Holiday music

When I was a teenager, my favorite time during the holidays was after everyone else had gone to bed and I could sit up late, with only the twinkling of…

If the English horn were a singer, it would be one of the great contraltos – Kathleen Ferrier, perhaps, or Marian Anderson.When an English horn sounds at…

Imagine, if you can, Christmas without Christmas cookies, or bright lights, or Christmas music.“Can you imagine that? Christmas without not only carols,…

Where did the year go? While December can really pile on the stress with winter weather, holiday preparations, work deadlines and family visits, it’s also…

Christmas mornings are special, and that's why I am so pleased to offer you a few Musical Christmas Gifts under your tree at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 25 on…

Christmas mornings are special, and that's why I am so pleased to offer you a few Musical Christmas Gifts under your tree at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 25 on…

As a kid growing up in Louisiana, you never knew whether you’d be wearing shorts or sweaters for Christmas, so it was sometimes difficult to get in the…

My colleagues and I have each been asked to put together an hour of our favorite holiday music for broadcast during Christmas weekend.I've never been any…

The days are getting shorter, the cold is setting in and the holiday hubbub is descending on us like the Grinch down hillside in his overburdened sled.But…

What I'm calling An English Pastorale is an hour of music I've selected that I hope will suit the mood of the holiday season without sticking exclusively…