December 2022 - Radio guide

St. Olaf Christmas Festival Thursday, December 22 at 10pm

December 2022

Vol. 71, No. 12

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Holiday Highlights

Get into the holiday spirit by listening to these specials on WFIU!

Sunday, December 18

6:00 PM – Candles Burning Brightly

Explore Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, through Chanukah foods, traditional activities, and plenty of music.

Tuesday. December 20

10:00 PM – Welcome Christmas

Enjoy classic holiday music from one of the world’s premiere choral groups, VocalEssence, conducted by Philip Brunelle.

Wednesday, December 21

8:00 PM – The Christmas Revels: In Celebration of the Winter Solstice

Celebrate the Winter holidays—Christmas, the Solstice, Chanukah, New Year’s, Jonkonnu, and Twelfth Night/ Epiphany—with a variety of traditional music pieces excerpted from live Christmas Revels stage productions.

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Winter Holidays around the World with Bill McGlaughlin

Join Exploring Music host Bill McGlaughlin as he takes us on an international musical journey through winter.

11:00 PM – A Chanticleer Christmas

Enjoy holiday favorites, new and old, presented live in concert by Chanticleer, the superb 12-man vocal ensemble.

Thursday, December 22

9:00 PM – A Mexican Christmas with Newberry Consort & EnsAmble Ad-Hoc

This program of 17th-century traditional music features pieces commonly heard in both liturgical service and in the festive streets of Mexico City.

10:00 PM – St. Olaf Christmas Festival

Hear sacred choral and instrumental music from many traditions: beloved hymns, classical masterworks, folk songs from around the world, and African American spirituals.

Saturday, December 24

3:00 PM – A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

This special features a service of Biblical readings, carols, and related seasonal classical music, presented by one of the world’s foremost choirs of men and boys performing at King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, England.

Sunday, December 25

6:00 PM – Selected Shorts: Holidays with Mom

Hear two humorous and nostalgic stories about being home for the holidays and how you can count on your mom to be there for you—and possibly to complicate things.

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Ginger Ducks

One of Kayte Young's favorite traditions is not gingerbread people or gingerbread trees, but ginger ducks. Take your cookies up a notch with a juniper berry glaze for a new spin on a holiday favorite. This recipe is inspired by one from Sara Perry for Bon Appetit

For ginger cookies:

2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp. ground ginger

1 tsp. allspice or ground spiceberry

1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup (packed) brown sugar

1/4 cup molasses

Combine the first six ingredients in medium bowl and set aside. Beat butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer until fluffy. Add molasses and beat until fully combined. Add dry ingredients and beat on low until fully combined. Bring the dough together with your hands, divide into two pieces, and shape into disks. Wrap or store in an airtight container and chill for two hours or more.

Now is a good time to start the glaze, so that it has time to chill.

Once the dough is chilled, preheat oven to 350. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Roll one disk of dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Using the cookie cutter of your choice (preferably duck shaped), cut out cookies. Transfer to the baking sheet. Gather scraps; chill and repeat until most of the dough is used.

Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes or until almost firm in the center. Leave the cookies on the sheet for two minutes, then cool on racks. Repeat using all the dough. You can store the unglazed cookies in an airtight container at room temperature up to three days or freeze up to two weeks.

For glaze:

1/2-pound powdered sugar

1/3 cup (1 oz.) juniper berries, lightly crushed

1/4 cup half and half

After lightly crushing the juniper berries, combine with the half and half and bring to a simmer in a small saucepan. Cover and chill for five hours. Strain with a fine mesh sieve.

Place powdered sugar in bowl. Whisk in the juniperinfused half and half a tablespoon at a time until glaze is spreadable. Spread the glaze thinly over each cooled cookie. Let stand until glaze sets.

Once the cookies are glazed, store them in an airtight container. It is best to serve within a couple of days.

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1 Thursday

8:00 PM HARMONIA

Soft Sounds

We’ll explore soft sounds for small spaces. Our featured release is Regina Angelorum with Ensemble Vox Archangeli.

9:00 PM FIESTA!

Romantic Nationalism

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many Latin American composers wrote pieces in a romantic and nationalistic style, combining the techniques of 19thcentury western music with the flavor of rhythms and melodies of their countries. Fiesta explores this fascinating musical period.

2 Friday

8:00 PM AFTERGLOW

From Monday On: The Days in American Popular Song

From “A Sunday Kind of Love” all the way to “Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week),” we’re exploring days of the week as detailed in the Great American Songbook.

