This week on Open Air, host David Latulippe talks to Artistic Director Warren Stewart of the Magnificat Baroque Ensemble about upcoming performances of 'A Venetian Christmas Mass' in Palo Alto, Berkeley and San Francisco, featuring music from Giovanni Gabrieli and Claudio Monteverdi; Bay Area Cabaret star Craig Jessup stops by to discuss his show 'A Swell Noel', playing at the Aurora Theater in Berkeley, in which he sings selections from composers like Noel Coward, Stephen Sondheim, the Gershwins and Rodgers and Hart; and regular contributor Peter Robinson presents his favorite movies, books and words of the year and gives a take on All Things Christmas. Open Air, originally broadcast on December 19, 2013. Listen now or anytime.