Music of the Baroque Brass and Choral Holiday Concert – 3pm – 5pm ( pre-empts C24/Afternoon Classics) Featured artists include Cambridge Singers, Cantus, and Chanticleer. This program uses sacred choral music grouped in a way to tell the traditional Christmas story by way of songs about angels, the star, and the manger scene. Hosted by Lynne Warfel, All Is Bright: Contemplative Music for Christmas presents one hour of gorgeous, contemplative music related to the Christmas season and its symbolism. In Allegra Goodman’s gentle borrowing from an O’Henry classic, a long-established couple discover they can surprise one another Dana Ivey and Michael Cerveris read her “Gifts of the Jewish Magi.Īnd David Sedaris says English writer Jeanette Winterson captures the city to a T in “Christmas in New York,” a modern fairy tale with just a hint of magic, performed by Richard Masur.Īll is Bright - 2pm – 3pm (pre-empts C24/Afternoon Classics)
Selected Shorts’ late host and founder Isaiah Sheffer is featured as the reader of Tobias Wolff’s “Powder,” in which a pre-Christmas snowstorm provides an adventure for a father and son. In Selected Shorts: Holiday Hurdles with David Sedaris, audiences are invited to reimagine holiday rituals. Selected Shorts - Christmas Spirits Holiday Hurdles with David Sedaris – 9pm – 10pm (pre-empts BBC)
To survive, Fisk University staked its last $40 on a set of field hymns and 10 descendants of American slavery. In October of 1871, the oldest university in Nashville, Tennessee, teetered on the brink of collapse. Immerse yourself in the music and voices of the original emissaries of American music to the world. 3 Castles and the Music City – 8pm – 9pm (pre-empts Appalachian Vibes)