With lockdown restrictions, a gloom has descended on the holiday season with all in person concerts and performances canceled. But despite a make or break year for most arts groups, many Bay Area ...

To say we were spoilt for choice in choosing 10 classical recordings from 2025 for your Christmas stocking would be putting it mildly. Despite the endlessly repeated prophecies of the “death of ...

The flow of good classical Christmas albums seems to have slowed to a trickle. And that's got one holiday listener longing for holiday albums from... Whatever Happened To The Classical Christmas Album ...

Pick of my Christmas discs is this sublime collection from Trio Mediæval on the Norwegian audiophile label 2L, reflecting yuletide’s origins in Northern European pagan culture. Imaginative and ...

It’s quite festive over at Kleinhans, with the hall decorated with trees and wreaths and tinsel and garland; the ladies in the chorus and orchestra sporting scarlet blouses and the men in black suits ...

What a wonderful and completely affecting piece. Written in 1933, Die Weihnachtsgeschichte (the nativity story) for a capella choir and four soloists performing six roles by Hugo Distler (1908-1942), ...

The congregation at St. Cyril of Jerusalem Catholic Church enjoyed a classical Christmas music program, “Carols with St. Cyril Choir and Orchestra,” that was included as part of the Christmas day’s ...

Given that December routinely “brings it on” in terms of holiday concerts and special events, you’d think there would be a traffic pile-up on the collective calendar. And yet the pillars of the season ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are you a Jingle Bells person? Maybe Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree? Dominick the Donkey, maybe? If you're one of the people ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Christmas version of Mariah Carey has officially emerged from hibernation. In order words, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas — or at least sound like it. SiriusXM ...

For many, the Christmas season starts right after Halloween. And Sirius XM knows it. The satellite radio company is ready to bring a diverse set of radio channels playing holiday music 24/7 starting ...