90.9
WGUC offers the perfect soundtrack to your holiday activities this season. Tune
to 90.9 throughout the month for seasonal music for Hanukkah and Christmas. You
can also listen online at wguc.org, via your smart speaker, or on the go with
our WGUC app. Here’s a listing of what you can expect:
Sunday, December
2, 8:00 PM
Candles
Burning Brightly: Mindy Ratner hosts this 2017 encore celebration of Hanukkah,
the Jewish Festival of Lights. “Candles Burning Brightly” explores the meaning
and traditions of Hanukkah, including holiday foods and Sephardic and Ashkenazi
music.
Tuesday,
December 4, 6:30 PM
Music
of Hanukkah: Our annual celebration with stories and music, hosted by Naomi
Lewin.
Thursday,
December 6, 7:00 PM
Hanukkah
in Story and Song: A celebration by The Western Wind performing Ladino songs of
Spanish Jews, Yiddish melodies of Eastern Europe and modern Israeli tunes.
Sunday, December
9, 8:00 PM
Itzhak
Perlman’s Hanukkah Radio Party: Itzhak Perlman invites you to his Hanukkah
Radio Party. Join the superstar
violinist as he tells the story of the Jewish festival of lights and shares his
favorite recordings for the holiday – some serious, some silly. This engaging one-hour special includes
numbers from Itzhak Perlman’s radio-addicted childhood in Israel; evocative
songs in Yiddish and Ladino; classical music that revolves around the Maccabee
heroes of the story; and Hanukkah gems by American folk singers. The master storyteller also regales you with
jokes and memories, plus tales of three classic Hanukkah symbols: the menorah,
the latke, and, of course, the dreidel.
A good time for the whole family, at Itzhak Perlman’s Hanukkah Radio
Party!
Sunday, December
16, 8:00 PM
Welcome
Christmas!: New for 2018, "Welcome Christmas!" is a perennial
Christmas favorite from VocalEssence, one of the world’s premiere choral
groups. John Birge hosts an hour of traditional carols and new discoveries,
including the world premiere of two carols from the annual Christmas Carol Contest.
Sunday, December
16, 9:00 PM
A
Baroque Christmas in the New World: In celebration of the holiday season,
"A Baroque Christmas in the New World 2018" brings 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.
Monday, December
17, 7:00 PM
Christmas
with the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra: The world-renowned Tabernacle Choir
continues its tradition of great artistry this holiday season, with touching
arrangements of familiar carols, and lesser-known melodies that are fast
becoming the new classics. Julie Amacher hosts this annual favorite.
Wednesday,
December 19, 7:00 PM
All
is Bright: Contemplative Music for Christmas: Lynne Warfel hosts an hour of
gorgeous, contemplative choral music that tells the traditional Christmas story
with songs about angels, the star and the manger scene. Featured artists
include Cantus, Chanticleer, Cambridge Singers, Bryn Terfel, Emma Kirkby,
Jessye Norman, and a variety of choirs.
Thursday,
December 20, 6:00 PM
St.
Olaf Christmas Festival: This service in song and word has become one of the
nation's most cherished holiday celebrations. The festival includes hymns,
carols, choral works, as well as orchestral selections celebrating the Nativity
and featuring more than 500 student musicians in five choirs, and the St. Olaf
Orchestra. Host Valerie Kahler shares the sights and sounds of this choral
favorite.
Friday, December
21, 6:00 PM
Collegium
Cincinnati: Handel’s Messiah
Saturday,
December 22, 10:10 AM
A
Classical Kids Christmas: Carols and poetry combine to tell the story of
Christmas, just like the pageants of days gone by. Experience the traditions of
Christmas around the around, meet Saint Nicholas, and follow the Wise Men.
Saturday,
December 22, 11:00 AM
Hollywood
Holiday: Lynne Warfel presents an hour-long musical retrospective of some of
Hollywood's most cherished Christmas-themed movies.
Sunday, December
23, 8:00 PM
VAE
Candlelit Christmas
Sunday, December
23, 11:00 PM
Chatham
Baroque: A Jubilant Season 2018: Ring in the holiday season with Baroque music
from internationally-renowned Chatham Baroque. Each year, the Pittsburgh-based ensemble
presents dazzling historically-informed interpretations of 17th and 18th century
music at Chatham University.
Monday, December
24, 10:00 AM
A
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols: Pipedreams host Michael Barone presents
this live service of spoken-word and music (choral and organ) broadcast from
the chapel of King's College in Cambridge, England. The 30-voice King's College
Choir performs the legendary Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service of
Biblical readings and music.
Monday, December
24, 5:00 PM
A
Chanticleer Christmas: This unique, one-hour program of holiday music is
presented live in concert by Chanticleer. Hear why this superb 12-man ensemble
is known as "an orchestra of voices," as they perform holiday
classics and new favorites, with choral commentary by host Brian Newhouse.
Tuesday,
December 25, 5:00 PM
A
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols: ENCORE
Tuesday,
December 25, 7:00 PM
St.
Olaf Christmas Festival: ENCORE
