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2017 Holiday SeasonEvery year, WWFM The Classical Network is pleased to bring you a variety of holiday specials, including many that feature our musical partners. We hope that these special programs have become a part of your annual holiday tradition and wish you a joyous and bright holiday season. (We will update this last as new specials are scheduled). And see below for program details.
Saturday Dec. 161 pm – Candles Burning Brightly from American Public Media. Mindy Ratner hosts a new edition of this holiday favorite, in celebration of Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. "Candles Burning Brightly" explores Chanukah foods and traditional activities - and plenty of music.
7 pm - A Tempo: Join A Tempo host Rachel Katz as she goes behind the scenes at this year’s Readings and Carols from Westminster Choir College.
8 pm - Handel’s Messiah from the New York Philharmonic, with the Westminster Symphonic Choir.
Sunday Dec. 162 pm – Sounds Choral: The first of a two-week series with host Ryan James Brandau surveying JS Bach’s works for the Christmas season.
7 pm – The Dress Circle: Television and television specials have played a large part of our various holiday traditions growing up, and hosts Ted Otten and Michael Kownacky look at a few of those in this program exploring original holiday musicals for television.
Monday Dec. 178 pm: Celebrating Our Musical Future. Westminster Choir College’s 25
th Anniversary “An Evening of Readings and Carols.”
Thursday Dec. 21Noon - A rebroadcast of the Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite arranged for organ performed by Eric Plutz, Princeton University Organist.
Sunday Dec. 2410 am – Nine Lessons and Carols from Kings College Cambridge
8 pm – Bach Choir of Bethlehem: A Child’s Christmas in Bethlehem
Monday Dec. 258 am – Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from Trinity Church, Princeton, Thomas Whittimore, Music Director
3 pm - Westminster Choir College’s 25
th Anniversary “An Evening of Readings and Carols.”
Every year, WWFM The Classical Network is pleased to bring you a variety of holiday specials, including many that feature our musical partners. We hope…
