Be on the listen for Houston Music Highlights, Tuesday through Friday on Classical 91.7! These 6-minute highlights feature local musicians and ensembles such as the Houston Symphony, the Apollo Chamber Players, and numerous others each week. Houston Music Highlights air at 7 AM, and then repeat at 1 PM, 6 PM, and 10 PM.
We continue our celebration of the holiday season with Baroque Christmas pieces, music of Christmas and Kwanzaa for winds, traditional carols from Europe, and some familiar Christmas favorites for brass quintet.
Tuesday
Christmas Concerto, Op. 8, No. 6 (excerpt): Giuseppe Torelli
Christmas Concerto, Op. 6, No. 8 (excerpt): Arcangelo Corelli
Recorded in HPM's Geary Performance Studio on December 6, 2012
Wednesday
Umoja: Valerie Coleman
Sleigh Ride: Leroy Anderson
WindSync – Wind Quintet
Performed in HPM's Geary Performance Studio on December 5, 2012
Thursday
Hoe leit dit kindeke (See How this Baby Rests): Traditional Dutch
El noi de la mare (The Child of the Mother): Traditional Catalan
United Nations Association International Choir of Houston
Recorded in HPM's Geary Performance Studio on December 13, 2012
Friday
O Tannenbaum: Traditional
Silent Night: Franz Xaver Gruber
Performed in HPM's Geary Performance Studio on December 20, 2010
