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Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 @ 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 The Gryphon Trio Analekta 9827 "The Gryphon" Mozart The Complete Piano Trios" | |
| Henry VIII · "Grene growith the holly" Anonymous 4 Harmonia Mundi 292732 5 "Wolcum Yule - Celtic and British Carols and Songs" | |
| 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" | |
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" | |
| Bedrich Smetana · Sarka, from Ma Vlast (My Country) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Sony Classical 58944 "Smetana: Ma Vlast" | |
7 am | |
| John F. Wade · "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (arr. by David Willcocks) The Choir of Worcester College, Oxford Myles Hartley, organ Classica Communicatio ns 1020 "Christmas From Oxford" | |
| 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" | |
| Joshua Jacobson · "MiZeh Yimaleil" (I sing the wonders...) (Sephardic Chanukkah song) Oregon Repertory Singers Karl Blume, bass Koch International 7362 "The Glory of Christmas" | |
| Traditional American · Medley of Christmas Spirituals (arr. by Joseph Jennings) Caritas A Cappella Ensemble (from Charlotte, NC) Caritas A Capella Ens embl n/a "An A Cappella Christmas" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, Op. 19 (1st mvt.) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Stephen Hough, piano Hyperion 68291 "Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Ev'ry valley shall be exhalted" from "Messiah" Bologna Community Theatre Orchestra Juan Diego Florez, tenor Decca 001487 502 "Juan Diego Flórez: Santo - Sacred Songs" | |
8 am | |
| Anton Bruckner · Symphony No. 4 in Eb "Romantic" (iii. Scherzo) Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Deutsche Grammophon 002793 502 "Bruckner: Symphony No. 4" | |
| Phillips Brooks / Lewis Redner · "O Little Town of Bethlehem" RCA Victor Singers William Whitehead, organ RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Lowell Mason · "Joy to The World" RCA Victor Singers William Whitehead, organ RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Traditional French · "O come, O come Emmanuel" RCA Victor Singers William Whitehead, organ RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Loki Karuna · NoteWorthy: Courtney Bryan | |
| 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" | |
| Modest Mussorgsky · The Great Gate of Kyiv, from Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by Maurice Ravel) National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Naxos 855592 4 "Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition" | |
9 am | |
| Dan Locklair · "Lumen de Lumine" (Light of Lights), from A Christmas Pair CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists) Renee Louprette, organ CONCORA "Christmas In Our Time" | |
| Dan Locklair · "Magnificat" from "Holy Canticles" Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) MSR 1463 "Dan Locklair: Tapestries" | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Symphony in C, Op. 7, G.491 German Chamber Academy of Neuss CPO 999084 "Boccherini Symphonies, vol. 1" | |
| Traditional Welsh · Deck the Halls Valarie Alexandra Valois, piano (of Charlotte, NC) Eroica 3091 "Deck the Halls - Valarie Alexandra Valois" | |
| John Jacob Niles · I Wonder as I Wander Valarie Alexandra Valois, piano (of Charlotte, NC) Eroica 3091 "Deck the Halls - Valarie Alexandra Valois" | |
| Traditional · Christmas Medley (arr. by Charity Book Putnam) Valarie Alexandra Valois, piano (of Charlotte, NC) Eroica 3091 "Deck the Halls - Valarie Alexandra Valois" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314 Academy of Ancient Music Michel Piguet, oboe L'Oiseau-Lyre 414339 "Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Oboe Concerto" | |