9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS

Kind of Two: Miles Davis and Bill Evans

Explore the brief but profound musical relationship between trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Bill Evans that resulted in the landmark album Kind of Blue

3 Saturday

1:00

PM WFMT RADIO NETWORK OPERA SERIES

L’Elisir d’Amore (Donizetti) China’s National Centre for the

Performing Arts

Pier Giorgio Morandi, conductor

Serena Gamberoni (Adina), Francesco Meli (Nemorino), Songhu Liu (Belcore), Enzo Capuano (Dr. Dulcamara), Min Ma (Ganeta)

4 Sunday

6:00 PM WFIU PRESENTS

5 Monday

8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Yashima Conducts Schubert 5

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Novelettes Nos. 3 and 4, Op. 52

SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485

MONTGOMERY: Strum

KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta BARTÓK: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta

10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS

From the Cathedral of Saint Paul Concert performances from Minnesota’s capitol city and the big domed church on the hill.

6 Tuesday

8:00 PM ETHER GAME

The Number Line

And then there were nine. On this episode, we’re playing a numbers game. We will start with a soloist and add an additional performer each round.

9:00 PM THE SCORE

What the Dickens?

Explore music from movies based on Charles Dickens’ novels, featuring music from A Christmas Carol, Bleak House, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Life and Times of David Copperfield, and more. It’s a real page turner!

10:00

PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER

The Genius of Mozart

MOZART: Quartet in C Major for Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 285b

Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Kristin Lee, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello

MOZART: Concerto in D minor for Piano, Flute, and Strings, K. 466 (arr. Carl Czerny)

Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Sean Lee, Bella Hristova, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Mihai Marica, cello; Timothy Cobb, double bass

7 Wednesday

8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST

Buffalo Philharmonic

JoAnn Falletta, conductor

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

ULYSSES KAY: Pietà

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 WAYNE BARLOW: The Winter’s Passed

GEORGE T. WALKER: Lament

HAYDN: Symphony No. 44 in E minor

10:00

PM THE NEW YORK

PHILHARMONIC

Winter Holiday Playlist

STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus Overture

Zubin Mehta, conductor

MOZART: German Dance in C, Sleigh Ride

Leonard Bernstein, conductor

BERNARD: Winter Wonderland

SUESSDORF: Moonlight in Vermont

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride Skitch Henderson, conductor

GRIEG: Lyric Suite: March of the Dwarfs (orch. A. Seidl and E. Grieg) Leonard Bernstein, conductor

VIVALDI: Winter from The Four Seasons

Frank Huang, leader and violin

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor

POULENC: Gloria in G Leonard Bernstein, conductor Judith Blegen, soprano

Westminster Choir

PROKOFIEV: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Troika

PROKOFIEV: Winter Bonfire –Children’s Suite, Op. 122: No. 2, Winter Holiday; No. 4, Around the Bonfire; No. 8, Home Again

Skitch Henderson, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY: Selections from The Nutcracker

Alan Gilbert, conductor

MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G Major, I. Bedächtig. Nicht eilen Lorin Maazel, conductor

OFFENBACH: Ballet of the Snowflakes from Le Voyage dans la lune

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HUMPERDINCK: Children’s Prayer from Hänsel und Gretel Bramwell Tovey, conductor

8 Thursday

8:00 PM HARMONIA

A Medieval Christmas Join us for something a little different, as we explore Christmas music of another age—the medieval! We’ll hear music from the Tallis Scholars, the Boston Camerata, and more. Plus, our featured release is Christmas from the ensemble Gesualdo Six.

9:00 PM

FIESTA!

Tomás Bretón: Spanish Symphonist Few Spanish symphonies, if any, have found their place within the standard repertoire, a strange phenomenon, considering the richness and depth of the existing music in this field. We share the music of Tomás Bretón, a composer known for his zarzuela theatrical productions as well as being an expert symphonist.

9 Friday

8:00 PM AFTERGLOW

Recent Releases 2022, Part 2 We’re checking what’s new in the world of vocal jazz for the second half of 2022, featuring new jazz albums and recordings by Samara Joy, Sara Gazarek, and Rachael and Vilray.

9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS

It’s Jazz, Charlie Brown: The Vince Guaraldi Story A look at the early jazz career and subsequent Peanuts success of pianist Vince Guaraldi, including interviews with jazz critic Doug Ramsey, Guaraldi’s son David, and Guaraldi sideman Eddie Duran.

