Tonight’s Holiday Specials: Candles Burning Brightly (to celebrate Hanukkah) and Hollywood Holiday
Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 we pre-empt the Cleveland Orchestra to bring you two holiday specials: “Candles Burning Brightly”, an exploration of Chanukah foods, traditional activities and music, and “Hollywood Holiday”, a unique musical retrospective of some of Hollywood's most cherished Christmas-themed movies.
Thursday December 26: Cleveland Orchestra (COR) pre-empted for 2 Holiday Specials:
Candles Burning Brightly (Encore) (from APM)
Mindy Ratner, host
Traditional Yiddish (arr H Netsky) – Oy, Chanukah…New England Conservatory Jewish Music Ensemble
Traditional Sephardic – Los Siete Hijos de Hanna…Western Wind Vocal Ensemble
Solomon Golub (arr Z Mlotek) – Borukh Ate zingt der Tate…Essential Voices USA
Traditional Folk Melody – Lichvod HaChanukah…Ron Raines, baritone; Essential Voices USA Orchestra
Hugo Chaim Adler – Hannerot Hallalu…Carolina Chamber Chorale; Zhou Jin, piano
Folk Melody (arr Clurman, Hochman & Mitchell) – Haneirot Halalu…Essential Voices USA
Traditional Yiddish – Haneyros Halalu…Lissa Schneckenburger, violin; Hankus Netsky, piano
Chaim Parchi (arr J Jacobson) – Aleh Neiri…Chaim Parchi, soloist; Zamir Chorale of Boston
Leo Low (arr L Moore) – Likhtelekh…Coro Hebraeico
Traditional Hebrew – Mi Zeh Hidlik…Counterpoint
Flory Jagoda (arr H Netsky) – Ocho Candelikas…Rebecca Shrimpton, Marissa Steingold & the New England Conservatory Jewish Music Ensemble
Traditional Sephardic – Azeremoz una merenda…Voice of the Turtle
Traditional – Maoz Tsur (English)…Western Wind Vocal Ensemble
Traditional – Maoz Tsur (Hebrew)…Zamir Chorale of Boston
Traditional – Maoz Tsur (Instrumental)…Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
Traditional – My Little Dreydl…Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
Traditional Yiddish – Ich bin a kleyner dreydl…Chicago a Cappella
Traditional Hebrew (arr S Barnett) – S’vivon…New England Conservatory Chorus
Judith Shatin – Nun, Gimel, Hei, Shin…New London Children’s Choir
Avrom Goldfaden (arr E Levine) – Drey Zikh, Dreydele…Western Wind Vocal Ensemble
Abraham Ellstein and Moishe Oysher (arr Ellstein, Jacobson & Netsky) – Drey Dreydele…Cantor Morton Shames; New England Conservatory Jewish Music Ensemble and Chorus
AND
Hollywood Holiday (Encore, however new-to-WILL-FM) (from APM)
Lynne Warfel, host
Hague: You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch - Michael Chertok
Williams: Star of Bethlehem from Home Alone - Boston Pops, Tanglewood Chorus
Williams: Finale from Home Alone - Boston Pops, Tanglewood Chorus
Silvestri: Polar Express Suite - Tom Hanks
Adensel: A Christmas Carol - Royal Philharmonic, David Newman
Williams/Goodman: Scrooge from Muppet Christmas Carol
Bricusse: I Hate People - Albert Finney
Bricusse: You…You - Albert Finney
Bricusse: Finale - Albert Finney
Berlin: White Christmas - Bing Crosby
Tiomkin: Falls Prayers from It's a Wonderful Life
Tiomkin: It's a Wonderful Life Suite - Royal Philharmonic, David Newman
Reisman/Moore: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas - Boston Pops, Robin Williams
Bailey: Merry Christmas from It's a Wonderful Life