2012 Special Holiday Programs
 Dec. 18: Welcome Christmas! 2012 with VocalEssence |
 Dec. 19 Slavic Wonders: Christmas with the Rose Ensemble |
 Dec. 20 & 25: Christmas Music of the Baroque |
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 Dec. 24 & 25: Festival of 9 Lessons and Carols from King’s College |
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 Dec. 24: KCME’s Christmas Messiah |
 Dec. 24: All is Calm with Cantus |
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 Dec. 25: Amahl and the Night Visitors |
 Jan. 1: New Year’s Day from Vienna, 2013 |
Sponsorship Opportunities are Available
To sponsor any of these exquisite Holiday Programs on KCME, please contact us at 719-578-5263 or radiosales@kcme.org.
Welcome Christmas! 2012 with VocalEssence
Dec. 18, 8-9 p.m.
Described as “one of the irreplaceable music ensembles of our time” by the National Endowment of the Arts, Minneapolis-based VocalEssence has collaborated with iconic composer Aaron Copland, gospel group Sweet Honey in the Rock, and is a frequent guest on NPR’s homespun Prairie Home Companion. This brilliantly versatile choir hails the Christmas season with an hour of traditional and modern carols directed by Philip Brunelle.
Sponsored By:
The UPS Store
(719) 473-6778
2316 North Wasatch
Colorado Springs 80907
Slavic Wonders: Christmas with the Rose Ensemble
Dec. 19, 8-9 p.m.
The highly-acclaimed Rose Ensemble travels to Eastern Europe for an evening of ancient carols, mysterious chants, and joyful hymns mingled with engaging tales of folk heroes. The Rose Ensemble’s vocal blend and range has been called “supernatural” by critics. Close your eyes, crack open your best vodka, and let the Rose Ensemble transport you to snowy Poland, Bohemia, Ukraine and Russia.
Christmas Music of the Baroque
Dec. 20, 8-10 p.m. | Dec. 25, 6-8 a.m.
SSpend an evening wrapping presents accompanied by regal fanfares and angelic singing as Peter Van de Graaf hosts Music of the Baroque from downtown Chicago, a 16th and 17th century extravaganza of brass and choral music presented by nearly 60 world-class musicians. You’ll have another chance to hear this majestic concert on Christmas morning at 6:00.
Sponsored By:
Janska – Clothing That Comforts
(719) 634-2618
2255 Reliable Circle
Colorado Springs 80906
Chanticleer Christmas 2012
Dec. 21, 8-9 p.m.
If you have never heard San Francisco-based Chanticleer, tune in December 21 at 8pm and wonder how these twelve men cover such a boundless spectrum of vocal colors and ranges. Grammy-award winning Chanticleer presents a Christmas program spanning from medieval English carols and chants to modern arrangements of classic holiday melodies.
Deck the Hall with the Colorado Springs Chorale
Dec. 23, beginning at 3:00 p.m.
Bells are ringing inside and outside as director Donald Jenkins leads the Colorado Springs Chorale in a program of carols, traditional tunes and Christmas “pops” from the Pikes Peak Center.
Sponsored By:
Charlie Paterson Construction
(719) 635-5219
2620 West Cucharras Street
Colorado Springs 80904
Festival of 9 Lessons and Carols Live from King’s College
Dec. 24, 8-10 a.m.
It’s probably too late to book a trip across the pond for Ye Olde English Yuletide. But KCME is delighted to whisk you away this Christmas Eve for a morning Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols broadcast live from King’s College in Cambridge at 8 a.m.
Sponsored By:
Grace and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
(719) 328-1125
601 North Tejon Street
Colorado Springs 80903
Brother Heinrich’s Christmas
Dec. 24, 4 p.m.
Steal away from your busy Christmas Eve preparations at tea-time and enjoy a quick treat from John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers: Brother Heinrich’s Christmas, a charming fable of a monk, a helpful donkey and a familiar Christmas tune.
KCME’s Christmas Messiah
Dec. 24, 8-9 p.m.
It’s how we began our first broadcast over 30 years ago on Christmas Eve, and it’s our Christmas Eve tradition every year. Please join KCME at 8 p.m. for the Christmas portion of Handel’s magical masterpiece, Messiah.
All is Calm with Cantus
Dec. 24, 9-10 p.m.
Julie Amacher hosts an uplifting musical drama about the surprising 1914 World War I Christmas Truce. Theater Latte' Da and Cantus, one of America's most accomplished male choirs, have created a profoundly moving work of musical radio theater. Using the diary entries of soldiers and beautiful arrangements of Christmas favorites, All is Calm tells both sides of the story, as men who had been trying to kill each other in the fields of France, spontaneously put down their guns, walked across no-man's land, and sang together.
St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2012
Dec. 25, 8-10 a.m.
At 8:00 on Christmas Morning, join KCME for one of the oldest holiday music celebrations in the United States. Since 1912, the choirs and orchestra of St. Olaf College have presented a joyous Christmas festival which features more than 500 student musicians.
Sponsored By:
Clausen Books
(719) 471-5884
2131 North Weber Street
Colorado Springs 80907
Festival of 9 Lessons and Carols Live from King’s College
Dec. 25, 12-2 p.m. Rebroadcast
If you missed it live Christmas Eve morning, KCME is delighted to whisk you away this Christmas Afternoon for the broadcast of Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols recorded live from King’s College in Cambridge at 12 p.m.
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Dec. 25, 7-8 p.m.
After Christmas dinner, gather around the radio to laugh, weep and marvel over a classic performance of Gian Carlo Menotti’s poignant tale of a special child and his Christmas miracle.
New Year’s Day from Vienna, 2013
Jan. 1, 9-11 a.m.
Is 9:00 in the morning too early to pop the champagne cork? Not if it’s New Year’s Day and you’re on Austrian time! Pour an early glass of bubbly (or maybe your favorite hangover remedy?) and ring in 2013 with waltzes, marches and oodles of strudel and schlagobers from the Family Strauss with this live broadcast straight from Vienna.
Sponsorship Opportunities are Available
To sponsor any of these exquisite Holiday Programs on KCME, please contact us at 719-578-5263 or radiosales@kcme.org.