The Gift Connection
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Christmas gifts from composers to friends & family
We sometimes talk about “The gift of music,” but that’s literally the case with Debussy’s Iberia, Grieg’s “I Love You,” and Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel—not to mention vocal and instrumental pieces by Mendelssohn, Liszt, and Sibelius.
Each one of them was the composer’s Christmas gift to a loved one, and in this hour, we'll hear both the works and the stories behind them.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Wagner - Siegfried-Idyll & Orchestral Music from Operas |
Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer |
EMI Classics 5 67893 2 |
724356789326 |
| Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel, disc 1, track 1 |
Munich Radio Orchestra, Kurt Eichorn |
RCA Red Seal 74321-25281-2 |
743212528121 |
| Mendelssohn: Piano Works Vol. 2 |
Robert Frith |
Naxos 8.550940 |
730099594028 |
| Sibelius: Complete Works for Mixed Choir [for “A Christmas Song” & “High are the Snowdrifts”] |
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Heikki Seppänen |
Ondine ODE 260-2D |
0761195126028 |
| Schumann [for 2nd of 3 Romances for piano] |
Jan Lisiecki |
Deutsche Grammophon 479 5327 2 |
00028947953272 |
| Debussy: La Mer, Iberia [for Iberia: Festival Morning] |
National Orchestra of France, Emmanuel Krivine |
Erato 9029568704 |
0190295687045 |
| Liszt: Weihnachtsbaum, Via Crucis [for “The Shepherds at the Crib” from The Christmas Tree suite] |
Leslie Howard |
Hyperion CDA66388 |
034571163888 |
| Con Amore [for Elgar’s La Capricieuse “The Capricious One”] |
Kyung Wha Chung, Phillip Moll |
Decca 417 289-2 |
028947826606 |
| Grieg: Songs [for “Jeg elsker Dig” (I Love You)] |
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg |
Deutsche Grammophon
477 632 6 |
028947763260 |
| We Wish You A Merry Christmas [for Alfred Burt medley “A Christmas Greeting”] |
Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams |
Philips 416 287-2 |
028941628725 |
4:00 p.m.
Wagner
Siegfried-Idyll & Orchestral Music from Operas
Philharmonia Orchestra; Otto Klemperer, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel overture: Act 1 - Vorspiel Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel
Munich Radio Orchestra; Kurt Eichhorn, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Mendelssohn
"Kinderstucke, Op. 72 Christmas Pieces Allegro Assai" Mendelssohn: Piano Works Vol. 2
Robert Frith; Benjamin Frith, conductor "Benjamin Frith, piano"
4:11 p.m.
Mendelssohn
"Kinderstucke, Op. 72 Christmas Pieces Vivace" Mendelssohn: Piano Works Vol. 2
Robert Frith; Benjamin Frith, conductor "Benjamin Frith, piano"
4:13 p.m.
Sibelius
"Joululaulu (A Christmas Song), Op. 1 No. 4" Sibelius: Complete Works for Mixed Choir
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Heikki Seppanen, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Sibelius
On hanget korkeat nietokset (High are the Snowdrifts Sibelius: Complete Works for Mixed Choir
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Heikki Seppanen, conductor
4:18 p.m.
Wagner
Siegfried-Idyll & Orchestral Music from Operas
Philharmonia Orchestra; Otto Klemperer, conductor
4:30 p.m.
Mendelssohn
"Kinderstucke, Op. 72 Christmas Pieces Allegro Assai" Mendelssohn: Piano Works Vol. 2
Robert Frith; Benjamin Frith, conductor "Benjamin Frith, piano"
4:31 p.m.
Schumann
"Romanzen, Op.28 - No. 2 In F Sharp (Einfach), " Schumann
Jan Lisiecki
4:36 p.m.
Debussy
Images, L. 118a II. Iberia - Le matin d'un jour de fete; Debussy: La Mer, Iberia
National Orchestra of France; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Liszt
"Die Hirten an der Krippe (In dulci jubilo) The Shepherds at the Manger, from The Christmas Tree suite" "Liszt: Weihnachtsbaum, Via Crucis (Complete
Leslie Howard
4:44 p.m.
Elgar
La Capricieuse (The Capricious One) Con Amore
Kyung Wha Chung
4:49 p.m.
Grieg
Op 53 - I Love You - Jeg elsker Dig (von Otter) Grieg: Songs
Anne Sofie von Otter
4:51 p.m.
Burt
A Christmas Greeting (Carols of Alfred Burt) We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Boston Pops and Tanglewood Chorus; John Williams, conductor Tanglewood Festival Chorus
