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2016 Holiday Specials

South Carolina Public Radio’s Classical Stations – December 2016

  • Carolina Live presents Bel Canto Company of Greensboro: Holiday Favorites

In a concert from  Greensboro, N.C. Christ United Methodist Church, singers in songs that are popular gems of the season, as well as in pieces less well-known but wonderfully striking.Dec. 18 at 6:00 am and Dec. 20 at 7:00 pm

  • A Festival of Lessons and Carols

The choir of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church of Columbia performs this service.Dec. 19 at 12:00 pm

  • Welcome Christmas!

The perennial Christmas favorite from VocalEssence, one of the world’s premiere choral groups. An hour of traditional carols and new discoveries.Dec. 20 at 12:00 pm

  • Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is lush renditions of favorite Christmas carols. Those warm memories and feelings come right back again in this holiday special.
    Dec. 21 at 12:00 pm
  • SymphonyCast

The Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Roderich Kreile, performs Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (Cantatas 1 – 3).Dec. 21 at 7:00 pm

  • A Chanticleer Christmas

A program of holiday favorites, new and old, presented live in concert by the superb 12-man ensemble known as "an orchestra of voices."Dec. 22 at 12:00 pm

  • A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

Live from the chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England.Dec. 24 at 10:00 am

  • World of Opera presents John Adams’ El Niñofrom Spoleto Festival USA.

This sweeping setting of the Christmas story is both freshly contemporary and filled with ancient traditions.Dec. 24 at 1:00 pm

  • Carolina Live presents Bel Canto Company of Greensboro: Fireside Holiday

A Fireside Holiday with the Bel Canto Company of Greensboro to the Capital City Brass Quintet and the Spartanburg Philharmonic.Dec. 25 at 6:00 am and Dec. 27 at 7:00 pm

  • Thistle and Shamrock

Join Fiona Ritchie to celebrate the season by exploring festive songs, carols and dances from traditions old and new.Dec. 25 at 3:00 pm

  • Jazz Night in America - Merry Merry Big Band

To ring in the holiday season, Jazz Night in America spends the hour with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performing highlights from their holiday songbook.Dec. 25 at 9:00 pm

  • Song Travels: Home For The Holidays

Join Michael Feinstein for an hour of yuletide cheer and music. This edition of Song Travels journeys from Hollywood’s vintage silver screen to New York City’s iconic Birdland club.
Dec. 26 at 12:00 pm

  • Christmas with Morehouse and Spelman Glee Clubs

Two of the most prestigious historically black institutions in the nation -- get together to present a spine-tingling concert program. Korva Coleman hosts.Dec. 27 at 12:00 pm

  • A Paul Winter Solstice Concert

Celebrate the Return of the Sun -- and the Warming of the heart with Paul Winter's Annual Winter Solstice Celebration. On the darkest night of the year, we head back to New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine to hear The Paul Winter Consort and the glorious Cathedral Pipe Organ.Dec. 28 at 12:00 pm – Part One and Dec. 29 at 12:00 pm– Part Two