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- Thursday, December 20, 2007
- 7 p.m.. - Christmas with the Morehouse and Spelman Glee Clubs
- Friday, December 21, 2007
- 7 p.m.. - A Chanticleer Christmas
- Saturday, December 22, 2007
- 12 p.m. - St. Olaf Christmas Festival
- 7 p.m. - Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Show
- Sunday, December 23, 2007
- 12 p.m. - St. Olaf Christmas Festival (rebroadcast)
- Monday, December 24, 2007
- 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. - A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
- 6:30 p.m. - Tinsel Tales: NPR Christmas Favorites
- Monday, December 25, 2007
- 9 a.m. - Handel's "Messiah"
- Sunday, December 30, 2007
- 5 p.m. - The Capitol Steps: Politics Takes A Holiday!
- Tuesday, January 1, 2008
- 10 a.m. - New Year's Day from Vienna 2008
airs: Thursday, December 20 at 7 p.m.
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. It's a joyous celebration of the schools' tradition of singing excellence, with their trademark mixture of spirituals, carols, and sacred texts.
This year's program 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. NPR's Korva Coleman hosts.
airs: Friday, December 21 at 7 p.m.
A one-hour celebration of the season told through the glorious voices of Chanticleer , the San Francisco-based men's choir. The program spans the globe and the centuries -- from France in the 1200s to new arrangements of classic contemporary carols. Recorded in the gorgeous acoustic of First Congregational Church, Berkeley, California, on December 10th.
airs: Saturday, December 22 at 12 p.m. and is rebroadcast Sunday, December 23 at 12 p.m.
The St. Olaf Christmas Festival is one of the oldest and most cherished celebrations of the holidays in the United States. Begun in 1912, the Festival is a worship service of hymns, carols, choral works and orchestral selections that celebrate the birth of Christ. Featuring more than 550 student musicians, it takes place on the St. Olaf campus in Northfield, Minnesota. The Festival is listed as one of five significant global holiday events in The New York Times International Datebook, and has been featured in hundreds of other publications, including TV Guide, The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times.
airs: Saturday, December 22 at 7 p.m.
Clarence Fountain and The Blind Boys of Alabama have won four Grammy Awards in the last four years. In this concert, we join them on stage as they present their own take on the Christmas classics "Silent Night" and "Joy to the World," along with some gospel favorites including "I'm a Soldier in the Army of the Lord." Hosted by NPR's Renée Montagne.
airs: Monday, December 24, 2007 at 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
(NOTE: The 9 a.m. broadcast is two hours, the 7:30 p.m. broadcast is 90 minutes)
The sound of one, pure, solitary child's voice rings out each Christmas Eve at the Chapel of King's College in Cambridge. It heralds the beginning and the continuation of over 98 years of heartfelt tradition known as A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The service begins as it has since 1918, with a boy soprano singing the opening line to "Once in Royal David's City." It has grown into a symbol that signals it's time, after all of the hustle and bustle of preparing for the holiday, to settle down to the true meaning of Christmas and to focus on family traditions.
Each year, selected speakers from the King's College community read the lessons. These are woven among great anthems that originate from deep inside the storied English choral tradition. The choir not only performs the anthems every year, it also performs a newly-commissioned work, rooting the service firmly in the present and the past.
airs: Monday, December 24, 2007 at 6:30 p.m.
This year a new radio tradition -- stories from the NPR archives that touch on the meaning of Christmas. David Sedaris, Bailey White, John Henry Faulk -- these and other NPR voices, past and present, tell stories of the season.
airs: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at 9 a.m.
From the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, WHYY and NPR present Handel's Messaih performed by the "Fabulous Philadelphians" -- one of the world's great orchestras, joined by the nationally-renowned Philadelphia Singers Chorale in the immediacy and vitality of a live recording. Acclaimed British choral master Richard Hickox conducts.
airs: Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 5 p.m.
The Capitol Steps, the only group in America that attempts to be funnier than the Congress, is a troupe of current and former Congressional staffers who monitor events and personalities on Capitol Hill, in the Oval Office, and in other centers of power and prestige around the world and then take a humorous look at serious issues while providing a nationwide laugh for millions...
The Capitol Steps invite you to toast the New Year by remembering the
old one in their hour-long special, "Politics Takes a Holiday!" It's goodbye to Donald Rumsfeld, hello to Speaker Pelosi! And it's our annual awards ceremony to all those who provided us with material throughout the year. (New categories! "Best Hunting Accident" "Sexiest Text Message" and "Most Creative Use of Rehab as an Excuse!") Join Nancy Pelosi, Mel Gibson, John Bolton, the Pope, a few singing stem
cells, and many more as the Capitol Steps bring you the year in review!
airs: Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 10 a.m.
NPR takes you direct to the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna for the most popular classical-music concert in the world - the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day concert. This year, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will be conducted by Georges Prêtre. The concert features waltzes, polkas and marches by members of Vienna's beloved Strauss family.
Originating during a dark period of Austria's history, these concerts were initially conceived for a local audience as a reminder of better times and a source of hope for the future. Today millions of people throughout the world are similarly encouraged by the light-hearted yet subtly profound character of this music, and draw joy and optimism for the New Year ahead.
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