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Holiday Specials 2008

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Thursday, November 27

8:00 AM: Harvest Home with Jay and Molly (1 hour): KHKE/KUNZ/KSUI only!
One-hour live concert of diverse music for the Thanksgiving season with Jay Ungar and Molly Mason.

9:00 AM: Harvest Home: Thanksgiving with the Dale Warland Singers (1 hour):
Over the years, the Dale Warland Singers have provided magical performances to listeners across the country. Drawing upon the archive of those live performances, Dale Warland and host Brian Newhouse bring old and new treasures to listeners for this autumn feast.

10:00 AM: Giving Thanks 2008: A Celebration of Fall, Food and Gratitude (2 hours):
A music-and-stories celebration of Thanksgiving. Host John Birge creates a thoughtful, contemporary reflection on the meaning of the holiday--perfect while families gather at the table to share common blessings. For 2008, Giving Thanks brings two new guests to the Thanksgiving table, including Rabbi Harold Kushner and Galway Kinnell.

Thursday, December 18

9:00 AM: Handel's Messiah (3 hours)

Sunday, December 21

12:00 PM: Hanukkah Lights 2008 (1 hour):
A perennial NPR favorite, now well into its second decade. Acclaimed authors explore Hanukkah traditions in original stories written expressly for "Hanukkah Lights." Hosted by Murray Horwitz and Susan Stamberg.

6:00 PM: University Concert: ISU Holiday Festival (2 hours):

Monday, December 22

12:00 PM: Happy Joyous Hanukkah (1 hour):
Features a concert from NYC-based 2006 Grammy-award-winning band, the Klezmatics. Hosted by Murray Horwitz.

2:00 PM: Handel's Judas Maccabeus

Tuesday, December 23

8:00 PM: Symphonies of Iowa: WCFSO Holiday Pops Concert (2 hours):

Wednesday, December 24

9:00 AM: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2008 (2 hours):
One live, two-hour stereo music and spoken-word broadcast from the chapel of King's College in Cambridge, England presenting the legendary Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service (Biblical readings and music) as performed by the 30-voice King's College Choir.

11:00 AM: Christmas with Morehouse and Spelman Glee Clubs (1 hour):
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 encore 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. Korva Coleman hosts.

3:00 PM: Choirs & Carols: An NPR Christmas (1 hour):
Hear musicians from around the world in NPR's performance studio as they share special holiday moments. Join host Lisa Simeone for ancient harmonies from Trio Medieval, traditional carols from the Riga Dom Boys Choir, and a rarely heard Christmas song by Sibelius, straight from Finland's YL Choir. The Pittsburgh Brass unpacks a pair of 500-pound bells to ring in the holiday, and the members of Trio Voronezh tune up a balalaika or two.

4:00 PM: Cantus: All is Calm 2008 (1 hour): KHKE/KUNZ/KSUI only!
An uplifting musical drama about the surprising 1914 World War I Christmas Truce. Cantus, one of America's most accomplished male choirs, and Theater Latté Da have created a profoundly moving new work of musical radio theater. Using the diary entries of soldiers and beautiful new arrangements of Christmas favorites, "All is Calm" tells both sides of the story, as men who had been trying to kill each other in the fields of France, spontaneously put down their guns, walked across no-man's land, and sang together. "All is Calm" is by Peter Rothstein with musical arrangements by Erick Lichte and Timothy C. Takach.

5:00 PM: A Baroque X-mas (2 hours): KHKE/KUNZ/KSUI only!

8:00 PM: Doug Brown's "A Christmas Carol" (3 hours):
WOI Radio's beloved voice for 36 years reads his rendition of the Dickens classic. A seasonal Iowa tradition.

Thursday, December 25

9:00 AM: St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2008 (2 hours):
A service in song and word that has become one of the nation's most cherished holiday celebrations. Tickets to the event, which takes place at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, are always gone months in advance. The festival--now in its 134th year--includes hymns, carols, choral works, and orchestral selections celebrating the Nativity and featuring more than 500 student musicians who are members of five choirs and the St. Olaf Orchestra.

11:00 AM: The Rose Ensemble: An Early American Christmas 2008 (1 hour):
Gorgeous Shaker Tunes, Kentucky Harmonies, and Acadian dances done by one of America's premiere early-music ensembles. Since it began in 1996, The Rose Ensemble has surprised and delighted audiences with performances of music from centuries past. Their 2008 Christmas program highlights the treasures of Appalachia.

12:00 PM: A Chanticleer Christmas 2008 (1 hour):
"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. The San Francisco based men's chorus, Chanticleer, is one of the world's best male choruses, recognized worldwide for their brilliant technique and musicality. This year's program will be recorded live on December 10 in San Francisco.

1:00 PM: Handel's Messiah (3 hours)

4:00 PM: A Harpist's Christmas with Yolanda Kondonassis 2008 (1 hour): KHKE/KUNZ/KSUI only!
America's premiere harpist, Yolanda Kondonassis, celebrates the season with treasures of Christmas harp music. Yolanda has custom-created this program for American Public Media listeners, spotlighting her heavenly instrument alone and with Joshua Smith, flute and Cynthia Phelps, viola--two of America's top professionals..

5:00 PM: A Choral Christmas Card 2008 (1 hour): KHKE/KUNZ/KSUI only!
What better way to greet the Christmas season than with voices, raised in song? Songs to usher us into the mystical and to transport us to Yuletides past, whether it's hundreds of years past or just last year. Featuring the best choral ensembles from around the country, "A Choral Christmas Card" highlights America's singing celebration of the holiday.

