Programs · Episode
Friday, February 14, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Friday, February 14, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Peter Maxwell Davies · An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise Max Hobart, violin; Nancy Crutcher Tunnicliffe, bagpipes · Boston Pops Orchestra John Williams Philips 420946 "Pops Britannia" | |
| Darius Milhaud · Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 136 Hee-Young Lim, cello · London Symphony Orchestra Scott Yoo Sony 80425 "French Cello Concertos" | |
| Giovanni Punto · Horn Concerto No. 5 in F Barry Tuckwell, horn · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner EMI Angel 37781 "Punto: Four Horn Concertos" | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · Variations for Clarinet & String Quartet Dmitri Ashkenazy, clarinet · Bologna Community Theatre Philharmonic Riccardo Chailly Decca 433701 "Rossini: String Sonatas Vol. 1" | |
6 am | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (1st mvt.) Academy of Ancient Music, Berlin Bernhard Forck Harmonia Mundi 902425 "Beethoven: Symphony No. 3" | |
| Hector Berlioz · A Ball (waltz), from Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 Lyon National Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Naxos 8572886 "Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique" | |
| Johann Pachelbel · Canon in D Paillard Chamber Orchestra Jean-Francois Paillard RCA Red Seal 5468 "Pachelbel - Canon" | |
| Paul-Agricola Genin · Carnival of Venice, Op. 146 Paula Robison, flute · Tokyo Academy Ensemble Fumiki Asazuma Sony 45523 "Greatest Hits of the Flute" | |
| George Gershwin · Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin, piano (1925 piano roll) · Columbia Jazz Band Michael Tilson Thomas Sony Classical 93018 "Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue" | |
7 am | |
| Aaron Copland · Fanfare for the Common Man Seattle Symphony Orchestra Gerard Schwarz Delos 3140 "Portraits of Freedom: Copland, Harris" | |
| Franz Liszt · Liebestraum (Love's Dream) No. 3 Daniel Barenboim, piano Deutsche Grammophon 001565102 "Liszt: Wild and Crazy" | |
| Howard Hanson · Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 "Romantic" (finale) St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin EMI Classics 47850 "Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 2" | |
| Edvard Grieg · Wedding Day at Troldhaugen BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Jerzy Maksymiuk Naxos 8.550864 "Grieg: Peer Gynt - Sigurd Jorlsafar" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Concerto No. 18 in Bb, K. 456 (1st mvt.) Richard Goode, piano · Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Nonesuch 79439 "Mozart: Concertos Nos. 18 & 20" | |
8 am | |
| Gerald Finzi · Eclogue, for Piano & Strings, Op. 10 Joshua Pierce, piano · Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra of Bratislava Kirk Trevor MSR Classics 1756 "Britten; Milhaud; Finzi; R. Strauss - Joshua Pierce" | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich · Festive Overture, Op. 96 Eastman Wind Ensemble Donald Hunsberger Sony Classical 47198 "Live in Osaka - Eastman Wind Ensemble" | |
| Claude Debussy · Clair de lune, from Suite Bergamasque Albrecht Mayer, oboe · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Mathias Monius Decca 001522502 "Bonjour Paris" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 Itzhak Perlman, violin · New York Philharmonic Zubin Mehta Deutsche Grammophon 437737 "Itzhak Perlman: Greatest Hits" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Spring" Violin Concerto from "The Four Seasons" Daniel Hope, violin · Zurich Chamber Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 002632502 "Daniel Hope: For Seasons" | |
| Pietro Mascagni · Intermezzo, from "Cavalleria Rusticana" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Andrea Licata Royal Philharmonic 28440 "Verdi - Giordano - Puccini - Mascagni - Leoncavallo" | |
9 am | |
| Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship Maria Larionoff, violin · Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Naxos 8572693 "Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade" | |
| Gustav Mahler · Symphony No. 2 in c "Resurrection" (conclusion of the 5th mvt.) Kate Royal, soprano; Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano · Berlin Philharmonic; Berlin Radio Chorus Sir Simon Rattle EMI Classics 47363 "Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' " | |
| Gang Chen / Zhanhao He · The Butterfly Lovers, violin concerto (vii. Adagio cantabile) Gil Shaham, violin · Singapore Symphony Orchestra Lan Shui Canary Classics 4 "Chen / He: The Butterfly Lovers; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto" | |
| Leo Brouwer · Tita's theme, from the film, "Like Water for Chocolate" film soundtrack Milan 7313835651 "Like Water for Chocolate - film soundtrack" | |
| Franz Schubert · Piano Quintet in A "Trout" D.667 (iv. Theme and Variations) Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello; Edgar Meyer, double bass Chamber Music Northw st "Chamber Music Northwest - 2003 Festival" | |
| Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 (conclusion) London Symphony Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Telarc 80208 "Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Capriccio Espagnol" | |