4:50 p.m., Eight Bright Candles. Hanukkah begins at sundown on Tuesday, December 4. We’ll run a total of eight short, originally produced features at 4:50 p.m. daily. Look for a bit of conversation, a bit of music, a bit of celebration!

12-1 p.m., a repeat of the All Classical Comfort & Joy Special (which first aired November 22). And be sure to listen throughout the month for highlighted cuts from Comfort & Joy, the KBPS-produced CD featuring music selected by our own on-air hosts.

6-8 p.m. Bach Christmas Oratorio Special (locally produced). Note: Replaces Choral Classics. The Sunday Afternoon Request Show and New York Philharmonic will be heard one hour earlier, at 2-4 p.m. and 4-6 p.m., respectively. Pipedreams will play as usual at 8 p.m.

10 a.m.-noon. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, 2007. A live, two-hour music and spoken-word broadcast from the chapel of King's College, Cambridge, England, presenting the legendary Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service (Biblical readings and music) as performed by the 30-voice King's College Choir. Repeats on Christmas day, 1-3 p.m.
6-9 p.m. An All Classical Christmas Eve (locally produced). A three-hour holiday mix of favorite carols, brass, a “Christmas Concerto” or two, and “Twas the Night Before Christmas” narrated by Edmund Stone. By turns mellow and festive, we hope this is the perfect soundtrack for your Christmas Eve..
9-11 p.m. Handel’s Messiah, from a concert performed this month at Heinz Hall by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Julian Wachner, conductor, and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Betsy Burleigh, Music Director.

8-10 a.m. Music of the Baroque Christmas Special. Chicago’s Music of the Baroque (conducted by Edward Zelnis) offers its annual Brass and Choral Holiday Concert. Host Peter Van De Graaff guides us through music of the 16th and 17th centuries by composers such as Praetorius, Gabrieli, Buxtehude, Zielenski and others.
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tchaikovsky’s Complete Nutcracker ballet (details to be announced).
1-3 p.m. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, 2007 (repeat from Christmas Eve, see above).
9-11 p.m. Christmas Night Symphony, the Deutsche Welle Festival: Britten, Violin Concerto (1939) and Beethoven, Symphony no. 9, recorded at Beethoven Hall, Bonn. Jonathan Nott conducting the Bamburg Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

8 a.m. Tune in for the start of the countdown of the All Classical Top 89, the 89 most popular classical pieces of all time as voted by you, our listeners. The countdown will also include some of the nearly 400 pieces that received votes but did not make the Top 89. Runs through New Year's Eve.

8-10 a.m. A pre-opera special — Maria Callas, The Legend Lives On. To mark the 30th anniversary of Callas’ death, EMI is releasing a 70-CD set of all her studio recordings as well as 13 live concert and recital performances, including some unofficial, privately made recordings. These recordings form the backbone of a two-hour tribute in which many distinguished singers, conductors and others who knew and worked with Callas recall her unique qualities. Maria Callas is also heard in conversation with the former New York Times critic and Texaco Metropolitan Opera Quiz host, Edward Downes.

Time to be announced. The traditional New Year’s Eve playing of the final pieces in the Top 89 countdown. Who will be number 1 this year?! You won’t want to miss it!

12 noon. We take you to the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna for the most popular classical music concert in the world, the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert. Make plans to ring in the New Year with the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert and All Classical 89.9. (Repeats at 7 p.m.)