Public Radio Tulsa

2007 Schedule of Holiday Programming


Wednesday, December 5	Hanukkah Lights 8:00 - 9:00pm Original stories of holiday and family read by Murray Horwitz and Susan Stamberg.
Thursday, December 6		Handel: Judas Maccabeus Oratorio 8:00pm Commemorating the events that inspired the Festival of Lights with Nicholas McGegan & Philharmonia Baroque.
Sunday, December 9	Happy Joyous Hanukkah 8:00 - 9:00pm Hanukkah songs by Woody Guthrie? You bet, played by the Grammy winning Klezmatics.
Sunday, December 16		Beethoven’s Birthday All day and Noon Music throughout the day with an all-Beethoven concert from the Aspen Music Festival at noon with James Conlon. Note: New York Philharmonic starts 1 hour late at 2:00pm
Thursday, December 20		Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Ballet 8:00pm With the Royal Philharmonic and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Friday, December 21		Christmas Around the Country 2007 5:00pm Holiday performances at churches, auditoriums and town halls marking the season with Lisa Simeone. Handel: Messiah 8:00pm The holiday masterpiece in its entirety.
Saturday, December 22		Christmas Storytime 8:00am Robin Williams, Kevin Kline, and Brian Kay narrate special classical holiday works by Tchaikovsky and Rutter.
Sunday, December 23	Peter Ostroushko’s Heartland Holiday 8:00-9:00pm Traditional and ancient carols from a multi-cultural perspective. Paul Winter Solstice Special 9:00 - 11:00pm Annual world music concert from NYC’s St John the Divine Cathedral welcoming the holidays.	Chanticleer Christmas Noon All men’s chorus sing traditional carols, medieval and Renaissance sacred works, and spirituals.
Monday, December 24	Jonathan Winter’s A Christmas Carol 11:00am - noon and 7:00 - 8:00pm A KWGS Christmas Eve tradition of the retelling of Dicken’s classic story.	A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols 9:00am A PRT tradition: Live from King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, England. Music and readings. Christmas Around the Country 2007 Noon An encore presentation of music from around the country. Chanticleer Christmas 2:00pm An encore presentation of the all male a cappella chorus. Lessons & Carols from The National Cathedral 5:00pm Music and readings for Christmas from our nation’s capital. Christmas Storytime 8:00pm An encore presentation to tuck in the kids!
Tuesday, December 25	Tinsel Tales: NPR Christmas Favorites 11:00am - noon and 7:00 - 8:00pm A collection of holiday stories from the NPR archives.	Christmas Music All day The greatest classical music and carols for the day.
Saturday, December 29	The Capitol Steps’ New Year’s Special 11:00am - noon Relive the events of 2007 in satire and song.
Monday, December 31	*BONUS programming on Jazz 89.5 HD2!* Toast of the Nation 7:00pm - 3:00am Jazz from Boston, Washington, New York, Minneapolis, and San Francisco, w/ Danilo Perez, Patti Austin, Count Basie Orchestra, and Kenny Barron.
Tuesday, January 1		New Year’s Day from Vienna 1:00pm The traditional Vienna Philharmonic concert with conductor Georges Pretre and Viennese waltzes.