Thursday, November 28 at 10am
Shorter days and colder nights offer a good reason to cozy up with WNED Classical, Buffalo Toronto Public Media's Classical music station. With new specials and returning favorites WNED Classical has a great selection of holiday-themed programming that is sure to bring cheer this season.
November
FridAY, november 29 from 3pm to 12am
Fantasy Island Pieces
Friday, November 30 at 1pm
Opera: Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
Fantasy Island pieces will play from 6am to 1pm, and from 4pm to 8pm.
December
Sunday, December 1
7am: J.S. Bach: Cantata no 61
1pm: Fantasy Island Pieces Finale
7pm: Watching for the Star - A Polish Christmas Eve
Monday, December 2
6pm: Welcome Christmas from APM
Tuesday, December 3
6pm: Luciano Pavarotti: O Holy Night (London)
10pm: Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker - The National Philharmonic Orchestra/ Richard Bonygne
Wednesday, December 4
6pm: Philadelphia Brass A Festival of Carols (Columbia Masterworks)
Thursday, December 5
6pm: Vince Guaraldi A Charlie Brown Christmas
Friday, December 6
6pm: A Robert Shaw Christmas -Angels on High
Saturday, December 7
1pm: Live from the Metropolitan Opera House - R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
6pm: Andrea Boccelli’s Family Christmas
7pm: Hollywood Holidays, including “It’s A Wonderful Life” & “The Christmas Carol”
Sunday, December 8
5pm: The Joy of Christmas - Mormon Tabernacle Choir & New York Philharmonic
6pm: All Is Bright from APM
7pm: Handel: Messiah - Toronto Symphony & Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Monday, December 9
6pm: Jessye Norman In the Spirit (Philips)
Tuesday, December 10
6pm: Harmonia Chamber Singers: Carols Through the Years
10pm: Watching for the Star - A Polish Christmas Eve
Wednesday, December 11
1pm: Brother Heinrich’s Christmas
6pm: Pops Christmas Party - The Boston Pops/ Arthur Fiedler (RCA Living Stereo)
Thursday, December 12
6pm: Christ Church Cathedral Choir Make We Joy (Nimbus)
Friday, December 13
6pm: Kathleen Battle & Christopher Parkening Angel’s Glory (Sony/CBS)
Saturday, December 14
1pm: Live from the Metropolitan Opera House - Jeanine Tesori: Grounded – Libretto by George Brant
5pm: Watching for the Star - A Polish Christmas Eve
7pm: Eileen Farrell Carols for Christmas
Sunday, December 15
8am: Beethoven - Mass in C
6pm: Hope for the Holidays - Buffalo Gay Men’s Chorus/Barbara Wagner
7pm: St. Olaf’s Christmas Festival APM
Beethoven's Birthday
Monday, December 16
9am: All Beethoven
10am: Stratton’s Beethoven
1pm: Beethoven - Symphony No 3 in E-flat, “Eroica” 10pm: Beethoven: 3 String Quartets in F
Tuesday, December 17
6pm: Jean Redpath Still the Night
10pm: A Christmas Vesper Service from St. Mark’s in Venice 1611 (Monteverdi: Christmas Vespers 1611)
Wednesday, December 18
1pm: Watching for the Star: A Polish Christmas Eve
6pm: Hymns & Carols Vol. 1 - Robert Shaw Chorale/ Robert Shaw
Thursday, December 19
6pm: Elizabeth Schwarzkopf Christmas Album
Friday, December 20
1pm: Ralph Vaughan Williams Hodie a Christmas Cantata
6pm: Bryn Terfel Carols and Songs
Saturday, December 21
1pm: The Metropolitan Opera Live - Mozart: The Magic Flute (in English)
6pm: A Favorite Christmas Album
8pm: The New York Philharmonic - George Friedrich Handel: Messiah
10pm: The Chicago Symphony Holiday Music, conducted by George Solti and Fritz Reiner featuring excerpts from Messiah & The Nutcracker
Sunday, December 22
1pm: Watching for the Star - A Polish Christmas Eve
7pm: Once As I Remember…
Monday, December 23
6pm: Hymns & Carols Vol. II - Robert Shaw Chorale/Robert Shaw 10pm: J.S. Bach: The Christmas Oratorio Parts 1 – 3
Christmas Eve
Tuesday, December 24
*Holiday Music All Day Long*
10am: The Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols Live from King’s College Cambridge
Christmas Day
Wednesday, December 25
*Holiday Music All Day Long*
10am: The Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols Live from King’s College Cambridge
Hanukkah
Thursday, December 26
1pm: Bob Berkman’s Suburban Hanukkah
6pm: Candles Burning Brightly APM
10pm: Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ
Friday, December 27
6pm: Christmas in Vienna by the Vienna Choir Boys
10pm: Margaret Bonds - The Ballad of the Black King
Saturday, December 28
1pm: Live from the Metropolitan Opera House
- Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel
6pm: A Classic Holiday Album
Sunday, December 29
7am: J.S. Bach - Christmas Oratorio Parts 4-6
Monday, December 30
6pm: Black Christmas: Spirituals in the African American Tradition
Tuesday, December 31
8pm: Beethoven: Symphony No 9 in D minor “Choral” Buffalo Philharmonic/JoAnn Falletta 10pm: The Battle of the Baritones - The Finals: Frank Sinatra vs Dietrich Fischer Dieskau
Wednesday, January 1
10am: New Year’s Day from Vienna