10 Saturday

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PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

The Hours (Kevin Puts) – New Production/Met Premiere Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor Renée Fleming (Clarissa Vaughan), Kelli O’Hara (Laura Brown), Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf), Kathleen Kim (Barbara/Mrs. Latch), Sylvia

D’Eramo (Kitty/Vanessa), Denyce Graves (Sally), John Holiday (Man Under the Arch/Hotel Clerk), William Burden (Louis), Sean Panikkar (Leonard Woolf), Kyle Ketelsen (Richard), Brandon Cedel (Dan Brown)

11 Sunday

6:00 PM WFIU PRESENTS

12 Monday

8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Blomstedt & Chamayou

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488

Bertrand Chamayou, piano BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring

10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS

Christmas Is Coming

13 Tuesday

8:00 PM ETHER GAME Chime the Hour

Whether they’re playing the carillon or just pulling the bell-rope, the Ether Game Brain Trust has ascended the belfry to present a show all about bells and chimes.

9:00 PM THE SCORE

’Tis the Season to Be Jolly Unwrap some fun with Christmas comedies! Laugh along with Elf, Home Alone, The Santa Clause, The Christmas Chronicles, and a stocking-full more.

10:00 PM

CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER

Mozart’s Gran Partita

MOZART: Serenade in B-flat Major for Winds and Double Bass, K. 361, “Gran Partita”

Stephen Taylor, James Austin Smith, oboe; Anthony McGill, Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet; Romie de GuiseLanglois, Pavel Vinnitsky, basset horn; Peter Kolkay, Marc Goldberg, bassoon; Thomas Sefcovic, contra bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, Eric Reed, Julia Pilant, Michelle Baker, horn; Anthony Manzo, double bass

14 Wednesday

8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Pekka Kuusisto, conductor and violin

CINDY COX: Dreaming a World’s Edge

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending FARRENC: Symphony No. 3

10:00 PM THE NEW YORK

PHILHARMONIC

Handel’s Messiah

HANDEL: Messiah Celena Shafer, soprano; Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano; Kurt Streit, tenor; Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone

Westminster Symphonic Choir Alan Gilbert, conductor

15 Thursday

8:00 PM HARMONIA

Las Posadas

Grab some tamales and churros and get ready to burst open the piñata as we celebrate Las Posadas with music from Renaissance and Baroque Mexico. Plus, our featured release is Weihnachtshistorie, an album of Christmas music from Breslau, now Wrocław, Poland.

9:00 PM FIESTA!

Baroque Music from the New World The music written and performed in Latin America during the Colonial period has become more popular in recent years. However, even before those treasures were rediscovered, several composers from the region showed their interest in exploring the strong connections between Spanish (and European) music from the past and Latin American music.

16 Friday

8:00 PM AFTERGLOW

Harry, Tommy, and Axel: Sinatra’s First Five Years

We turn the spotlight on Frank Sinatra for his birthday this week. We’re examining his first five years as a recording artist, focusing on the fellow musicians who helped shape him: Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, and Axel Stordahl.

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9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS

Jazz, Spiritually Speaking Jazz interpretations of spirituals from John Coltrane, Grant Green, Albert Ayler, and others.

17 Saturday

1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

Rigoletto (Verdi) Speranza Scappucci, conductor Lisette Oropesa (Gilda), Aigul Akhmetshina (Maddalena), Stephen Costello (Duke of Mantua), Luca Salsi (Rigoletto), Andrea Mastroni (Sparafucile)

18 Sunday

6:00 PM CANDLES BURNING BRIGHTLY

Explore Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, through Chanukah foods, traditional activities, and plenty of music.

19 Monday

8:00 PM CHICAGO

ORCHESTRA

SYMPHONY

Muti Conducts Bates, Franck, and Mozart

HONEGGER: Pacific 231 BATES: Alternative Energy (world premiere performance)

FRANCK: Symphony in D minor MOZART: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 (Haffner)

MOZART: Divertimento in F Major, K. 138

10:00 PM

PIPEDREAMS

On Christmas Day Choral, instrumental, and “organized” treats make for a familyfriendly festival.

20 Tuesday

8:00 PM ETHER GAME

Festival of Carols

Christmas Day is less than a week away, and we’re getting into the Christmas spirit with some works that feature traditional Christmas carols. Hope you’re ready for a little fa-la-la-la.

