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Media/Arts Briefs

Christmas production

Sunday Afternoon Live on Dec. 7

Master Chorale:
To perform Christmas concerts

MADISON -- The Wisconsin Master Chorale (WMC) will present its third annual Christmas concert entitled Christmas Past, Christmas Present.

The 56-voice chorale will be performing at the following times: 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Stevens Point; 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, at St. James Catholic Church, Madison; and 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, at St. Stephen Catholic Church, Stevens Point.

Christmas Past portion includes Palestrina and Hassler double choir motets and classics such as Schubert's Ave Maria, Victoria's O Magnum Mysterium, and Gounod's Sanctus.

Christmas Present will feature Christiansen's Lost in the Night, Rutter's Angels' Carol, and Willian's The Three Kings, as well as many favorite carols in refreshing new arrangements.

The highlight of this year's concert will be the Daniel Pinkham Christmas Cantata, accompanied by Double Brass Choirs.

The WMC is under the artistic direction of Barbara Towey. A graduate of St. Olaf College, she has long been known for her outstanding choirs at Stevens Point Area Senior High School and Trinity Lutheran Church of Stevens Point.

Tickets are on sale from chorale members and at St. James Catholic Church, UW Ticket Office, and at the door. Call 715-344-4695 for further information.

TV Programs of Note

Following are some theatrical movies and television programs of note. This information is being provided to assist people in making viewing choices.

Monday-Friday, 2:30 p.m., Inspiration Channel (cable) -- Catholic Mass.

Monday-Sunday, 7 a.m., 11:10 a.m., 6 p.m., 11 p.m., EWTN (cable) -- Daily Mass. No 6 p.m. showing on Sunday.

Saturday, Dec. 6, 11 a.m., WHA (PBS) -- There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem With Dr. Wayne Dyer. Best-selling author and leading teacher of transformational wisdom Dr. Wayne Dyer draws from various spiritual traditions, with special focus on the prayer of St. Francis, to help viewers unplug from the material world and awaken to their inner purpose and true potential.

Saturday, Dec. 6, 1 p.m., WHA (PBS) -- John Tesh's Christmas in Positano. Filmed on the Amalfi Coast of Italy, this program features a mix of Christmas classics. Tesh, his band, and the Italian Symphony perform in outdoor venues, villages, and historic cathedrals along the Italian coastline, including the harbor in Positano, the cathedral in Amalfi, the main square in Ravello, and the cliffs overlooking Sorrento.

Saturday, Dec. 6, 5 p.m., WHA (PBS) -- A Welk Family Christmas. The stars of The Lawrence Welk Show reunite with a guest appearance by the Osmond Brothers to share past holiday memories and more than 30 favorite Christmas songs.

Sunday, Dec. 7, 7 a.m., WISC (CBS) -- Mass. Celebrated by Msgr. Thomas Campion, sponsored by Apostolate to the Handicapped.

Sunday, Dec. 7, 3:30 p.m., EWTN (cable) -- Advent Reflections. Viewers are invited to join Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, archbishop for the military services, in this year's Advent Reflections. Repeats 10:30 p.m. Dec. 9 and 9:30 a.m. Dec. 10.

Sunday, Dec. 7, 8:30 p.m., WYOU (cable) -- Christopher Close-Up: "The First Christmas." Christopher Plummer narrates this clay animation version of the traditional biblical Nativity story.

Monday, Dec. 8, 11 a.m., EWTN (cable) -- Solemn Mass of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Repeats 11 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 10, 8:30 p.m., WHA (PBS) -- Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 2, described by the composer as music that "might have been written for a pair of newlyweds," is conducted by Andreas Delfs.

Wednesday, Dec. 10, 9:30 p.m., WHA (PBS) -- Great Performances: "Berlin Philharmonic: Europakonzert From Lisbon." Performed in a different European city each year, Berlin Philharmonic's annual "Europakonzert" commemorates the orchestra's 1882 founding while celebrating the cultural life of the European community. From the historic Mosteiro dos Jeronimos monastery in Lisbon, Portugal, the 2003 concert features conductor Pierre Boulez and pianist Maria Joao Pires in works by Ravel, Mozart, and Debussy.

Saturday, Dec. 13, 8 p.m., WKOW (ABC) -- I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998). Witless road movie in which a manipulative college student (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) must get cross-country by Christmas Eve to claim a luxury car while worrying that a romantic rival will steal his girlfriend. As blandly directed by Arlene Sanford, the comic situations are highly contrived and the student's transformation from smug to sweet is unconvincing. An indulgent attitude toward lying, cheating, and stealing as well as fleeting sexual innuendo. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification of the theatrical version was A-III - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating was PG - parental guidance suggested.

Radio Programs of Note

Monday, Dec. 8, 1 p.m., WHFA (1240AM) -- Reasons for the Season. Relevant Radio and Bishop Robert C. Morlino have teamed up to answer questions on this special Advent series. Repeats 11 p.m., Monday, Dec. 8 and 9 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 9.