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Connecticut Yankee (Rodgers & Hart)
starring Eddie Albert

An Old Fashioned Christmas
Bell Telephone Hour, 1959-1966

New Year’s Concert, 2011
- From the Teatro La Fenice
with Daniel Harding

New Year Concert, 2010
-From the Teatro La Fenice
with Sir John Elliot Gardner

New Year's Concert 2009
-From the Teatro La Fenice
Georges Prêtre

New Year Concert 2008
- From the Teatro La Fenice
Roberto Abbado

Mireille (Abridged)
- & Pelléas et Mélisande (Act 2)
Alarie, Simoneau, Savoie,
Chiocchio, Dulude, Harbour,
Rouleau. Danco, Savoie, Jeanotte.

Harold Arlen:
- An All-Star Tribute

Cole Porter - All Star Tribute
Ethel Merman, John Raitt,
Martha Wright, Gretchen Wyler,
Peter Nero, and Jillana

Bell Telephone Hour!
Great Stars of Opera
- Vol 1, 2 & 3

Producers' Showcase:
Festival of Music, Vol 1 & 2

Great Singers of Russia Vol 1
"Chaliapin to Reizen"
Great Singers of Russia Vol 2
"Petrov to Kazarnovskaya"

Sherrill Milnes - All-Star Gala
Domingo, Freni, Miguenes,
Milnes, Schreier

by artist last name:

Anderson, Marian
A Portrait in Music

Bergonzi, Carlo
In Concert

Britten, Benjamin
Rehearsal & Performance
with Peter Pears

Bumbry, Grace
Art of Grace Bumbry
in Concert

Caballé, Montserrat
In Concert
In Recital, plus Norma Act 1
In Recital (1983)

Cook, Barbara
Bell Telephone Appearances

Curtin, Phyllis
Cosí fan Tutte, Act 1

Del Monaco, Mario
Scenes: Carmen and Pagliacci

De Los Angeles, Victoria
Glory of Spain
with McGill Chamber Orchestra

Di Stefano, Giuseppe
La Voce del Cuore

Drake, Alfred
Kiss Me, Kate

Farrell, Eileen
American Prima Donna

Freni, Mirrela
with Cesare Siepi in Concert

Gray, Dolores
Bell Telephone Hour

Henderson, Florence
First Ladies of Broadway
Bell Telephone Hour

Horne, Marilyn
Berlioz: Les Nuits d’Été
In Recital - Milan, 1981
in Concert

Hvorostovsky, Dimitri
Songs of the Russian War Years
In Concert

Jackson, Mahalia
TV from 1957 to 1962

Janowitz, Gundula
in Recital

Jones, Gwyneth
In Concert

Jones, Shirley
First Ladies of Broadway
Bell Telephone Hour

Kraus, Alfredo
Live in Salzburg
In Recital

Larmore, Jennifer
In Performance

Lawrence, Carol
Bell Telephone Hour

London, George
A Tribute

Lenya, Lotte
Theater Songs of Brecht & Weill

Lorengar, Pilar
In Recital

May, Gisela
Theater Songs of Brecht & Weill

Martin, Mary
& Merman, Ethel
Ford's 50th Anniversary

Milnes, Sherrill
An All Star Gala

Moffo, Anna
A Tribute

Morison, Patricia
Kiss Me, Kate

Nikolaidi, Elena
In Recital

Nilsson, Birgit
Bell Telephone Hour

Oberlin, Russell
America's Legendary
Countertenor

Olivero, Magda
Songs and Arias

Pavarotti, Luciano
The 1984 Bari Recital

Pears, Peter
Britten in Rehearsal
& Performance

Price, Leontyne
Art of
Christmas With

Quilico, Louis
Concerto Italiano
A Portrait (w/ Tebaldi)

Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
A Viennese Evening

Scotto, Renata
In Budapest

Siepi, Cesare
with Mirrela Freni in Concert

Souzay, Gérard
The Art of Vols. 1 & 2

Steber, Eleanor
Cosí fan Tutte, Act 1

Sutherland, Joan
Complete Bell Telephone
The Art of Joan Sutherland

Tebaldi, Renata
Concerto Italiano
A Portrait

Te Kanawa, Kiri
An Evening with

Vickers, Jon
Four Operatic Portraits
Vickers & Böhm
Early TV Appearances

An Old-Fashioned Christmas – Bell Telephone Hour Telecasts, 1959-1966
VAI DVD 4490, $19.95

Florence Henderson stars in and hosts this magnificent collection of over 40 Christmas favorites, from Carols to Classical to Pop songs such as "The Christmas Song" (“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”) and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” Other performers include Gianna d'Angelo, Phyllis Curtin, Lisa Della Casa, Anita Gillette, Mildred Miller, Sherrill Milnes, Giorgio Tozzi, Earl Wrightson, Bruce Yarnell, and the Buffalo Bills. The Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra & Chorus; Donald Voorhees, conductor. 107 minutes, Color, mono, 4:3, All regions.

Full program details:

An Old-Fashioned Christmas
Bell Telephone Hour Telecasts, 1959-1966

Florence Henderson (host and performer), Gianna d’Angelo, Phyllis Curtin, Lisa Della Casa, Anita Gillette, Mildred Miller, Sherrill Milnes, Giorgio Tozzi, Earl Wrightson, Bruce Yarnell, The Buffalo Bills, Brunilda Ruiz & Richard Gain.

Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra & Chorus

Donald Voorhees, conductor

Part I: CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE AGES
Telecast of December 18, 1966

1. Introduction: Joy to the World
performed by Entire Cast

2. In Dulci Jubilo
performed by Sherrill Milnes

3. Mary Walks Amid the Thorn
performed by Gianna d'Angelo

4. Young and Old Must Raise the Lay
performed by Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

5. The Coventry Carol (“Lully, Lullay, Thou Little Tiny Child”)
performed by Gianna d'Angelo

6. O Come, O Come, Emanuel
performed by Sherrill Milnes, Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

7. O Tannenbaum
performed by Florence Henderson, Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

8. March of the Kings (“Three Great Kings”)
performed by Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

9. The Cherry Tree Carol
performed by Brunilda Ruiz and Richard Gain;
Gianna d’Angelo and Sherrill Milnes

10. Born Is Jesus, the Infant King
performed by Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

11. Lo, How a Rose e’er Blooming
performed by Sherrill Milnes

12. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
performed by Gianna d'Angelo

13. Medley: Shepherds, Shake off Your Drowsy Sleep;
To Us Is Born a Little Child; The Three Kings
performed by Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

14. The First Noël
performed by Florence Henderson

15. “Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light”
from Christmas Oratorio (Bach)
performed by Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

16. Medley: Adeste Fideles; Deck the Halls
performed by Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

17. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
performed by Bruce Yarnell 

18. O Little Town of Bethlehem
performed by Anita Gillette

19. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
performed by Gianna d’Angelo, Sherrill Milnes

20. Here We Come A-Wassailing
performed by Bruce Yarnell, Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

21. The Holly and the Ivy
performed by Anita Gillette; Brunilda Ruiz and Richard Gain,
Bell Telephone Hour Dancers

22. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
performed by Yarnell, Gillette

23. Medley: Christmas is Coming; I Saw Three Ships;
Christmas Bells
performed by Florence Henderson, Children’s Chorus

24. Away in a Manger
performed by Florence Henderson

25. Joy to the World
performed by Entire Cast

26. The Christmas Story (Luke 2:8-16)
performed by Florence Henderson, Bell Telephone Hour Chorus, Soloists

27. Silent Night
performed by Entire Cast

Part II: AN OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS
Telecast of December 23, 1962

28. Deck the Halls
performed by Florence Henderson, Earl Wrightson, Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

29. The Christmas Song (“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”)
by Robert Wells, Mel Tormé
Used By Permission of Edwin H. Morris & Company,
a Division of MPL Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)
and SONY/ATV Tunes LLC
performed by Florence Henderson, Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

30. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
performed by Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

31. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
performed by the Buffalo Bills

32. Let it Snow, Let it Snow
By Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
Used By Permission of WB Music Corp (ASCAP) o/b/o Cahn Music Co.
and Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) o/b/o Producers Music Publishers Co.
performed by Earl Wrightson

33. Let’s Have an Old-Fashioned Christmas
by Larry Conley, Joe Solomon
Used By Permission of Edwin H. Morris & Company,
a division of MPL Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)
performed by Florence Henderson, Earl Wrightson,
Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

34. Joy to the World
performed by Florence Henderson, Earl Wrightson,
Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

35. O Little Town of Bethlehem
performed by Mildred Miller

36. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
performed by Earl Wrightson, Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

37. Christmas Waltz
by Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
Used by Permission of Warner Chappell Music Inc.
performed by Florence Henderson

38. Medley: Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Gillepsie & Coots)
by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
Used by Permission of EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
and Larry Spier Music LLC/Haven Gillespie Music Publishing
All rights reserved.

Be a Santa
by Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Used by Permission of Chappell & Co., Inc.
performed by Buffalo Bills, Florence Henderson, Earl Wrightson,
Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

Part III: A CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS 
Telecast of December 18, 1959:
39. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
performed by Giorgio Tozzi, Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

40. Deck the Halls
performed by Bell Telephone Hour Chorus

41. I Saw Three Ships
performed by Lisa Della Casa

42. What Child is This (Greensleeves)
performed by Giorgio Tozzi

43. The Coventry Carol (“Lully, Lullay, Thou Little Tiny Child”)
performed by Lisa Della Casa, Giorgio Tozzi,
Bell Telephone Hour Chorus 

Telecast of December 23, 1962:
44. I Wonder as I Wander
By John Jacob Niles
Used by Permission of G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP)
performed by Mildred Miller

45. O Leave Your Sheep
performed by Mildred Miller 

Telecast of December 24, 1963:
46. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
performed by Phyllis Curtin

47. Lo, How a Rose e’er Blooming
performed by Phyllis Curtin

48. O Come, O Come, Emanuel
performed by Phyllis Curtin

Telecast of December 22, 1964:
49. The First Noël
performed by Phyllis Curtin

50. "Alleluja" (Mozart)
performed by Phyllis Curtin
Telecast of December 22, 1961:

51. Jesu Bambino
performed by Lisa Della Casa

52. "Ave Maria" (Bach/Gounod)
performed by Lisa Della Casa

53. “Come Unto Him” from Messiah (Handel)
performed by Lisa Della Casa

Telecast of December 18, 1959:
54. Cantique de Noël (“O Holy Night”)
performed by Lisa Della Casa

Telecasts originally produced for the Bell Telephone Hour Television Series
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