9:00 PM THE SCORE

A Child’s Christmas

The kids are home from school, so gather the family around for a kid-centric holiday show. Recall the wonder of The Polar Express, discover holiday magic with The Rise of the Guardians, A Boy Called Christmas, and more.

10:00 PM WELCOME CHRISTMAS

Enjoy classic holiday music from one of the world’s premiere choral groups, VocalEssence, conducted by Philip Brunelle.

21 Wednesday

8:00 PM THE CHRISTMAS REVELS: IN CELEBRATION OF THE WINTER SOLSTICE

Celebrate the Winter holidays— Christmas, the Solstice, Chanukah, New Year’s, Jonkonnu, and Twelfth Night/Epiphany—with a variety of traditional music pieces excerpted from live Christmas Revels stage productions.

10:00 PM WINTER HOLIDAYS

AROUND THE WORLD WITH BILL MCGLAUGHLIN

Join Exploring Music host Bill McGlaughlin as he takes us on an international musical journey through winter.

11:00 PM A CHANTICLEER CHRISTMAS

Enjoy holiday favorites, new and old, presented live in concert by Chanticleer, the superb 12-man vocal ensemble.

22 Thursday

8:00 PM HARMONIA

Here We Come A-Wassailing: Music for the Winter Solstice

The longest and darkest of nights, the Winter Solstice has been observed across cultures with rituals and feasts celebrating the warmth of community and the return of the light. Nothing drives the cold winter away quite like a rousing tune, so join us for music in honor of the Winter Solstice.

9:00 PM A MEXICAN

CHRISTMAS

WITH NEWBERRY CONSORT & ENSAMBLE AD-HOC

This program of 17th-century traditional music features pieces commonly heard in both liturgical service and in the festive streets of Mexico City.

10:00 PM ST. OLAF CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL

Hear sacred choral and instrumental music from many traditions: beloved hymns, classical masterworks, folk songs from around the world, and African American spirituals.

23 Friday

8:00 PM AFTERGLOW

Christmas on the Air

For our Afterglow holiday show this year, we’ll be featuring some classic Christmas radio broadcasts, performed by favorite jazz singers Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, and more.

9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS

A Night Lights Wonderland Night Lights celebrates the holidays with jazz from Fats Waller, Joe Williams, Claude Thornhill, and more.

24 Saturday

12:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

The Magic Flute (Mozart) – Abridged English-language Version Duncan Ward, conductor Joélle Harvey (Pamina), Aleksandra Olczyk (Queen of the Night), Ben Bliss (Tamino), Joshua Hopkins (Papageno), Alan Held (Speaker), Soloman Howard (Sarastro), Rodell Rosel (Monostatos)

3:00 PM

A FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS

This special features a service of Biblical readings, carols, and related seasonal classical music, presented by one of the world’s foremost choirs of men and boys performing at King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, England.

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25 Sunday

6:00 PM

SELECTED SHORTS: HOLIDAYS WITH MOM

Hear two humorous and nostalgic stories about being home for the holidays and how you can count on your mom to be there for you—and possibly to complicate things. First, memoirist Augusten Burroughs recalls a disastrous—and hilarious—childhood cooking project. Reader Michael Cerveris relishes every bite. And in “Live Wires” by Thomas Beller, a young man invites his girlfriend to his mother’s annual Hanukkah party. The reader is Jane Curtin.

26 Monday

8:00 PM CHICAGO

ORCHESTRA

SYMPHONY

Handel’s Messiah & Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker

HANDEL: Messiah, Part 1 Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; Anne Gjevang, contralto; Keith Lewis, tenor; Gwynne Howell, bass-baritone; David Schrader, harpsichord Chicago Symphony Chorus; Margaret Hillis, director Sir Georg Solti, conductor GABRIELI/CREES/BLOCK: Sacrae Symphoniae No. 6, Sonata Pian e forte Canzon duodecimi toni à 10 Canzon septimi toni à 8 (No. 2) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Selections from The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Fritz Reiner, conductor

10:00 PM

PIPEDREAMS

An Organist’s Yearbook

The annual summing up of twelve month’s happenings, celebrating success and lamenting losses.

27 Tuesday

8:00

PM ETHER GAME

Year in Review

With 2023 on the horizon, we'll look back on classical music moments from this year. Join us as we bid adieu to 2022.

9:00 PM THE SCORE

Santa’s Little Helpers Ever wonder how Santa manages to get all those gifts to all those homes around the world? Well, he has help: reindeer in Prancer, angels in It’s a Wonderful Life, family members in Noelle, and, of course, many an elf.

10:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER

Beethoven/Mendelssohn/Hummel MENDELSSOHN: Andante Sostenuto and Variations in E Major for String Quartet, Op. 81, No. 1

Escher String Quartet

BEETHOVEN: An die ferne Geliebte for Voice and Piano, Op. 98 Randall Scarlata, baritone; Gilbert Kalish, piano

HUMMEL: Septet in D minor for Flute, Oboe, Horn, Viola, Cello, Bass, and Piano, Op. 74

Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Alessio Bax, piano

28 Wednesday

8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST

Czech Philharmonic Semyon Bychkov, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano Selina Ott, trumpet

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 1

RACHMANINOFF: Ne poj, krasavica (Do Not Sing for Me, Fair Maiden) DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

8:00 PM HARMONIA

Ensalada mista!

We’re setting our time machine for 16th-century Spain to visit a very special musical form called the “ensalada,” which combines multiple songs, languages, and refrains in music that requires frequent changes of meter and rhythm. Get ready to clap your hands and stamp your feet along with this irresistibly energetic repertory.

9:00 PM FIESTA!

Latin American Christmas Carols A selection of villancicos, or Christmas carols, from Spain and Latin America are featured on this program. Join us for music that spans several centuries and a great diversity of influences and traditions.

30 Friday

8:00 PM AFTERGLOW

Let’s Begin: Songs for the New Year Ring in the new year with Afterglow, as we explore songs and standards about new beginnings, including “Let’s Begin,” “Begin the Beguine,” and “I’m Beginning to See the Light.”

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Wizard of the Vibes: Milt Jackson

A centennial celebration of vibraphonist Milt Jackson, featuring recordings as a leader and with Thelonious Monk and the Modern Jazz Quartet.

31 Saturday

1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

Met Debuts on the Air Highlights of artists making their Metropolitan Opera debuts during live broadcasts.

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Chimes of Christmas

Sunday, December 18 at 7pm

WTIU is teaming up with Indiana University’s Singing Hoosiers to bring a holiday tradition into your home with Chimes of Christmas.

Directed by Dr. Chris Albanese, the Grammy-nominated Singing Hoosiers are a regional favorite with more than 70 years of tradition in contemporary vocal performance. They have entertained audiences across the United States and in more than 25 countries spanning Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Caribbean. The ensemble has enjoyed collaborations with Duke Ellington, Bob Hope, Mel Tormé, Sandi Patty, Sylvia McNair, the Indianapolis Symphony, and the Cincinnati Pops under the direction of Erich Kunzel.

Recorded before a live audience at the Indiana University Auditorium, this year’s Chimes of Christmas production features a special performance of “The Ballad of the Brown King.” The piece is Margaret Bonds’ most performed work. It is set to the poetry of Langston Hughes and celebrates African participation in the nativity story through the figure of King Balthazar. The work incorporates elements of jazz and Gospel, set within the context of a lushly orchestrated choral/orchestral score. Along with the Singing Hoosiers, the piece will feature IU’s African American Choral Ensemble and NOTUS (the IU Jacobs School of Music Contemporary Vocal Ensemble) with a solo vocal quartet and full orchestra.

Chimes of Christmas is made possible with support from Greene & Schultz Trial Lawyers and IU Credit Union.

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Jazz Notes

Ho, ho, ho, WFIU listeners and jazz fans! ’Tis the season to be jolly, and our weekday afternoon program Just You & Me will kick off its holiday programming on Monday, December 12 with offerings from modern-day artists such as Norah Jones, Gregory Porter, Kurt Elling, and Diana Krall. On Wednesday, December 14 and Wednesday, December 21, host David Brent Johnson will also play your holiday requests.

Afterglow celebrates the most wonderful time of the year on December 23 with “Christmas on the Air,” featuring classic holiday radio broadcasts by singers such as Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald. Night Lights follows at 9 that evening with “A Night Lights Wonderland,” highlighting performances by singer Joe Williams, guitarist Emily Remler, and other classic-jazz artists. Other Night Lights shows this month pay tribute to the jazz heritage of Peanuts composer Vince Guaraldi, the influence of spirituals in jazz, and the centennial of vibraphonist Milt Jackson. Afterglow also catches up on recent vocal-jazz releases, takes a look at days of the week in popular song, does a deep dive into the early years of Frank Sinatra’s career, and starts ringing in the New Year on December 30 with songs and standards about new beginnings.

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