Programs · Episode
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Five Contredances, K. 609 Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Janos Rolla Hungaroton 053 "Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, etc." | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Piano Concerto No. 1 in g, Op. 25 Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano · Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Herbert Blomstedt Decca 468600 "Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco · Concerto, Op. 5, No. 2 Il Tempio Armonico, Verona Alberto Rasi Stradivarius 33791 "Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco: Concerti a piu Instrumenti, Op. 6" | |
| Sergei Lyapunov · Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes, Op. 28 Hamish Milne, piano · BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins Hyperion 67326 "Lyapunov: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes" | |
6 am | |
| Carl Friedrich Abel · Symphony in Bb, Op. 10, No. 2 La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider CPO 999 207-2 "Abel Symphonies, Op. 10 Nos. 1-6" | |
| Frederic Chopin · Prelude in Db, Op. 28, No. 15 "Raindrop" Sarah Hagen, piano Sarah Hagen 421 "Sarah Hagen - Glass House Dancing" | |
| Carl Nielsen · Dance of the Cockerels, from "Maskarade" Danish National Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard Dacapo 6220518 "Nielsen: Orchestral Music" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Darmstadt Overture in a, TWV 55:a2 (selections) Francis Colpron, recorder · Les Boreades de Montreal Francis Colpron ATMA Classique 2193 "Telemann: Suites and Concertos" | |
| Robert Schumann · Symphony No. 3 in Eb, Op. 97 "Rhenish" (1st mvt.) Champs-Elysees Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe Harmonia Mundi 901972 "Schumann: Symphonies No. 1 & 3" | |
7 am | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Overture to Fidelio New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein Sony 63152 "Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Fidelio Overture" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Waltz, from The Sleeping Beauty Boston Pops Orchestra Arthur Fiedler RCA Victor L 68132 "Pops Caviar" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Let the Bright Seraphim, from "Samson" Edward Carroll, Lee Soper, trumpets · Philharmonia Virtuosi Richard Kapp Sony Classical 89847 "Baroque Masterpieces" | |
| Henryk Wieniawski · Violin Concerto No. 2 in d, Op. 22 (finale) Joshua Bell, violin · Cleveland Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca 000420402 "Joshua Bell: Tchaikovsky; Wieniawski; Brahms; Schumann" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 68 (iii. Un poco allegretto e grazioso) Concertbgebouw Orchestra Riccardo Chailly Decca 421295 "Brahms: Symphony No. 1" | |
8 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Fugue in g, "Great" BWV 542 (orch. by William Smith) Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony 38915 "Bach Favorites" | |
| Alexander Glazunov · Violin Concerto in a, Op. 82 (finale) Leila Josefowicz, violin · Montreal Symphony Orchestra Philips 464059 "Josefowicz - Mendelssohn & Glazunov: Violin Concertos" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Sonata No. 5 in G, K. 283 (1st mvt.) Claudio Arrau, piano Philips 432306 "Claudio Arrau Edition - Mozart" | |
| Richard Strauss · Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb (finale) Barry Tuckwell, horn · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca 430370 "Richard Strauss: Horn Concertos" | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff · Piano Concerto No. 3 in d, Op. 30 (finale coda) Stephen Hough, piano · Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Live concert, April, 2004) Andrew Litton Hyperion 67501/2 "Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos; Paganini Variations" | |
9 am | |
| Antonin Dvorak · String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, "American" (finale) Cecily Ward, Tom Stone, violins; Ethan Filner, viola; Jennifer Kloetzel, cello · Cypress String Quartet Avie 2304 "The American Album - The Cypress String Quartet" | |
| Max Bruch · Violin Concerto No. 1 in g, Op. 26 (finale) Janine Jansen, violin · Gewandhaus Orchestra Riccardo Chailly Decca 000726002 "Mendelssohn - Bruch: Violin Concertos" | |
| Florence Price · Symphony No. 1 in e (iii. Juba Dance) New Black Music Repertory Ensemble Leslie B. Dunner Albany Records 1295 "Florence Price: Symphony in E minor" | |
| Jacques Offenbach · Intermezzo, from "The Tales of Hoffmann" Boston Pops Orchestra Arthur Fiedler RCA Victor L 61429 "Offenbach in America" | |
| Edvard Grieg · Symphonic Dance No. 3, Op. 64 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Yondani Butt ASV 722 "Edvard Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar, etc." | |