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A Renaissance Christmas: ...more with the early music wind band Piffaro in NPR's Studio 4-A. The members of the band are: Adam Gilbert, Rotem (ROH-tem) Gilbert, Grant Herreid (HAIR-ed), Joan Kimball, Robert Wiemken (WIM-kin), and Tom Zajac (ZAY-jak). In this segment, we'll hear first a traditional 16th-century Noel, sung by soprano Laura Heimes, and then a piece that features the recorder family, "O Magnum Mysterium" (oh MAHN-yoom mis-TEH-ree-oom--"Oh Great Mystery"). Then it's another set of seasonal tunes: first a song called "A Young Virgin of Noble Heart," then an instrumental piece "Where are you going Madame Lucette," and ending up with a song called "Stir Yourselves, Shepherds of Judea." (NPR)

Christmas with the Riga Dom Boys Choir: The Riga Dom Boys Choir concludes its in-studio concert with a set of holiday favorites: "O Come All Ye Faithful," Sussex Carol, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" and "Whence is that Goodly Fragrance Flowing." (NPR)

String Carols: From "Rejoice! A String Quartet Christmas," we'll hear two carols: "What Child is This," and "O Come, O Come Emmanuel. (JMR 12)

Dance music for lute: From a February concert at the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center in Athens, Georgia, Paul O'Dette performs lute music by John Dowland. We hear four pieces from the concert: "Sir Henry Guilford, his Almaine," "Lachrimae Pavan," "The most sacred Queene Elizabeth, her Galliard," and "Fantasie." (ACA Digital Recording/Horton Systems Co.)

Mozart's "Turkish" Concerto has the cellists and bassists smacking their strings with the woody side of their bows. This performance of his Violin Concerto No. 5 from the O.K. Mozart Festival in Bartlesville, Oklahoma also showcases Pinchas Zukerman (PEEN-kahss ZOO-ker-mahn) in fine form as soloist and conductor of the Solisti (soh-LEE-stee) New York Orchestra. (Paul Blakemore Recordings/KWGS Tulsa)

Mozart Winds: Nachtmusic plays two arias from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute," arranged for winds. The arias we'll hear are "O Isis and Osiris" and "A Sweetheart or a Wife." (Glossa GCD 2K0601)

Copland at 100: We're celebrating Aaron Copland's 100th birthday today. The jazzy side of Copland can be found in his neglected Piano Concerto from 1926. We'll hear a concert performance featuring conductor Marin Alsop, the Colorado Symphony and soloist Christopher O'Riley. It's from a concert last January at Boettcher (BETCH-er) Concert Hall. (Leslie Gaston Recordings)

Mozart Winds: Nachtmusic plays two arias from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute," arranged for winds. The arias we'll hear are "O Isis and Osiris" and "A Sweetheart or a Wife." (Glossa GCD 2K0601)

Pickin' with Paul: Lutenist Paul O'Dette breaks out his Baroque guitar for a set of dance tunes by adventurous Spanish composer Santiago de Murcia (sahn-tee-YAH-goh deh moor-SEE-ah). From a February recital at the University of Georgia, in Athens, O'Dette performs Canarios, (kah-NAH-ree-ohss) Passacaglia, and Fandango. (ACA Digital Recording/Horton Systems Co.)

Summerfest Fairy Tale: From this summer's chamber music festival in California called Summerfest La Jolla (HOY-ya), cellist Carter Brey (BRAY) and pianist Christopher O'Riley perform "Fairy Tale" by Czech composer Leos Janacek (LAY-ohsh YAH-nah-check). (Seetoo Productions)