The Gift Connection
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Christmas gifts from composers to friends & family
We sometimes talk about “The gift of music,” but that’s literally the case with Debussy’s Iberia, Grieg’s “I Love You,” and Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel—not to mention vocal and instrumental pieces by Mendelssohn, Liszt, and Sibelius.
Each one of them was the composer’s Christmas gift to a loved one, and in this hour, we'll hear both the works and the stories behind them.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Wagner - Siegfried-Idyll & Orchestral Music from Operas |
Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer |
EMI Classics 5 67893 2 |
724356789326 |
| Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel, disc 1, track 1 |
Munich Radio Orchestra, Kurt Eichorn |
RCA Red Seal 74321-25281-2 |
743212528121 |
| Mendelssohn: Piano Works Vol. 2 |
Robert Frith |
Naxos 8.550940 |
730099594028 |
| Sibelius: Complete Works for Mixed Choir [for “A Christmas Song” & “High are the Snowdrifts”] |
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Heikki Seppänen |
Ondine ODE 260-2D |
0761195126028 |
| Schumann [for 2nd of 3 Romances for piano] |
Jan Lisiecki |
Deutsche Grammophon 479 5327 2 |
00028947953272 |
| Debussy: La Mer, Iberia [for Iberia: Festival Morning] |
National Orchestra of France, Emmanuel Krivine |
Erato 9029568704 |
0190295687045 |
| Liszt: Weihnachtsbaum, Via Crucis [for “The Shepherds at the Crib” from The Christmas Tree suite] |
Leslie Howard |
Hyperion CDA66388 |
034571163888 |
| Con Amore [for Elgar’s La Capricieuse “The Capricious One”] |
Kyung Wha Chung, Phillip Moll |
Decca 417 289-2 |
028947826606 |
| Grieg: Songs [for “Jeg elsker Dig” (I Love You)] |
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg |
Deutsche Grammophon
477 632 6 |
028947763260 |
| We Wish You A Merry Christmas [for Alfred Burt medley “A Christmas Greeting”] |
Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams |
Philips 416 287-2 |
028941628725 |
4:00 p.m.
Philharmonia Orchestra
Wagner
Siegfried-Idyll
Philharmonia Orchestra; Otto Klemperer, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Munich Radio Orchestra
Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel overture: Act 1 - Vorspiel Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel
Munich Radio Orchestra; Kurt Eichhorn, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Benjamin Frith, piano
Mendelssohn
Kinderstucke, Op. 72 Christmas Pieces Allegro Assai
Robert Frith; Benjamin Frith, conductor "Benjamin Frith, piano"
4:11 p.m.
Benjamin Frith, piano
Mendelssohn
Kinderstucke, Op. 72 Christmas Pieces Vivace
Robert Frith; Benjamin Frith, conductor "Benjamin Frith, piano"
4:13 p.m.
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Sibelius
Joululaulu (A Christmas Song), Op. 1 No. 4
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Heikki Seppanen, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Sibelius
On hanget korkeat nietokset (High are the Snowdrifts
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Heikki Seppanen, conductor
4:18 p.m.
Philharmonia Orchestra
Wagner
Siegfried-Idyll
Philharmonia Orchestra; Otto Klemperer, conductor
4:30 p.m.
Benjamin Frith, piano
Mendelssohn
Kinderstucke, Op. 72 Christmas Pieces Allegro Assai
Robert Frith; Benjamin Frith, conductor "Benjamin Frith, piano"
4:31 p.m.
Jan Lisiecki
Schumann
Romanzen, Op.28 - No. 2 In F Sharp (Einfach)
Jan Lisiecki
4:36 p.m.
National Orchestra of France
Debussy
Images, L. 118a II. Iberia - Le matin d'un jour de fete
National Orchestra of France; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Leslie Howard
Liszt
Die Hirten an der Krippe (In dulci jubilo) The Shepherds at the Manger, from The Christmas Tree suite
Leslie Howard
4:44 p.m.
Kyung Wha Chung
Elgar
La Capricieuse (The Capricious One)
Kyung Wha Chung
4:49 p.m.
Anne Sofie von Otter
Grieg
Op 53 - I Love You - Jeg elsker Dig (von Otter)
Anne Sofie von Otter
4:51 p.m.
Burt
A Christmas Greeting (Carols of Alfred Burt) We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Boston Pops and Tanglewood Chorus; John Williams, conductor Tanglewood Festival Chorus
