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December 21, 2012

9:00 AM
Overture for A Midsummer Night’s Dream Op 21
Artist : Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Album :
Composer : Felix Mendelssohn
Catalog : 8556660
Conductor : Anthony Bramall
Orchestra : Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Label : Naxos
9:12 AM
Jesus bleibet meine Freude (from Cantat No. 147)
Artist : The Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo
Album : A Christmas Pastorale
Composer : J. S. Bach
Label :
9:15 AM
Chorale: Wachet auf (from Cantata No. 140)
Artist : The Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo
Album : A Christmas Pastorale
Composer : J. S. Bach
TrackNumber : 2
Label : Musical Heritage Society
9:17 AM
Zion hört die Wächter singe (from Cantata No. 140)
Artist : The Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo
Album : A Christmas Pastorale
Composer : J. S. Bach
TrackNumber : 3
Label : Musical Heritage Society
9:31 AM
Agnus Dei
Artist : The Choir of New College, Oxford
Album :
Composer : Samuel Barber
Catalog : Erato 14634
Conductor : Edward Higginbottom
Label :
9:40 AM
Misteriou joaius / Mysteres joyeux / Joyful Mysteries
Artist : Ensemble Choral du Bout du Monde
Album : Noels Celtiques: Christmas Music from Brittany
Catalog : GLCD 3124
TrackNumber : 1
Label : Green Linnet
9:43 AM
When He was Born
Artist : Ensemble Choral du Bout du Monde
Album : Noels Celtiques: Celtic Christmas Music From Brittany
TrackNumber : 2
Label : Green Linnet
9:47 AM
Christmas (Noel)
Artist : Ensemble Choral du Bout du Monde
Album : Noels Celtiques Celtic Christmas Music from Brittany
Composer : Youenn Gwernig
Catalog : 3124
Conductor : Christian Desbordes
Label : GreenLlinet
9:52 AM
Selections from Mendelssohn’s "Der Christus"
Artist : Central Moravian Church Choir & Brass
Album : Christmas Eve at Central Moravian Church
Composer : Felix Mendelssohn
Conductor : Rebecca Kleintop Owens
Instrument : Martha Cox Popichak, organ; Domenic Salerni, violin
TrackNumber : 15
ReleaseYear : 2005
Label : Central Moravian Church
10:06 AM
Quartet for the End of Time
Artist : Tashi (Peter Serkin, piano, Ida Kavafian, violin, Fred Sherry, cello, Richard Stoltzman, clarinet)
Album : Messiaen: Quatuor pou la fin du temps
Composer : Olivier Messiaen
Catalog : 7835
Instrument : Peter Serkin, piano; Ida Kavafian, violin; Fred Sherry, cello; Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
ReleaseYear : 1989
Label : RCA Victor
10:54 AM
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op.95 ’From the New World’ - II. Largo (opening)
Artist : Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra - Mariss Jansons
Album : Relax: The World's Most Beautiful Music
Composer : Antonín Dvořák
Conductor : Mariss Jansons
Orchestra : Oslo Philharmonic
TrackNumber : 9
ReleaseYear : 2008
Label : EMI Classics
11:00 AM
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Artist : Howard Shore
Album : The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Composer : Howard Shore
Conductor : Howard Shore
Orchestra : London Philharmonic Orchestra
ReleaseYear : 2012
Label : WaterTower Music

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2013/03/27/175496458/the-good-friday-5-musical-passion-stories-you-must-hear

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