Curtain Call host Charles Sepos chats first with Chanticleer Music Director Jace Wittig. They talk about “A Chanticleer Christmas,” in two Tuesday evening performances at St. Vincent Church, Petaluma, as well as December 13th through 23rd in other venues throughout the Bay Area.

Next, Philharmonia Baroque Music Director Nicholas McGegan previews Handel’s “Messiah,” Sunday afternoon at Weill Hall, Green Music Center.

Next, folk revival singer-songwriter Joanne Rand talks about her new CD “Stories from the Inside Out,” and about her Saturday afternoon appearance at the 19th annual Goddess Crafts Faire at Sebastopol Community Center and her December 20th performance at Hopmonk Tavern, Novato.