Programs · Episode
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Hector Berlioz · Reveries - Passions, from Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Live in Munich, March 2013) Mariss Jansons BR Klassik 900121 "Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique" | |
| Mark O'Connor · Fiddle Concerto (3rd mvt. & cadenza) Mark O'Connor, violin · Concordia Orchestra Marin Alsop Warner 45846 "Mark O'Connor: The Fiddle Concerto" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Gloria in excelsis Deo Maurice Andre, trumpet; Jane Parker-Smith, organ of Eglise St. Pierre Le Jeune, Strasbourg EMI Classics 6365602 "Trumpet & Organ" | |
| Johnny Marks · Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (in the style of Mozart) The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | |
| George Gershwin · Good Mornin', Sistuh, from the Catfish Row Suite, from "Porgy and Bess" St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin EMI Classics 64084 "Gershwin: An American in Paris; Catfish Row" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Flute Quartet No. 1 in D, K. 285 Carol Wincenc, flute; Eugene Drucker, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; David Finckel, cello · Emerson String Quartet Deutsche Grammophon 431770 "Mozart: Flute Quartets" | |
6 am | |
| Edvard Grieg · Homage March, from Sigurd Jorsalfar BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Jerzy Maksymiuk Naxos 8.550864 "Grieg: Peer Gynt - Sigurd Jorlsafar" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · I saw with my eyes, from "La fid ninfa" (The Trusted Nymph) RV 714 Yo-Yo Ma, baroque cello · The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Ton Koopman Sony Classical 90916 "Vivaldi's Cello" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Violin Concerto in a, RV 356 (Op. 3, No. 6) Simon Standage, violin · The English Concert Trevor Pinnock Archiv Produktion 423094 "Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · We Three Kings (interpolated with Beethoven's "Fur Elise") Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| Traditional · Branles; Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella; Patapan Renaissonics WGBH "Carols for Dancing" | |
| Johann Baptist Vanhal · Symphony in A Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Uwe Grodd Naxos 8554341 "Vanhal: Symphonies Vol. 1" | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff · Piano Concerto No. 2 in c, Op. 18 (finale) Alexandre Tharaud, piano · Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Alexander Vedernikov Erato 557829 "Tharaud Plays Rachmaninov" | |
7 am | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 37 in C Cologne Chamber Orchestra Helmut Muller-Bruhl Naxos 8.557093 "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 37-40" | |
| Emmanuel Chabrier · Slavonic Dance, from "The King in Spite of Himself" Orchestra of the Swiss Romande Neeme Järvi Chandos 5122 "Chabrier: Orchestral Works" | |
| Traditional English · God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Mark Kroll, harpsichord; Arthur Press, percussion · Empire Brass EMI Classics 31538 "Joy to the World - Music of Christmas" | |
| Michael Praetorius · Lo, How a Rose Nancy Allen, harp · Empire Brass EMI Classics 31538 "Joy to the World - Music of Christmas" | |
| Claude Debussy · Petite Suite (orch. by Henri Busser) Cleveland Orchestra Louis Lane Sony Classical 63056 "Ravel; Debussy; Satie" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Royal Fireworks Music Cleveland Symphonic Winds Frederick Fennell Telarc 80038 "Holst - Handel - Bach" | |
8 am | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Rondo in A, K. 386 Sergei Kvitko, piano · Madrid Soloists Chamber Orchestra Tigran Shiganyan Blue Griffin BGR 597 "Mozart - Post Scriptum" | |
| Aram Khachaturian · Gayaneh Suite Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra Loris Tjeknavorian ASV 773 "Khachaturian - Ippolitov-Ivanov - Tjeknavorian | |
| Traditional English · "Gloustershire Wassail" Peninsula Women's Chorus (Palo Alto, CA) Patricia Hennings Location LDR-1001 "Alleluia Psallat - The Joy of Christmas" | |
| Anonymous 15th century English · "There is No Rose of Such Virtue" Peninsula Women's Chorus (Palo Alto, CA) Patricia Hennings Location LDR-1001 "Alleluia Psallat - The Joy of Christmas" | |
| Traditional 16th century · "Gaudete" (Rejoice) Peninsula Women's Chorus (Palo Alto, CA) Patricia Hennings Location LDR-1001 "Alleluia Psallat - The Joy of Christmas" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Three Airs, from Overture-Suite in D, TWV 55:D1 Monica Huggett, Alison Bury, violins; Ku Ebbinge, oboe; Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet · Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Ton Koopman Erato 75394 "Telemann: Tafelmusik" | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich · Festive Overture, Op. 96 Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc 80170 "Symphonic Spectacular" | |
9 am | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · Variations in C for Clarinet & Orch., Op. 109 Dmitri Ashkenazy, clarinet · Bologna Community Theatre Philharmonic Riccardo Chailly Decca 433701-2 "Rossini: String Sonatas Vol. 1" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, Op. 19 (1st mvt) Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano · Chamber Orchestra of Europe Nikolaus Harnoncourt Teldec Classics 47334 "Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5" | |
| Traditional English · "The Wassail Song" RCA Victor Singers Richard Westenburg RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Traditional · Brass Interlude Medley of Carols RCA Victor Brass Ensemble Richard Westenburg RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn - Charles Wesley · "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" William Whitehead, organ · RCA Victor Singers Richard Westenburg RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Symphony No. 5 in D, Op. 107 "Reformation" (finale) Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Deutsche Grammophon 4777581 "Mendelssohn: Five Symphonies" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in d (reconstructed by Bruce Haynes from Bach cantatas) Montreal Baroque Band Eric Milnes ATMA Classique 2565 "Nouveaux Brandebourgeois" | |