Holiday Programs on SDPB Radio

Wrap the presents and baste the bird to the sounds of the season. Listen on SDPB Radio and SDPB.org.

Awake! Awake and Greet the New Morn – Augustana University Wednesday, Dec. 22, noon & 7pm (11am & 6pm MT) The Augustana University School of Music presents its annual Christmas Vespers 2021 Concert, a celebration of the birth of Christ featuring Augustana’s three choirs, orchestra and band. (See p. 11 for TV/streaming.)

Mount Marty University Vespers Thursday, Dec. 23, noon & 7pm (11am & 6 MT) The Mount Marty University Music Department and Benedictine Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery present Vespers, featuring Scripture reading, prayer, and songs and instrumental works of the Advent and Christmas season. (See p. 11 for TV/streaming.)

Holiday Programs, Friday, Dec. 24 Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, Cambridge, UK (9am/8 MT) The Thistle & Shamrock Presents “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” noon & 7pm (11am & 6pm MT); Jonathan Winters’ A Christmas Carol, 8pm (7 MT); Jazz Piano Christmas 37, 9pm (8 MT) Jazz Night In America: A Holiday Celebration, 10pm (9 MT)

Holiday Programs, Saturday, Dec. 25 Tinsel Tales: NPR Christmas Favorites, 10am (9 MT) Tinsel Tales 2, 11am (10 MT) Jonathan Winters’ A Christmas Carol, noon (11am MT) A World Café Holiday, 4pm (5 MT)

Holiday and New Year Programs Best of SDPB’s In the Moment 2021, Monday, Dec. 27 - Friday, Dec. 30, noon & 7pm (11am & 6pm MT)

The Current: 2021 Remembered, Dec. 31, noon & 7pm (11am & 6pm MT) Minnesota Public Radio’s Adult Album Alternative station provides a retrospective.

Toast of the Nation, Dec. 31, 8pm (7 MT) NPR’s annual New Year’s Eve jazz celebration.

New Year’s Day from Vienna 2022, Jan. 1, 2022, 10am (9 MT) Celebratory music with the Vienna Philharmonic.