Christmas Eve with Cerys
Join Cerys for an eclectic festive selection to keep you company on Christmas Eve. This week Cerys' guest is historian Judith Flanders who explains some of our festive traditions.
Join Cerys for an eclectic festive selection to keep you company on Christmas Eve. This weekend Cerys' guest is bestselling author and acclaimed historian Judith Flanders who explains some of the origins behind our Christmas traditions. She'll share it's myths, legends and history - from the first Christmas tree in Central Europe to the origins of Santa Claus.
Cerys also welcomes a selection of her guests from the year to share their Christmas Eve activities including adventurer Mike Keen, author Caroline Taggart and chef, Maria Bradford.
And if that wasn't festive enough, Cerys plays a special recording of Bob Dylan reading 'Twas The Night Before Christmas and Dylan Thomas reading A Child's Christmas.
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Stevie Wonder
Higher Ground
- Motown.
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Camar贸n de la Isla
Volando Voy
- Lo Mejor De Camar贸n.
- Universal Music Spain S.L..
- 2.
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Richard Burton
Frost at Midnight
- The Richard Burton Poetry Collection.
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Mahalia Jackson & Marty Paich
The First Noel
- Christmas with Mahalia.
- Columbia.
- 3.
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Fiddlin鈥� Bob Larkan & His Music Makers
Paddy, Won't You Drink Some Good Old Cider
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Aretha Franklin
Baby, I Love You (Live at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, May 7, 1968)
- ARETHA.
- Rhino Atlantic.
- 1.
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Angelo Petisi & His Mandolins
Tarentella parigina
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Charles Bradley
Every Day Is Christmas
- Daptone Records Singles Collection: Volume 4.
- Daptone Records.
- 3.
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Jesse Winchester
Snow
- Jesse Winchester.
- Rhino.
- 3.
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Melba Liston, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak, Slide Hampton, Ray Bryant, George Tucker & Frank Dunlop
Christmas Eve
- Melba Liston and Her 'Bones.
- Fresh Sound Records.
- 1.
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The Pogues
A Pair Of Brown Eyes
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Dylan Thomas
A Child's Christmas in Wales
- Dylan Thomas Reading Vol. 1.
- Sunday Club Records.
- 2.
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LandesChor Hohensalzburg & Reiterer Vocalensemble
Andachtsjodler (Live)
- ; Das Beste vom Salzburger Advent : Salzburgs sch枚nstes Adventsingen (Original L.
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Dylan Thomas
A Child's Christmas in Wales
- Dylan Thomas Reading Vol. 1.
- Sunday Club Records.
- 2.
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Orchestra, Robert Chauvigny & 脡dith Piaf
La Foule
- 脡迟别谤苍别濒濒别.
- Parlophone (France).
- 11.
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Dylan Thomas
A Child's Christmas in Wales
- Dylan Thomas Reading Vol. 1.
- Sunday Club Records.
- 2.
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Vince Guaraldi Trio
O Tannenbaum
- A Charlie Brown Christmas [2012 Remastered & Expanded Edition].
- Craft Recordings.
- 1.
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Phil Manzanera & Andy Mackay
Good King Wenceslas (feat. The Players)
- Christmas - Mackay & Manzanera.
- BFD.
- 3.
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Dylan Thomas
A Child's Christmas in Wales
- Dylan Thomas Reading Vol. 1.
- Sunday Club Records.
- 2.
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Gjermund Larsen Trio
惭辞谤驳别苍蝉濒氓迟迟 (feat. Gjermund Larsen, Andreas Utnem & Sondre Meisfjord)
- T酶yen Sessions.
- Heilo.
- 1.
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Peter Dawson
Drake's Drum
- Centenary Celebrations.
- Parlophone UK.
- 16.
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Man the Lifeboats
Whisky For Christmas
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Asha Bhosle
Karle Pyar Karle
- The Train / Sachaa Jhutha.
- Universal.
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Django Reinhardt
Christmas Swing
- 100 Classic Masters.
- Stardust Records.
- 88.
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Rachid Taha
Minouche
- Believe International.
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Anna King
Mama's Got a Bag of Her Own End
- Mama's Got A Bag Of Her Own.
- Parlophone UK.
- 7.
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The Count Basie Orchestra
Let It Snow (feat. Ellis Marsalis)
- A Very Swingin鈥� Basie Christmas!.
- Concord Records.
- 2.
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The Maytones & Trevor
Everyday Is Like a Holiday
- Dub Store Records.
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Guillermo Portabales
Cumbiamba
- El Carretero.
- World Circuit.
- 2.
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The Band
Christmas Must Be Tonight
- To Kingdom Come (The Definitive Collection).
- Capitol Records.
- 12.
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Makgona Tsohle Band
Soweto Bump
- Mathaka, Vol. 2.
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Mikis Theodorakis
Cretan Dance: Theme from Zorba the Greek
- Zorba the Greek (Remastered).
- FM Records.
- 7.
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Nilla Pizzi
Buon Natale
- Sotto l'albero di Natale.
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Liz Berry, Cerys Matthews & Hidden Orchestra
Christmas Eve
- Christmas Eve.
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
- 1.
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Steamhammer
Junior's Wailing - 21st Century Version
- Wailing Again.
- MIG.
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The Horus All Stars
Cristo Redentor
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Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
White Christmas
- The Best of Clyde Mcphatter and the Drifters.
- Black Sheep Music.
- 12.
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Robin Williams
I'm Popeye The Sailor Man
- Popeye (Music From The Motion Picture / The Deluxe Edition).
- Varese Sarabande.
- 19.
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Romica Puceanu
La C芒rciuma De La Drum
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Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 / Part One - For The First Day Of Christmas
- Bach, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio; St. Matthew Passion; St. John Passion; Mass in B.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Go Tell It On The Mountain
- The Season For Miracles.
- UNI/MOTOWN.
- 8.
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Tania
Parranda De Navidad
- 15 Grandes 脡xitos De Tania.
- Musart-Balboa.
- 14.
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Carter Brothers
Roast Possum
- The Essential.
- Fuel 2000.
- 20.
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Guillaume Nouaux & Luca Filastro
Handful Of Keys
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Barclay James Harvest
Good Love Child
- Barclay James Harvest.
- Cherry Red Records.
- 5.
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Luis Miguel
M茅xico En La Piel
- Mexico en la Piel (edicion diamante).
- WEA Latina.
- 4.
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Bee Gees
Stayin' Alive
- Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
- Polydor.
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Billie Holiday & Count Basie and His Orchestra
Swing, Brother, Swing (Live)
- Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia - Vol. 8.
- Columbia/Legacy.
- 4.
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Grupo Revela莽茫o
T谩 Escrito
- Ao Vivo No Morro.
- Deckdisc.
- 3.
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Augie Rios
驴D贸nde Est谩 Santa Claus?
- 驴D贸nde Est谩 Santa Claus?.
- Polydor.
- 1.
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Joseph Spence
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
- Living On The Hallelujah Side.
- Rounder.
- 6.
Broadcast
- Christmas Eve 2023 10:00主播大秀 Radio 6 Music