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As we travel through the year, Classical 91.5 will present a number of seasonal or holiday specials. Come back to this page on a regular basis to find out what specials we're offering to delight you and enrich your holiday celebrations.

Christmas with Madrigalia, 2025, Thu 12/11 @ 3pm (rpt Sat 12/20 @ 5pm)

Rochester, NY chamber choir Madrigalia, and Artistic Director Cary Ratcliff, presents a concert of traditional carols, anthems and new arrangements to celebrate the winter solstice, Chanukah and Christmas around the world. Recorded live at Asbury United Methodist Church in Rochester, NY, this concert includes "The Fiddle Witch" Alyssa Rodriguez who accompanies some of the Scandanavian selections on her Swedish instrument, the Nyckleharpa, along with soprano soloist Crystal Sellers Battle, clarinetist Peggy Quackenbush and pianist Amanda von Rathonyi.

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"Winter Solstice" by Taylor Scott Davis, lyrics by Milton Brasher-Cunningham
"Sankta Lucia" - Swedish/Italian, arr. Cary Ratcliff
"Water Under Snow" by Harri Wessman
"Gropen (The Dark Deep)" Norwegian, arr. Gjermund Larsen

"Comfort, Comfort Ye My People" by Claude Goudimel
"O Magnum Mysterium" by Cesar Alejandro Carrillo
"Ave maris stella" by Edward Grieg
"Jesu, Thou the Virgin Born" Medieval arr. Gustav Holst
“Eit barn er født I Betlehem”Norwegian arr. Ørjan Matre
"In Dulci Jubilo" Middle Ages arr. Matthew Culloton
"The Little Drummer Boy" by Katherine Kennecott Davis, arr. Cary Ratcliff
"A Stable Lamp is Lighted" by David Hurd, text by Richard Wilbur

"Ocho Kandelikas (Eight Candles)" by Flory Jagoda, arr. Joshua Jacobson
"Carol of the Innocents" Agincourt tune, text by Rosamond E. Herklots
"Bashana Haba' ah" by Nurit Hirsch, arr. John Leavitt
"Seven Principles" by Bernice Johnson Reagon

"The Holly Bears a Berry" arr. Howard Helvey
"This Christmastide" by Donald Fraser, arr. Cary Ratcliff