Celebrate the season! Make NEPR part of your holidays and New Year's festivities. Enjoy a variety of special programs and tune-in through New Year's day!
Sunday, December 22
1 p.m. BSO performance includes Act II of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker
3 p.m. A Chanukah Celebration with Chicago A Capella
An inspiring and informative show featuring choral music set to Chanukah texts and original compositions by American and British composers. Hosted by Jonathan Miller who provides liturgical and cultural background to new and old Chanukah traditions. All selections are performed by Chicago a capella.
4 p.m. Candles Burning Brightly
Tuesday, December 24 at 10 a.m.
Festival of 9 Lessons & Carols
Michael Barone presents this live service of spoken-word and music broadcast from the chapel of King's College in Cambridge, England. The 30-voice King's College Choir performs the legendary Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service of Biblical readings and music.
Wednesday, December 25, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Holiday Programming
John Nowacki & Walter Carroll present classical and pops favorites for the holiday.
Sunday, December 31, 8 p.m.-midnight
Toast of the Nation
An NPR tradition every New Year's Eve since the 1970s, Toast of the Nation is the perfect audio compliment for the occasion. It's festive jazz you can party to, all night long. Spirited, improvised, and swinging, each segment stops in a Blue Note venue throughout the country and the world. This year enjoy the topnotch line-up including:
- Baltimore Collective recorded live at The Keystone Korner
- The Michael Leonhart Orchestra at The Jazz Standard
- The SFJAZZ Collective in San Francisco
- The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra in New York City
Tuesday, January 1, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Vienna New Year’s Day
Andris Nelsons, BSO Music Director, leads the Vienna Philharmonic in its annual New Year’s Day concert of Strauss favorites.