6:00 PM: Christmas Around the Country (1 hour): KHKE/KUNZ/KSUI only!
The best of classical holiday music from coast to coast. NPR takes you from churches to concert halls to auditoriums to town halls all across the nation in search of performances that express the best of the holiday season. Lisa Simeone hosts.

8:00 PM: Echoes of Christmas 2008 (1 hour):
Moving selections of choral classics celebrating Christmas. The Dale Warland Singers provided magical performances to listeners across the country for over 30 years and were acclaimed as America's premiere choir. Their signature holiday concert--beloved by public radio listeners nationwide--was the annual "Echoes of Christmas" program. Drawing upon the archive of their live performances, Dale Warland and host Brian Newhouse create a very special Christmas musical treat.

Friday, December 26

3:00 PM: Welcome Christmas! 2008 (1 hour):
A perennial broadcast favorite featuring the Minneapolis-based ensemble, VocalEsssence. Recognized internationally as one of America's premier choral arts organizations, VocalEssence is led by the visionary Philip Brunelle.

5:00 PM: Christmas with Morehouse and Spelman Glee Clubs (1 hour): KHKE/KUNZ/KSUI only!
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 encore 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. Korva Coleman hosts.

8:00 PM: Symphonies of Iowa: CRSO Holiday Pops Concert (2 hours):

Wednesday, December 31

8:00 PM: Carols for Dancing (1 hour):
One-hour exploration of the intimate connection between familiar holiday music and Renaissance and Medieval dance.

9:00 PM: The Christmas Revels: In Celebration of the Winter Solstice 2008 (2 hours):
A musical celebration of the winter holidays--Christmas, the Solstice, New Year's and Twelfth Night--featuring traditional carols, songs, and folk dance tunes from live Christmas Revels performances around the country.

Thursday, January 1

10:00 AM: New Year's Day from Vienna (2 hours):
Join us on New Year's Day 2009, for a sparkling celebration, live from the Golden Hall at the Musikverein in Vienna. The Vienna Philharmonic presents its annual "New Year's Day from Vienna," including your favorite waltzes and polkas, and so much more, all conducted by Argentinean-Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim.

6:00 PM: The Capitol Steps Politics Takes a Holiday: New Year's Edition (1 hour):
Should old acquaintance be forgot? Not if the Capitol Steps have a say! Say "yes we can" to listening to the Capitol Steps' annual year's end award ceremony. New categories this year: "Worst Use of a Plumber by a Politician (since Nixon)," "Best Shade of Lipstick for a Pig" and "Most Creative Excuse to Buy $150,000 Worth of Clothes." And, in a stunning announcement--it's official--Alaska has overtaken long-time winner Florida as the funniest state, by winning in both the "best home renovation by a politician" and "fastest time field-dressing a moose" category.

 

News Network

Thursday, November 27

10:00 AM: The Splendid Table's Turkey Confidential 2008 (2 hours):
On Thursday, November 27, help is on the way for Thanksgiving cooks, kitchen helpers and their guests on this, the biggest cooking day of the year! On Thanksgiving morning, join Lynne Rossetto Kasper, the award-winning host of public radio's national food show, "The Splendid Table," for real time turkey triage during the live broadcast of "Turkey Confidential 2008." This year, Lynne will be joined by a number of special guests who may include Cook's Illustrated's Christopher Kimball, road food warriors Jane and Michael Stern, wine entrepreneur Joshua Wesson and style guru Isaac Mizrahi.

Thursday, December 25

9:00 AM: Doug Brown's "A Christmas Carol" (3 hours):
WOI Radio's beloved voice for 36 years reads his rendition of the Dickens classic. A seasonal Iowa tradition.

12:00 PM: "Twas the Night Before Christmas" (1 hour):
One-hour retelling in drama and music the story of how Moore's poem was written and is seen from a child's perspective.

8:00 PM: Cantus: All is Calm 2008 (1 hour):
An uplifting musical drama about the surprising 1914 World War I Christmas Truce. Cantus, one of America's most accomplished male choirs, and Theater Latté Da have created a profoundly moving new work of musical radio theater. Using the diary entries of soldiers and beautiful new arrangements of Christmas favorites, "All is Calm" tells both sides of the story, as men who had been trying to kill each other in the fields of France, spontaneously put down their guns, walked across no-man's land, and sang together. "All is Calm" is by Peter Rothstein with musical arrangements by Erick Lichte and Timothy C. Takach.

Thursday, January 1

10:00 AM: The Capitol Steps Politics Takes a Holiday: New Year's Edition (1 hour):
Should old acquaintance be forgot? Not if the Capitol Steps have a say! Say "yes we can" to listening to the Capitol Steps' annual year's end award ceremony. New categories this year: "Worst Use of a Plumber by a Politician (since Nixon)," "Best Shade of Lipstick for a Pig" and "Most Creative Excuse to Buy $150,000 Worth of Clothes." And, in a stunning announcement--it's official--Alaska has overtaken long-time winner Florida as the funniest state, by winning in both the "best home renovation by a politician" and "fastest time field-dressing a moose" category.

 

Studio One Network

Wednesday, December 24

7:00 PM: Bob Dorr's Annual Holiday Music Show (3 hours):
A more than 30 year tradition! Three hours of rock 'n' roll, blues, world and holiday music for the night before Christmas. Live requests taken!