WGUC Holiday Programming
The holiday season is celebrated in music with a variety of specials on 90.9 WGUC. Here’s the line-up:

Looking for even more wonderful holiday specials?
Check the holiday schedule for 91.7 WVXU.

Chanukah Musical Celebration
Thursday, December 6, 7:00 PM
The Spirit of Chanukah, a holiday joyous at freedom’s triumph and spiritual rededication, is richly reflected in the folk melodies and songs from countries across the globe where Jews have lived and worshipped for centuries. Naomi Lewin hosts this musical celebration.

Welcome Christmas!
Tuesday, December 18, 7:00 PM
A perennial broadcast favorite, Welcome Christmas! features the Minneapolis-based ensemble, VocalEssence, one of America's premier choral arts organizations and a regular favorite on A Prairie Home Companion. This year's holiday centerpiece is a tribute to English composer Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, along with favorite carols old and new, including two world premieres.

Christmas SymphonyCast
Tuesday, December 18, 8:00 PM
Bernard Labadie leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a special holday concert that features three glorious pieces from Johann Sebastian Bach.

Jesu, meine Freude
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243a (including four Christmas interpolations)

Featuring:
Mary Wilson, soprano
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, mezzo-soprano
James Taylor, tenor
Brett Polegato, baritone
La Chapelle de Québec, chorus.

Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble Holiday Concert 2006
Wednesday, December 19, 7:00 PM
Recorded by WGUC, this concert is an annual tradition for lovers of Christmas and choral music.
This year's concert features some favorite traditional European carols newly arranged for the VAE and Canterbury Brass Quintet. Some a cappella jewels of the Renaissance and newly composed music constrast spirituals, folksongs, and multiple-choir spatial works that surround the audience in sound.

St. Olaf Christmas Festival
Thursday, December 20, 7:00 PM
One of the nation's most cherished holiday celebrations, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival is a service in song and word featuring more than 500 student musicians. The broadcast includes hymns, carols, choral works and orchestral selections celebrating the Nativity.

Handel’s Messiah
Friday, December 21, 6:00 PM
The Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, with Neville Marriner conducting, presents the complete performance of this holiday masterpiece.

A Classical Kids Christmas
Saturday, December 22, 8:00 AM
Classical carols and classic poetry combine to tell the story of Christmas, just like the pageants of days gone by. Follow the Three Wise Men as they set out for Bethlehem; meet Saint Nicholas (no, not Santa Claus); experience the traditions of Christmas around the world. It's a magical Christmas eve, the celebration of Christmas Day and rejoicing of animals at the manger. Features more than 30 traditional carols and holiday songs.

St. Paul Sunday
Sunday, December 23, 6:30 PM
WGUC’s favorite Sunday evening chamber music program presents Ellen Hargis, soprano; Paul O’Dette, lute and theorbo

Echoes of Christmas
Sunday, December 23, 7:00 PM
Dale Warland, the famed music director of one of the world's great choirs, the Dale Warland Singers, hosts a one-hour celebration of Christmas choral music new and old. Drawing from over twenty years of superb annual Christmas concerts by his Singers, Warland retraces treasured classics but also attractive surprises perfect for Christmas listening.

Chanticleer Christmas
Monday, December 24, 6:00 PM
A Chanticleer Christmas celebrates the mystery and wonder of Christmas with an elegant blend of traditional carols, medieval and Renaissance sacred works, and moving spirituals.

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols - LIVE
Monday, December 24, 10:00 AM
(Repeated on Tuesday, December 25, 6:00 PM)
Hear a live broadcast from the chapel of King's College in Cambridge, the legendary Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service of Biblical readings and music as performed by the King's College Choir.

On WGUC HD2: Toast of the Nation
Monday, December 31, 8:00 PM
For more than 25 years, NPR listeners have counted down and sung along -- and danced the night away -- to these jazzy parties with live music from coast to coast. New Year's Eve 2007 promises more and better! Starting in Boston at 8:00 pm, the special moves west with four celebrations of midnight from time zone to time zone, ending at 4:00 am.

