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Holiday Programs on WNED Classical

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

Thursday, November 28 at 10am

Stratton’s Sidebar: Thanksgiving 1971

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

Check back later.

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