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Dame Kiri's Classical Christmas

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Last broadcast on Wed, 24 Dec 2008, 21:00 on BBC Radio 2.

Synopsis

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa presents a selection of her favourite seasonal music and carols.

MUSIC PLAYED

O Come All Ye Faithful
Bach Choir/David Hill

Waltz – the Sleeping Beauty
(Tchaikovsky)
Royal Philharmonic Orch conducted by Enrique Batiz

O Soave Fancuilla
(Puccini)
La Boheme
Pavarotti and Freni

The Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
(Rutter)
Cambridge Singers/John Rutter

Troika
Lieutenant Kije
( Prokofiev)
Chicago Symphony/Fritz Reiner

Rejoice Greatly – Messiah
(Handel)
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa /Chicago Symphony/Solti

Unto Us a Child Is Born
Chicago Symphony Chorus

Allegro non Molto
Winter – Four Seasons
(Vivaldi)
Nigel Kennedy

Ding Dong Merrily on High
(Trad)
King Singers

The Lamb
(Taverner)
Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner

Sleigh Ride
(L.Anderson)
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa /Roberto Alagna/Thomas Hampson

Hark the Herald Angels Sing
(Mendelssohn)
Choir of Kings College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks

We Wish You a Merry Christmas
(Trad)
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa /Michael George/ BBC Philharmonic/Robin Stapleton

Broadcast

  1. Wed 24 Dec 2008
    21:00
    BBC Radio 2

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Duration

60 minutes

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