Christmas with Luther College

Imagine 600 musicians - singers, bell-ringers, organ, brass, percussion, strings and winds - dressed in elegant robes, and lit by candlelight singing some of the most ravishing music for the season.

• A Chanticleer Christmas
  A Chanticleer Christmas is American Public Media's one-hour celebration of the season as told through the glorious voices of Chanticleer, the 12-voice San Francisco-based men's choir.
• Minnesota Opera: Silent Night - Airs Friday on TPT
  Kevin Puts won the Pulitzer Prize for music with Silent Night, which received its world premiere by the Minnesota Opera in St. Paul. It is being broadcast on TPT Friday, December 21 at 8 p.m.
• New Classical Tracks: From Heavenly Harmony
  A new disc by the ensemble Ludus Baroque -- their name means "play" -- revels in Handel's Song for St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
• Childhood of Christ by Hector Berlioz
  Berlioz's gentle, sublime oratorio tells the story of Christ's birth and the holy family's journey across Egypt. It is a rarely performed masterpiece, one of only a handful of Berlioz works written for chamber orchestra.
• On Beethoven's Birthday, The Three Periods
  It was not long after Beethoven's death that people began to talk about "three periods" in his music. Despite the obvious simplifications involved, this division continues to be used and discussed today.
• Flicks in Five: Polar Express
  Alan Silvestri's music to a Tom Hanks extravaganza with Hanks giving voice to at least four characters. Based on Chris van Allsburg's award winning kids' book.