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Friday, December 15, 2006 - 5:40 to 8:30 AM
CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA The 3rd annual program devoted to music for the holiday season by American composers 
5:40am - 7:00am Norman Dello Joio - Variations on an Original Christmas Tune - The Boehm Quintette - Premier Recordings - PRCD 1023 William Billings - Bethlehem - Early Music New York, Frederick Renz, Conductor - Ex Cathedra Records/The Metropolitan Museum of Art - 70070-29006-2 Conrad Susa - Three Mystical Carols - Kansas City Chorale, Charles Bruffy, Conductor with Organist James Higdon - Nimbus Records - NI 5413 - (A*01) Howard Hanson - Two Yuletide Pieces - Brian Preston, Piano - Bay Cities - BCD-1005 Mona Lyn Reese - Toboggan - Chamber Choir Kiev, Robert Ian Winstin, Conductor - ERM Media - 6806 - (E*08) Rick Sowash (1950-) Piano Trio No. 3 " A Christmas Divertimento" (1983) - The Mirecourt Trio - Gasparo - GSCD-254 - (A*01) Stephen Paulus(1949-) - - Three Nativity Carols - Magnum Chorum, David Dickau, Conductor, Mark Seerup, Oboe, Valerie Weber, Harp - Clarion - MCC-4 - (A*01)
7:00am - 8:00am Daniel Read - The Seasons of the Year - Winter - Early Music New York, Frederick Renz, Conductor - Ex Cathedra Records/The Metropolitan Museum of Art - 70070-29006-2 - Dan Locklair - Three Christmas Motets (1993) - Bel Canto Company, David Pegg, Conductor - Gasparo - GSCD-325 - (A*01) Henry Doktorski - Suite on Four Polish Carols - Henry Doktorski, Accordion, Strings of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Henry Doktorski.com Morten Lauridsen - "Ave, dulcissima Maria" (2005) - Polyphony, Stephen Layton, Conductor, Morten Lauridsen, Finger Cymbals - Hyperion - CDA67580 Adolphus Hailstork - Prelude on "Veni Emmanuel" - James Kosnik, Organ - Albany Records - TROY873 - (A*01) Adolphus Hailstork - Toccata on "Veni Emmanuel" - James Kosnik, Organ - Albany Records - TROY873 - (A*01) Alan Hovhaness - Christmas Song (Watchmen Tell Us of the Night) - Jeanne Houston, Soprano, Michael Kelly, Organ - Elmgrove Productions - (C*22) John Harbison - "The Three Wise Men" (1988)(from Christmas Vespers) (1988) - Bill Curtis, Narrator, The Chicago Chamber Musicians - Naxos - 8.559188 - (N*02)
8:00am - 8:30am Ronald J. Williams - "Sing Noel" - Chamber Choir Kiev, Kiev Philharmonic, Robert Ian Winstin, Conductor - ERM Media - 6806 - (E*08) arr. George Perle - Two French Christmas Carols - The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor - Bridge - 9214A/B - (B*01) Jennifer Higdon - Deep in the Night (1997) - The New York Concert Singers, Judith Clurman, Conductor - New World Records - 80592-2 - (N*07) Henry Cowell - Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sung - Kansas City Chorale, Charles Bruffy, Conductor - Nimbus Records - NI 5413 - (A*01) 
Links where to buy CD used in current show :
(A*01)...Arkiv Music (B*01)...Bridge Records, Inc (C*22)...CD Baby (E*08)...ERM Media (N*02)...Naxos (N*07)...New World Records
Links to interesting websites: - to find more links go to: Classical Discoveries -
Interesting Musical Links - Early Music - 20 and 21-Century Composers - Performers - pageTHE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT Center for the Promotion Contemporary Composers American Music Center International Alliance for Women in Music
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