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Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Monday, December 19, 2016 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
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Host Mike McKay brings you the best classical music to start your day.
Playlist
5 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Guitar Concerto in A, RV 82 Camerata Cassovia Dagoberto Linhares, guitar Naxos 8.5504 83 "Vivaldi Guitar Concertos" | |
| Alexander Glazunov · Les Chanteurs de Noel La Pieta Analekta 28730 "Angèle Dubreau & La Pietà: Noel" | |
| Jerry Herman · We Need a Little Christmas (in style of Beethoven) The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christm | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Symphony No. 2 in Bb, Wq.182 Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Helicon 1003 "Music of Federick the Great" | |
| Christmas Medley · "O Sanctissima; Joy to the World; Away in a Manger; Fum, Fum, Fum; March of the Kings" Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Telarc 80087 "The Many Moods of Christmas" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Waltz of the Snowflakes, from The Nutcracker Berlin Philharmonic; Libera EMI Classics 46385 "Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker" | |
6 am | |
| Traditional Basque · "The Infant King" Choir of Christ Church, Charlotte, NC Christ Church, Charlo tte "Advent and Christmas" | |
| Christine van Arsdale · "Hush-a-bye, Sweet Baby Jesus" Christine Van Arsdale, harp & voice "Hush-a-bye, Sweet Baby Jesus - Christmas Lullabies" | |
| Edward Lojesky · "A Rhapsody of Christmas" Nova Voce (Charlotte, NC) Audrey McConnell, piano Nova Voce "Nova Voce: Candlelight Carols" | |
| Johann Baptist Georg Neruda · Trumpet Concerto in Eb St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet Teldec 0788 "Baroque Trumpet Concertos" | |
| Traditional American · "Go Tell It On the Mountain" Trinity Choir, Trinity Church, Boston Sono Luminus 93240 "A Choral Christmas" | |
| Martin Luther · "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" The Vienna Choir Boys; Johann Sonnleitner, organ Placido Domingo, tenor RCA 3835 "Placido Domingo and The Vienna Choir Boys" | |
| James R. Murray · "Away in a Manger" (arr. by Richard Westenburg) Musica Sacra Deutsche Grammophon 429732 "Carols for Christmas Eve" | |
| Joel Phillips · "Little Lamb" Washington Men's Camerata Gothic Records 49128 "Sing We Noel" | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Oboe Concerto in d, Op. 9, No. 2 Peterborough String Orchestra Nicholas Daniel, oboe Helios 88014 "Five Italian Oboe Concertos" | |
7 am | |
| Chris Coletti · Bach's Bells Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Leroy Anderson · Sleigh Ride Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Decca 001609 202 "The Colors of Christmas" | |
| Pietro Yon · Gesu Bambino Silverwood Quartet Andra Bohnet, flute Flying Frog 402 "To Drive the Cold Winter Away" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Piano Concerto in g, Op. 33 (finale) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Stephen Hough, piano Hyperion 68099 "Dvorak - Schumann: Piano Concertos" | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · "Fantasia on Christmas Carols" London Symphony Orchestra; The Choir of King's College, Cambridg Hervey Alan, baritone Decca 425499 "On Christmas Night" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in d for 2 Violins & Orch., BWV 1043 Les Solistes Romands Arthur Grumiaux, Hermann Krebbers, violins Decca 000765 902 "Ultimate Bach" | |
| Jacob Handl de Gallus · "Resonet in Laudibus" (Shouts of Joy) Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street, NYC Naxos 8.5558 86 "Christmas at Trinity" | |
| Traditional English · "This is the truth sent from above" (arr. Vaughan Williams) Chanticleer Dawn Upshaw, soprano Teldec 85555 "Christmas with Chanticleer" | |
8 am | |
| Leopold Mozart · Trumpet Concerto in D Philharmonia Orchestra John Wallace, trumpet Nimbus 5121 "Virtuoso Trumpet Concertos" | |
| Traditional Medley · Masters in this Hall; O Come, Emmanuel Peter Blanchette, archguitar Archguitar Music n/a "Archguitar Christmas" | |
| Gabriel Faure · Ave Maria Joshua Bell, violin; Steven Isserlis, cello; Francis Grier, organ Sony 374318 "Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell & Friends" | |
| Traditional French · Ding Dong Merrily on High Dean Shostak, glass armonica, violin; Sue Richards, celtic harp Shostak DS-013 1 "Dean Shostak - Glass Angels" | |
| Johann Strauss, Jr. · Vienna Blood Waltz, Op. 354 Vienna Philharmonic (live at the 1990 New Year's Concert) Sony Classical 45808 "New Year's Concert 1990" | |
| Traditional English tunes · Medley: "I Saw Three Ships," "First Noel," "Holly and the Ivy" Orchestra of St. Luke's; New York Choral Artists Kathleen Battle, soprano Angel 47587 "Kathleen Battle - A Christmas Celebration" | |
| Irving Berlin · "White Christmas" Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra at Temple Square Mormon Tabernacle 0609-2 "The Wonder of Christmas" | |
| Katherine Davis / Harry Simeone · The Little Drummer Boy Carol Chase, piano (from Charlotte, NC) Carol Chase 066121 "Christmas with Carol Chase" | |
| Giuseppe Torelli · Concerto Grosso in D, Op. 8, No. 12 I Musici Mariana Sirbu, violin Philips 432118 "Torelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 8" | |