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Chanukah in Story and Song
Monday, December 10 at 10 a.m.
This is a program of celebrations by The Western Wind performing Ladino songs of Spanish Jews, Yiddish melodies of Eastern Europe and modern Israeli tunes. |
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CANDLES BURING BRIGHTLY
Tuesday, December 10 at 2 p.m.
Mindy Ratner and Bill Morelock offer a program celebrating Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. |
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ECHOES OF CHRISTMAS
Thursday, December 20 at 10 a.m.
The Dale Warland Singers provide choral classics celebrating Christmas. |
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A Traditional Lesson and Carols from Dallas
Thursday, December 20 at 2 p.m.
Taking its British forebear as a starting point, this celebration has made the rhythm of the familiar service its own in both song and text.
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The Story of Christmas
Friday, December 21 at 10 a.m.
This year’s broadcast from the Washington Nation Cathedral features the Cathedral Girls’ Choir and brings a performance of Benjamin Britten’s much-loved Ceremony of Carols, marking 70 years from its first performance in England in 1942.
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ROLL CREDITS: “A HOLLYWOOD HOLIDAY”
Friday, December 21 at 2 p.m.
Many of our special times during the holiday season include classic movies that take us back to wonderful Christmases past. Lynne Warfel shares music that made great films--from “A Christmas Carol” to “Polar Express”--come alive with the warmth and sparkle of the season. |
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A PAUL WINTER SOLSTICE CONCERT
Friday, December 21 at 9 p.m.
The towering walls of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine reverberate with sounds of celebration as the Paul Winter Consort passes the longest night of the year with this Solstice Celebration. |
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A CHRISTMAS CELTIC SOJOURN
Sunday, December 23 at 4 p.m.
Host Brian O’Donovan has assembled some of the best musicians, singers and dancers from around the Celtic world, and beyond! |
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A FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS
Monday, December 24 at 10 a.m.
Hosted by Michael Barone, this is a live music and spoken-word 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. |
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A CHANTICLEER CHRISTMAS
Tuesday, December 25 at 10 a.m.
This is a celebration of the season as told through the voices of Chanticleer, the 12-voice San Francisco-based men’s choir. The program spans the globe and the centuries—from England in the 1300’s to new arrangements of classic and contemporary carols. |
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ST. OLAF CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
Tuesday, December 25 at 1 p.m.
The festival includes hymns, carols, choral works, and orchestral selections celebrating the Nativity and featuring more than 500 student musicians who are members of five choirs and the St. Olaf Orchestra. |
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CAPITOL STEPS: POLITICS TAKES A HOLIDAY! NEW YEAR’S EDITION
Saturday, December 29 at 10:00AM AND
Monday, December 31 at 8:00PM
Help us roast 2012 to a crisp with The Capitol Steps and their annual year-in-review awards ceremony called “Politics Takes a Holiday!” This year will feature all new awards, such as:
“Best Use of $3 billion Dollars to Run for President,” “Worst Place in Public to Admit You Had a Binder Full of Women,” “Most Prostitutes to Ever Fit into the Secret Service’s Hotel,” and “Worst Hair Cut Ever to Demand to See Anyone’s Birth Certificate, Much Less the President’s.”
Go ahead, post on Facebook (hopefully you didn’t invest in it) and tell your friends all about it! If there is anything Congress can agree on, it is The Capitol Steps’ one hour long special will have you laughing harder than Joe Biden at a Vice Presidential debate.
So laugh away at 2012, because unlike any Presidential election, laughter is free. |
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