Programs · Episode
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata BWV 208 Georgia Kelly, harp; Anne Pinkster, cellos; Peter Kent, violins Global Pacific 79337 "Georgia Kelly - Winter Classics" | |
| Richard Strauss · Burleske, Op. 11 Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano · Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Herbert Blomstedt Decca 4756550 "Richard Strauss: Rosenkavalier Waltzes; Burleske" | |
| Katherine Davis · "Carol of the Drum" (Little Drummer Boy) Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Columbia & Percussion Ensemble Jerold Ottley Sony Legacy 87771 "The Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy, from The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Traditional English · "The Old Year Now Away is Fled" (Greensleeves) Custer LaRue, soprano · The Baltimore Consort Sono Luminus 90198 "Bright Day Star" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 30 in D, K. 202 Vienna Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon 002244502 "Mozart Symphonies" | |
6 am | |
| Hector Berlioz · Rob Roy Overture Scottish National Orchestra Sir Alexander Gibson Chandos 8316 "Berlioz: 5 Overtures" | |
| Jerry Herman · We Need a Little Christmas (in style of Beethoven) The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · "Here We come a-Wassailing" Chorus & Orchestra of The Choral Arts Society of Washington Norman Scribner Naxos 8.555049 "A Star Over Bethlehem" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Romantic Pieces, Op. 75 Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Marc Neikrug, piano Philips 416158 "Salut d'amor" | |
| Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck · "Hodie Christus natus est" (Today Christ is born) The Bach Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra John Rutter Decca 001609202 "The Colors of Christmas" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Sinfonia, from "Messiah" Academy of Ancient Music Stephen Cleobury EMI Classics 68156 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Jeff Tyzik · A Christmas Overture - Variations on Deck the Halls Brass Band of Battle Creek Richard Evans MSR 1425 "A Christmas Festival" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Trumpet Sonata in D Maurice Andre, trumpet · Vienna Soloists Erato 4695722 "Maurice André Edition - Concertos, Vol. 1" | |
7 am | |
| Traditional English · Good King Wenceslas Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello · Delmoni String Quartet Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Philip Lane · Wassail Dances The City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 8.557099 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Friedrich von Flotow · Overture to Martha Budapest Symphony Orchestra Tamas Pal LaserLight 15 674 "Classical Journey, vol. 9: Germany" | |
| 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" | |
| John Jacob Niles · "I Wonder as I Wander" Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street, NYC Owen Burdick Naxos 8.555886 "Christmas at Trinity" | |
| Ottorino Respighi · The Fantastic Toyshop (ballet after themes by Rossini) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Philips 420485 "Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, La Boutique Fantasque, Gli U | |
| Traditional (arr. by Mark Small) · Joy Medley (Joy to the World; Away in a Manger; Angels We Have Heard on High) Mark Small, Robert Torres, guitars · Small - Torres Guitar Duo Shadow Mountain 55882 "Winterlight II" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Cello Concerto in G, RV 413 Pieter Wispelwey, cello · Florilegium Channel 10097 "Vivaldi Cello Concertos" | |
8 am | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Oboe Concerto in C, Op. 9, No. 5 Anthony Camden, oboe · London Virtuosi John Georgiadis Naxos 8550739 "Albinoni: Oboe Concertos" | |
| Traditional · "Levivot" (Pancakes) Geula Gill, vocals · Dov Seltzer Ensemble Folkways Records 07738 "Holiday Songs of Israel" | |
| Simon Andrews · Melange a Trois (Christmas medley) Michael Jamanis, violin; Sara Male, cello; Xun Pan, piano · The Newstead Trio Prince 9812 "The Newstead Trio - Music for the Season" | |
| Edvard Grieg · Symphonic Dances Nos. 1-3, Op. 64 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Yondani Butt ASV 722 "Edvard Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar, etc." | |
| Gustav Holst · A Moorside Suite Northern Sinfonia David Lloyd-Jones Naxos 8555070 "English String Miniatures - vol. 4" | |
| Traditional French · Rondo on French Carols (with Dvorak's "Slavonic Dance in e) Alison Beck, piano; Elizabeth Beck, violin Bolo Classique 8011 "December Carols" | |
| Traditional Austrian · Still, Still, Still (with Debussy's "Beau Soir") Alison Beck, piano; Elizabeth Beck, violin Bolo Classique 8011 "December Carols" | |
9 am | |
| Manuel Rosenthal · Gaite parisienne (1938 ballet after Jacques Offenbach) [selections] Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Manuel Rosenthal Naxos 8.554005 "Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne, Offenbachiana" | |
| Traditional Catalan · El Noi de la Mare (The Son of the Virgin) Lars Hannibal, guitar Dacapo 8226901 "Spirits - East Meets West" | |
| Traditional German · Three German Carols (Vom Himmel Hoch; In dulci jubilo; Josef, liber Josef mein) Gerhard Bunk, organ · Bielfeld Children's Choir Friedrich Oberschelp EMI Classics 62576 "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - Bielfelder Kinderchor" | |
| Ottorino Respighi · The Birds London Symphony Orchestra Antal Dorati Mercury Living 432007 "Dorati Conducts Respighi" | |
| Traditional French · Angels We Have Heard on High Michael Jamanis, violin; Sara Male, cello; Xun Pan, piano · The Newstead Trio Prince 9812 "The Newstead Trio - Music for the Season" | |
| Traditional · The Cherry Tree Carol Michael Jamanis, violin; Sara Male, cello; Xun Pan, piano · The Newstead Trio Prince 9812 "The Newstead Trio - Music for the Season" | |
| Jeremiah Clarke · The Prince of Denmark's March Wynton Marsalis, trumpet · English Chamber Orchestra Anthony Newman Sony Classical 66244 "In Gabriel's Garden" | |