Happy Holidays!

Noon
St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2014
A service in song and word that has become one of the nation's most cherished holiday celebrations. The festival includes hymns, carols, choral works, and orchestral selections celebrating the Nativity and featuring more than 500 student musicians who are members of five choirs and the St. Olaf Orchestra.
2 p.m.
An Early American Christmas with the Rose Ensemble
Minnesota broadcast journalist Tom McCrann hosts An Early American Christmas with the Rose Ensemble. The program carols of the New England colonies, Appalachian folk tunes, Southern shape-note singing, Shaker spiritual songs and the close harmonies that gave birth to bluegrass.
3 p.m.
A Carol Festival from Valparaiso University
The Valparaiso University Christmas concert has been a holiday tradition for nearly 90 years. It is presented in the Valparaiso University Chapel of the Resurrection, one of the finest collegiate chapels in the United States. This concert features the internationally acclaimed Valparaiso University Chorale, the Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Concert Band as well as the Women’s Choir and Men’s Choir performing traditional hymns and carols along with other seasonal favorites.
4 p.m.
The Leroy Anderson Christmas Special
This one hour program contains 80% music of classic Christmas arrangements and original music by Leroy Anderson. It is hosted by conductor Leonard Slatkin and the composer's son Kurt Anderson, and features Leonard Slatkin conducting the BBC Concert Orchestra, and Leroy Anderson conducting his “Pops” Concert Orchestra. Listeners will also hear Leroy Anderson talking about how he wrote some of his famous Christmas music and what Christmas means to him.
5 p.m.
Baroque Christmas in the New World
In celebration of the holiday season, A Baroque Christmas in the New World brings your listeners music from 17th- and 18th-century Mexico, Peru and Bolivia, including a cantata and three free-standing works by Sumaya — most of which comes from the only surviving manuscript in full-score in Sumaya's own hand.
6 p.m.
Welcome Christmas
It's an hour of joyful holiday music featuring one of the world's premiere choral groups, VocalEssence, led by Philip Brunelle and hosted for the sixteenth year by APM's John Birge. This year, a tribute to the late Dave Brubeck with his classical Christmas cantata "La Fiesta de la Posada." Plus, this year's winners of the annual carol contest with the American Composers Forum.
7 p.m.
Exploring Music: Holiday Celebration
The sound of sleigh bells means that it's winter holiday time, and music is full of representations of celebratory music. All around the world, winter holidays of a wide variety are celebrated, and their music is wonderful to listen to regardless of which one you celebrate.
8 p.m.
Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus Christmas Concert

Thursday, December 25th

6 a.m.
Baroque Christmas in the New World
In celebration of the holiday season, A Baroque Christmas in the New World brings your listeners music from 17th- and 18th-century Mexico, Peru and Bolivia, including a cantata and three free-standing works by Sumaya — most of which comes from the only surviving manuscript in full-score in Sumaya's own hand.
7 a.m.
Welcome Christmas
It's an hour of joyful holiday music featuring one of the world's premiere choral groups, VocalEssence, led by Philip Brunelle and hosted for the sixteenth year by APM's John Birge. This year, a tribute to the late Dave Brubeck with his classical Christmas cantata "La Fiesta de la Posada". Plus, this year's winners of the annual carol contest with the American Composers Forum.
8 a.m.
A Chanticleer Christmas
Enjoy this celebration of the season as told through the glorious voices of Chanticleer, the San Francisco-based men's choir. The program spans the globe and the centuries - from England in the 1300s to new arrangements of classic and contemporary carols to Chanticleer's popular Gospel medley of Christmas tunes.
9 a.m.
The Leroy Anderson Christmas Special
This program contains 80% music of classic Christmas arrangements and original music by Leroy Anderson. It is hosted by conductor Leonard Slatkin and the composer's son Kurt Anderson, and features Leonard Slatkin conducting the BBC Concert Orchestra, and Leroy Anderson conducting his “Pops” Concert Orchestra. Listeners will also hear Leroy Anderson talking about how he wrote some of his famous Christmas music and what Christmas means to him. 10 a.m.
Arizona Repertory Singers Christmas Concert
Enjoy a local production is hosted by James Reel.
Noon
Concerto Christmas Special
Frank Dominguez hosts a program that features music by Spanish and Latin American composers and performers presented in English and in Spanish. This edition features traditional Spanish language villancicos from 18th century Cuba, 19th century Uruguay, and 17th century Ecuador.
2 p.m.
Music of the Baroque
The WFMT Radio Network and Music of the Baroque present their annual Brass and Choral Holiday Concert, hosted by celebrated WFMT host Candice Agree. The program includes works of composers like Giovanni Gabrieli, Johann Sebastian Bach, Francis Poulenc, Samuel Scheidt, and John Tavener among others.
4 p.m.
Light and Gold, The Music of Eric Whiteacre
Eric Whitacre is America's most popular composer today, and his choral works are beloved by choirs throughout the world. In three, one-hour programs, he introduces the music with co-host Brian Newhouse and describes the often-colorful backstory of how each piece came to be.
5 p.m.
A Holiday Card to Tucson
Enloy a local holiday production, hosted by James Reel.
7 p.m.
Exploring Music Holiday Celebration
The sound of sleigh bells means that it's winter holiday time, and music is full of representations of celebratory music. All around the world, winter holidays of a wide variety are celebrated, and their music is wonderful to listen to regardless of which one you celebrate.
8 p.m.
Messiah, New York Philharmonic