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Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 @ 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 | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Concerto in G for flute, oboe, strings & 2 horns, Hob.VIIh:2 Cologne Chamber Orchestra Benoît Fromanger, flute; Christian Hommel, oboe Naxos 85704 81 "Haydn: Concertos for Two Lire Organizzate" | |
| Leroy Anderson · "A Christmas Festival" Boston Pops Orchestra; Tangelwood Festival Chorus Sony Classical 48232 "Joy To the World" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Trio in Bb, K. 502 Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Andre Previn, piano; Daniel Muller-Schott, cello Deutsche Grammophon 000609 92 "Mozart: Piano Trios" | |
| Traditional English · "The Twelve Days of Christmas" Orchestra of St. Luke's; American Boychoir; Christmas Concert Ch Kathleen Battle, soprano; Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano Sony Classical 48235 "A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert" | |
| Anonymous 15th century England · "Nowell / True Tidings" Anonymous 4 Susan Hellauer, vocal solo Harmonia Mundi 807453 "The Cherry Tree - Songs, Carols & Ballads for Christmas" | |
6 am | |
| George Frideric Handel · Oboe Concerto No. 2 in Bb, HWV 302a English Chamber Orchestra Heinz Holliger, oboe Philips 426082 "Handel: Oboe Concertos" | |
| Gustav Holst · Christmas Day (Choral Fantasy on Old Carols) Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
| Traditional Irish · "Wexford Carol" Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra at Temple Square Shane Warby, baritone; Daron Bradford, penny whistle Mormon Tabernacle 70071 "Spirit of the Season" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, Op. 83 (1st mvt.) Vienna Philharmonic Helene Grimaud, piano Deutsche Grammophon 001904 602 "Brahms: Piano Concertos" | |
| David Overton · Fantasia on "I Saw Three Ships" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra James Galway, flute RCA 61233 "James Galway's Christmas Carol" | |
| Traditional English · "The Holly and the Ivy" Trinity Choir, Trinity Church, Boston Sono Luminus 93240 "A Choral Christmas" | |
| 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" | |
7 am | |
| Traditional German · Three German Carols (O Tannenbaum; Holy Night; The Christmas Tree is a Beautiful Tree) Bielfeld Children's Choir Gerhard Bunk, organ EMI Classics 62576 "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - Bielfelder Kinderchor" | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Flute Concerto in G, Wq. 169 Potsdam Chamber Academy Emmanuel Pahud, flute Warner Classics 627679 "C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concertos" | |
| Julius Chajes · The Chassid Prayer Eaken Piano Trio John Eaken, violin; Nancy Baun, cello; Gloria Whitney, piano Naxos 8.5547 14 "Home for the Holidays" | |
| Larry Toppmann on Beethoven: Deaf Man | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Sonata No. 27 in E, Op. 90 Jonathan Biss, piano EMI Classics 94422 "Beethoven: Piano Sonatas" | |
| Traditional American · Medley of Christmas Spirituals Chanticleer Chanticleer 8803 "Our Heart's Joy - A Chanticleer Christmas" | |
8 am | |
| Anton Bruckner · Symphony No. 4 in Eb "Romantic" (iii. Scherzo) Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Deutsche Grammophon 002793 502 "Bruckner: Symphony No. 4" | |
| Lowell Mason · "Joy to The World" RCA Victor Singers William Whitehead, organ RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Richard S. Willis / Edmund H. Sears · "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" RCA Victor Singers William Whitehead, organ RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Traditional English · "Good King Wenceslas" RCA Victor Singers RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 91 in Eb Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 437783 "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 60 & 91" | |
| Traditional · Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet; Alon Yavnai, piano Sony 733336 "Songs Of Joy And Peace: Yo-Yo Ma" | |
| Traditional · Wassail Song; All Through the Night Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, acoustic bass; Chris Thile, mandolin Sony 733336 "Songs Of Joy And Peace: Yo-Yo Ma" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Africa Fantasy, Op. 89 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Stephen Hough, piano Hyperion 67331/ 2 "Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra" | |