Programs · Episode
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Jean Sibelius · Historic Scenes, Suite No. 1, Op. 25 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Pietari Inkinen Naxos 8570068 "Jean Sibelius: Scenes Historiques" | |
| Lowell Mason · Joy to the World Royal Promenade Orchestra Alfred Gehardt ProArte 841 "Christmas at the Pops" | |
| Leopold Mozart · Sleigh Ride Rochester Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel ProArte 841 "Christmas at the Pops" | |
| Traditional English · We Wish You a Merry Christmas Royal Promenade Orchestra Alfred Gehardt ProArte 841 "Christmas at the Pops" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 21 in A Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood L'Oiseau-Lyre 430082 "Haydn Symphonies 1764-65" vol. 4 | |
| Traditional French · "Ding Dong! Merrily On High" Choir of St. Mary of the Hills, Blowing Rock, NC James Baumgardner St. Mary of the Hill "The Revels of Winter" | |
| Traditional · Angels Rejoice! medley Early Light Consort, Asheville, NC Early Light 3306 "Christmas Past" | |
| Franz Schubert · Piano Sonata in A, Op. 120, D.664 (finale) Andre Watts, piano EMI Classics 54153 "The Schubert Album" | |
6 am | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Pas de Deux, from The Nutcracker Stevan Pasero, guitar Sugo 8501 "The Nutcracker Suite for Guitar" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Waltz, from Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Deutsche Grammophon 4777341 "Karajan Gold" | |
| Albert Hague · You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch Michael Chertock, piano Telarc 80485 "Christmas Goes to the Movies" | |
| Steve Nelson - Jack Rollins · Frosty the Snowman (in style of Beethoven) The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Violin Concerto in D, Op. 9, No. 7 Benjamin Hudson, violin · Clarion Music Society Newell Jenkins Newport Classic 60076 "Hidden Masterpieces of the Baroque, vol. 2" | |
| John Rutter · "Gloria" (1st mvt.) Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) J. Don Coleman Hickory Choral Socie y "A Christmas Collection" | |
| Jonathan Rathbone · Carol Medley Vasari Singers Jeremy Backhouse Naxos 8573030 "A Winter's Light" | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Sinfonia in Bb, G.497 Tafelmusik Jeanne Lamon Dhm Deutsche Harmoni 7867 "Boccherini: Concerti Da Violincello; Sinfonie" | |
7 am | |
| Kirke Mechem · "Seven Joys of Christmas" selections Peninsula Women's Chorus (Palo Alto, CA) Patricia Hennings Location 1001 "Alleluia Psallat - The Joy of Christmas" | |
| Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 New York Philharmonic (rec. May, 2, 1959) Leonard Bernstein Sony Classical 60737 "Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Capriccio Espagnol" | |
| Herbert Howells · "A Spotless Rose" Choir of St. Mary of the Hills, Blowing Rock, NC James Baumgardner St. Mary of the Hill "O Sapientia" | |
| Traditional English · "The Cherry Tree Carol" Abigail Haynes Lennox, soprano; Larry Young, Michael Albert, Henry Lebedinsky · The Beggar Boys (recorded live 12/12/2010 St. Alban's Episcopal n/a "A Celtic Christmas Live with the Beggar Boys" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Ballet music from "Idomeneo" Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra Jeannette Sorrell Avie 2159 "Mozart: Symphony No. 40" | |
| Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari · Overture to "The Inquisitive Women" Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin Heinz Rogner Berlin Classics 0091772 "Wolf-Ferrari: Ouvertüren und Intermezzi; Streicherserenade" | |
8 am | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Concerto in D for 3 Trumpets, 2 Oboes & Orch. Mark Bennett, Michael Harrison, Nicholas Thompson, trumpets; Paul Goodwin, Lorraine Wood, oboes · The English Concert Trevor Pinnock Archiv Produktion 439893 "Telemann Suites" | |
| Traditional Sephardic · "Mi ze y'malel" (Who can describe the miracles..." The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble Western Wind 1818 "The Chanukkah Story" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Rejoice Greatly" from "Messiah" Rachel Redmond, soprano · Le Concert des Nations (The Concert of Nations) Jordi Savall Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "For Unto Us a Child is Born" from "Messiah" Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reiai de Catalunya (The Royal Jordi Savall Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Loki Karuna · NoteWorthy: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson | |
| Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson · Blue/s Forms for solo violin (iii. Jettin' Blue/s) Rachel Barton Pine, solo violin Cedille Records 182 "Blues Dialogues - Music by Black Composers" | |
| Traditional English · "The First Nowell" William Whitehead, organ · RCA Victor Singers Richard Westenburg RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Traditional French · "O come, O come Emmanuel" William Whitehead, organ · RCA Victor Singers 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 · Piano Concerto No. 1 in g, Op. 25 Howard Shelley, piano · London Mozart Players Howard Shelley Chandos 9215 "Mendelssohn Piano Concertos 1 & 2"" | |
9 am | |
| Traditional · "A Christmas Fantasy" medley (arr. by Gordon Langford) Huddersfield Choral Society; Black Dyke Mills Band Roy Newsome Chandos 4541 "Christmas Fantasy" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Symphony No. 2 in a, Op. 55 Radio Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Eliahu Inbal Pentatone 5186157 "Saint-Saëns: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| John Ireland · The Holy Boy English Northern Philharmonia David Lloyd-Jones Naxos 8.555068 "English String Miniatures, vol. 2" | |
| Traditional West Indies · The Virgin Mary Had Baby Boy, in style of Bach Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Peter Breiner Naxos 8.550670 "Christmas Goes Baroque II" | |
| David Overton · Fantasia on "In dulci jubilo" James Galway, flute · Munich Radio Orchestra John Georgiadis RCA Victor Red Seal 60736 "In Dulci Jubilo - Christmas with James Galway" | |
| Mark O'Connor · The Life and Times of Johnny Appleseed, suite (i. Marching Along the Ohio Frontier) Bryan Sutton, guitar · Colorado Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop OMAC Records 8 "Mark O'Connor: Double Violin Concerto" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Guitar Concerto in C, RV 425 Pepe Romero, guitar · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Iona Brown Philips 412 624-2 "Vivaldi: Guitar Concertos" | |