A selection of new pieces and recent archive recordings from past Miscellany live shows at Christmas, in Dublin and Wexford, with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and special guests

New writing:

Winter Dreaming, by Mary O'Donnell

Piano Man, by John Toal

December Birthdays, by Jackie Lynam

A Yola Christmas, by Alison Ní Mháirtín

A Christmas Ball, by Paul Rouse

Aingil na bhFlaitheas, by the late Manchán Magan,

Summer Yearn, a poem by Eithne Hand

Music:

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, played by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle

Woodbrook, by Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, performed by Conor Linehan and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in the National Concert Hall, featuring Michael Seaver on soprano saxophone

Skaters’ Waltz, by Emile Waldteufel, Boulavogue, sung by John Molloy; the arranger was Éamon Ó Gallchobhair

The Wexford Carol, arranged by Cormac McCarthy and sung by Piaras Ó Lorcáin

Amhrán na Feidireachta, by Liam Ó Maonlaí, sung by Caoimhe Ní Fhlaharta and Séamus Ó Flatharta