Programs · Episode
Monday, December 1, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Monday, December 1, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Johannes Brahms · Hungarian Dances Nos. 1 - 7 London Symphony Orchestra Neeme Jarvi Chandos 7072 "Brahms: Complete Hungarian Dances" | |
| Robert Mayeur · Noel for Four Guitars Brandon Yip, David Duenas, Patrick Francis, Chris Hanford, guitars · San Francisco Guitar Quartet Brandon Yip 574821 "Magnificat" | |
| Franz Schubert · Two Characteristic Marches, D.886 Jeno Jando, Ilona Prunyi, piano 4-hands Naxos 8550555 "Schubert: Piano Works for Four Hands" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Violin Concerto in A, TWV 51:A4 Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin · The Orpheus Baroque Orchestra Elizabeth Wallfisch CPO 777089 "Telemann: Violin Concertos, volume 2" | |
6 am | |
| Alexander Glazunov · Carnaval, concert overture Boston Pops Orchestra Arthur Fiedler RCA High Performance 74321-9471 "Bizet-Schedrin: Carmen Ballet" | |
| William Sterndale Bennett · Caprice in E, Op. 22 Howard Shelley, piano · BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Howard Shelley Hyperion 67595 "Sterndale Bennett - Bache: Piano Concertos" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Sinfonia, from "Messiah" Academy of Ancient Music Edward Higginbottom WSHU "The Seasons of Sunday Baroque - Winter" | |
| Jeff Tyzik · A Christmas Overture - Variations on Deck the Halls Brass Band of Battle Creek Richard Evans MSR 1425 "A Christmas Festival" | |
| Manuel Rosenthal · Gaite parisienne (1938 ballet after Jacques Offenbach) [selections] Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Manuel Rosenthal Naxos 8.554005 "Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne, Offenbachiana" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb, K. 450 (1st mvt.) Mitsuko Uchida, piano · English Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Tate Philips 426305 "Mozart Piano Concertos" | |
7 am | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 45 Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Zdenek Ko?ler Naxos 8.550610 "Dvorak: Slavonic Rhapsodies" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Concerto in F for 2 recorders, strings & 2 horns, Hob.VIIh:5 Daniel Rothert, Philipp Spatling, recorders · Cologne Chamber Orchestra Helmut Muller-Bruhl Naxos 8570481 "Haydn: Concertos for Two Lire Organizzate" | |
| Michael Praetorius · "In dulci jubilo" (In sweet rejoicing) Gabrieli Consort & Players Paul McCreesh Archiv Produktion 439250 "Praetorius: Mass for Christmas Morning" | |
| Leonard Bernstein · Three Dance Episodes, from "On the Town" Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Bernstein Deutsche Grammophon 001187802 "Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds" | |
| Enrique Granados · Valses Poeticos (Poetic Waltzes), Op. 10 Xuefei Yang, guitar EMI Classics 06322 "Xuefei Yang - 40 Degrees North" | |
8 am | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · The Creatures of Prometheus, ballet (finale) Berlin Philharmonic Claudio Abbado Sony Classical SK 93011 "Beethoven: Symphony No. 9" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Symphony No. 5 in e, Op. 64 (finale) Philharmonie Austin Mark Dupere Navona Records NV6781 "Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Romeo and Juliet" | |
| Jacob Handl de Gallus · "Resonet in Laudibus" (Shouts of Joy) Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street, NYC Owen Burdick Naxos 8.555886 "Christmas at Trinity" | |
| Traditional Shetland Islands · Christmas Day in the Mornin' The Baltimore Consort Sono Luminus 90198 "Bright Day Star" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Concerto No. 6 in Bb, K. 238 Anne-Marie McDermott, piano · Odense Symphony Orchestra Scott Yoo Bridge BCD9518 "Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol. 1; K.415, K.238" | |
| Hector Berlioz · Le Corsair, concert overture Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Enrique Batiz ASV 3045 "Batiz: Berlioz Symphonie Fantasque" | |
9 am | |
| George Frideric Handel · Violin Concerto in Bb, HWV 288 Kenneth Sillito, violin · English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard Philips 426082 "Handel: Oboe Concertos" | |
| Antonio Casimir Cartellieri · Symphony No. 2 Evergreen Symphony Orchestra Gernot Schmalfuss CPO 777667 "Cartellieri: Symphonies" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · We Three Kings (interpolated with Beethoven's "Fur Elise") Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| Traditional Irish · "Wexford Carol" Brigham Young Women's Chorus Jean Applonie BYU Records 415 "Celebration of Christmas - Carol of Joy" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050 Murray Perahia, piano; Jaime Martin, flute; Kenneth Sillito, violin · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Murray Perahia Sony Classical 87326 "Murray Perahia Plays Bach" | |
| Domenico Scarlatti · Sonata in G, K. 146 (L. 349) Dubravka Tomsic, piano PMG 160 106 "Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas" | |