
Away in a Manger
Voces8; Barnaby Smith, conductor Voces8 Foundation Orchestra; Voces8 Foundation Choir
2:40 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Christmas Eve
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
A Chanticleer Christmas PART 1
Melissa Ousley, host
3:24 p.m.
Holiday Programming
A Chanticleer Christmas PART 2
Melissa Ousley, host
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Carols, Customs, & Candlelight: A Celtic Christmas Celebration PART 1
Andrea Blain, host
4:26 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Carols, Customs, & Candlelight: A Celtic Christmas Celebration PART 2
Andrea Blain, host
5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
The Sound of Cinnamon PART 1
Jake Armerding, host
5:22 p.m.
Holiday Programming
The Sound of Cinnamon PART 2
Jake Armerding, host
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
The More the Merrier
Avery Jeffry, host

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