Holiday Schedule - November 25, 2008
Solstice - December 21
11:00pm A Paul Winter Solstice Concert - with Apache singer John-Carlos Perea
Hannukah - December 22
7:30pm Happy Joyous Hannukah-Features a concert from NYC-based 2006 Grammy-award-winning band, the Klezmatics. Hosted by Murray Horwitz.
8:30pm A Hannukah special with Allen Secher host of MTPR's "You Must Remember This."
Christmas Eve - December 24
4:00pm The Pea Green Boat Christmas Eve With Annie Garde. Featuring the annual reading of "Stubby Pringle's Christmas"
5:00pm All Things Considered from NPR.
7:30pm Tinsel Tales: NPR Christmas Favorites - With David Sedaris, Bailey White, John Henry Faulk.
8:30pm A Christmas Carol - Colonial Radio Theatre on the air.
9:30pm Concordia College Christmas Concert- coming on CD.
10:00pm Chanticleer Christmas - An a cappella concert
11:00pm Magnificat -One-hour performance of Mendelssohn's recently discovered composition.
12:00am Lessons and Carols from the National Cathedral- One- hour live broadcast of the Lessons and Carols service from the National Cathedral.
1:00am Echoes of Christmas - Dale Worland and host Brian Newhouse with a special musical treat.
Christmas Day - December 25
4:00am Morning Edition, NPR news, until 7:00am
7:00am Apollo's Fire Messiah- Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
9:00 am Songs of Joy and Peace: The Yo-Yo Ma Holiday Party
11:00am A Harpist's Christmas with Yolanda Kondanasis .
12:01pm BBC World Service - International news
12:25pm A Christmas Memory - A reading by Gus Chambers
1:05pm Choirs and Carols: An NPR Christmas - Ancient harmonies and traditional carols from around the world.
2:06pm Jazz Piano Christmas - performed in concert.
3:00pm What I Like About Jazz - Christmas Special with MTPR's John Arvish.
4:00pm A Christmas Carol- with comedian Jonathan Winters.
5:00pm All Things Considered - NPR news
7:00pm Cantus: All Is Calm - An musical drama about the 1914 World War I Christmas Truce.
8:00pm Thistle and Shamrock- holiday music and greetings.
9:00pm The Pleasures of Winter 2008 - music for the holiday.
10:00pm Earthsongs Christmas Special
11:00pm Cool Yule - with Bette Midler, Sarah McLachlan and Aimee Mann and featuring exclusive live performances
12:00am Welcome Christmas - African-American composers.
1:00am Conspirare: Christmas at the Carillon - a choral concert.
Hannukah & Kwanza - December 26
1:00pm Hannukah Lights 2008- Acclaimed authors explore Hanukkah traditions in original stories written expressly for Hanukkah Lights.
2:06pm A Seasons Griot 2008 - A one-hour Kwanzaa celebration in story and song.
Kwanza - December 29
8:30pm Watch Night - A celebration of the story of a year-end vigil in the African-American tradition.
New Year’s EveDecember 31
7:30pm Capitol Steps-New Year’s Edition of “Politics Takes a Holiday.”
8:00pm Toast of the Nation Welcomes 2009- Live from NPR
11:00pm New Year’s Eve with MTPR’s John Myers, until 2:00am
New Year's Day - January 1, 2009
9:00am New Year’s Day Live from Vienna - Live from NPR - waltzes, marches and polkas
11:00am Capitol Steps-New Year’s Edition of “Politics Takes a Holiday.”
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