Vienna New Years
Tuesday, January 1, 11:00 AM
From the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, the most popular classical music concert in the world, the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day concert.

91.7 WVXU Holiday Programming
The holiday season is celebrated by family and friends with great music and fascinating stories.
91.7 WVXU will also celebrate that way with many specials during the month of December.

Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
Thursday, December 6 at 7 pm
At the dawn of the Cold War and the height of McCarthyism, Americans from all walks fo life bravely spoke their beliefs on national radio. Jay Allison hosts this documentary presenting the fascinating history of Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe, the acclaimed radio series ariing from 1951 to 1955, and the inspiration for its revival on NPR. Hear Murrow, Harry Truman, Martha Graham, Justice William O. Douglas, Eleanor Rossevelt, Albert Einstein, and other prominent figures of the day speak of the beliefs that guided them.

Hanukkah Lights 2006
Sunday, December 9 at 2 pm
A perennial NPR favorite - now in its second decade. Four authors explore Hanukkah traditions in original stories commissioned expressly for Hanukkah Lights. Hosted by Murray Horwitz and Susan Stamberg.

On WVXU HD2: 97 Best of 2007
Thursday, December 20 at 10 am
It's the 24th annual 97 Best session. Will also be archived on woxy.com for 2 weeks following the broadcast and the 97 Best list will be available following the countdown.

A Paul Winter Solstice Concert
Friday, December 21 at 8 pm
From the cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, Paul Winter, one of the original World Musicians, is back again with a unique exploration of the solstice tradition in cultures near and far. The Paul Winter Consort is joined by musicians from all over the world, including singer Renato Braz from Brazil, Russia's Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble, and woodwind player Paul McCandless from Oregon.

Peter Ostroushko’s Heartland Holiday
Saturday, December 22, at 2 pm
This holiday season, spend an hour with internationally-renowned instrumentalist and A Prairie Home Companion regular Peter Ostroushko. Peter and his Heartland Ensemble warm your soul with folksy holiday favorites and traditional carols from around the world.

Christmas with Morehouse and Spelman Glee Clubs
Sunday, December 23, at 2 pm
One of the great holiday traditions in America, the choirs of Morehouse and Spelman Colleges -- two of the most prestigious historically black institutions in the nation -- get together to present a spine-tingling concert program. This enocre presentation features the best works of the last several years. It's a joyous celebration of the schools' tradition of singing excellence, with their trademark mixture of spirituals and carols.

Around Cincinnati Christmas
Sunday, December 23, at 7 pm
With the help of some of the area’s outstanding musicians and performers, host Lee Hay provides the soundtrack as families and friends gather for Christmas Eve.

OT Jazz Christmas
Sunday, December 23, at 9 pm
A special re-broadcast of a classic Christmas version of Jazz with OT.

Marian McPartland Piano Jazz Christmas
Sunday, December 23, at 11 pm

Echoes
Monday, December 24, at 10 pm
Sonic Seasonings 2007--Living Room Concerts for Christmas with intimate performances for the holiday season. This year's line-up includes harpist Moya Brennan, the voice of the Irish band Clannad, fingerstyle guitarist Peter Janson, harp guitarist Stephen Bennett and atmospheric ambient music by Norway's Erik Wollo.

An Echoes Christmas
Tuesday, December 25, at 10 pm
Celebrate the evening with a different kind of Christmas music... new ways of hearing some ancient sounds for the day with recent music by Andreas Vollenweider, Al Petteway and Amy White, Banshee in the Kitchen and more.

Garrison Keillor's New Year's Eve Special
Monday, December 31, at 10 pm
Treat your listeners to an evening with Garrison Keillor as he celebrates New Year's Eve from St Paul. Garrison will be joined by the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band and other Prairie Home Companion favorites for a terrific evening of music and laughter.