After a much-longer than expected hiatus, No Sounds Are Forbidden will return on 18 December for a very special Avant-Garde Holiday Spectacular that will be, well… spectacular! With special guest Dr. Jill Rogers of University College Cork, Matthew Friedman will explore how the most adventurous composers of the 20th and 21st centuries celebrated the holidays or, often enough, didn’t. Tune in on H-Net and iTunes to hear great holiday music by Krzysztof Penderecki, Olivier Messiaen, John Adams, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, and much more! We’re not kidding.