Get in the spirit with WVIK's holiday broadcasts

Holiday programming will begin on Sunday, Dec. 2, as Dave Garner, Mindy Heusel, and Michael Wahlmann mix in holiday favorites from the WVIK library with their regularly scheduled programs: "Morning Classics," "Perspective" and "Serenade." Then tune in for the next month for music of the season from the Quad Cities and abroad, and special programming from NPR.

Specials

Hanukkah Lights 2012, 7 p.m. Dec. 10

Hanukkkah stories by acclaimed authors read by Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz

Handel Oratorio Society 'Messiah,' 7 p.m. Dec. 16

Jon Hurty and the Handel Oratorio Society chorus, orchestra and soloists in the annual performance of Handel's masterwork, performed at Augustana College.

"Amahl & The Night Visitors", 2 p.m. Dec 23

Join Mindy Heusel at 2 p.m. hosting John Carlo Menotti's' Christmas Classic.

"It's a Wonderful Life," 7 p.m. Dec. 23

This radio play by Joe Landry was produced in cooperation with WQPT Public Television with local actors.

Christmas Eve programming

9 a.m. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

Live from Cambridge, England, the legendary Christmas service performed by the King's College Choir.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Morning Classics and Perspective

Music for the season with Dave Garner in the morning and Mindy Heusel in the afternoon.

7 p.m. Tinsel Tales

NPR Christmas Favorites: Stories from the NPR archives that touch on the meaning of Christmas

8 p.m. Performance Today

A holiday edition of American Public Media's classical music magazine program.

10 p.m. A Nova Christmas

Music director Laura Lane leads Nova Singers in their annual concert of Christmas favorites.

Christmas Day programming

9 a.m. A Choral Christmas with Stile Antico

London's award-winning choir visits St. Paul's Church on Harvard Square for a concert of sacred music from the renaissance.

10 a.m. A Nova Christmas

Music director Laura Lane leads Nova Singers in their annual concert of Christmas favorites.

Noon: Echoes of Christmas

From the archives of the Dale Warland Singers, moving selections of choral classics celebrating Christmas.

1 p.m. St. Olaf Christmas Festival

Hymns, carols, choral works, and orchestral selections celebrating the nativity from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN.

3 p.m. A Chanticleer Christmas

America's premier male chorus celebrates Christmas with arrangements of classic and contemporary carols.

New Year's Eve programming

8 p.m.-1 a.m. Toast of the Nation

Rhonda Hamilton anchors live music for New Year's Eve. Count down, sing along, and dance to live music.

New Year's Day programming

10 a.m. New Year's Day from Vienna 2013

The Vienna Philharmonic presents its annual concert from the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna.