Programs · Episode
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Thursday, December 11, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Concerto in G for flute, oboe, strings & 2 horns, Hob.VIIh:2 Benoît Fromanger, flute; Christian Hommel, oboe · Cologne Chamber Orchestra Helmut Muller-Bruhl Naxos 8570481 "Haydn: Concertos for Two Lire Organizzate" | |
| Leroy Anderson · "A Christmas Festival" Boston Pops Orchestra; Tangelwood Festival Chorus John Williams Sony Classical 48232 "Joy To the World" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Trio in Bb, K. 502 Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Andre Previn, piano; Daniel Muller-Schott, cello Deutsche Grammophon 00060992 "Mozart: Piano Trios" | |
| Henry VIII · "Grene growith the holly" Anonymous 4 Harmonia Mundi 2927325 "Wolcum Yule - Celtic and British Carols and Songs" | |
| Traditional English · "The Twelve Days of Christmas" Kathleen Battle, soprano; Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano · Orchestra of St. Luke's; American Boychoir; Christmas Concert Ch Andre Previn Sony Classical 48235 "A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert" | |
6 am | |
| George Frideric Handel · Oboe Concerto No. 2 in Bb, HWV 302a Heinz Holliger, oboe · English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard Philips 426082 "Handel: Oboe Concertos" | |
| Gustav Holst · Christmas Day (Choral Fantasy on Old Carols) Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
| Traditional Irish · "Wexford Carol" Shane Warby, baritone; Daron Bradford, penny whistle · Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra at Temple Square Craig Jessop Mormon Tabernacle 70071 "Spirit of the Season" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, Op. 83 (1st mvt.) Helene Grimaud, piano · Vienna Philharmonic Andris Nelsons Deutsche Grammophon 001904602 "Brahms: Piano Concertos" | |
| David Overton · Fantasia on "I Saw Three Ships" James Galway, flute · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra James Galway RCA 61233 "James Galway's Christmas Carol" | |
| Traditional English · "The Holly and the Ivy" Trinity Choir, Trinity Church, Boston Brian Jones Sono Luminus 93240 "A Choral Christmas" | |
| Bedrich Smetana · Sarka, from Ma Vlast (My Country) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta Sony Classical 58944 "Smetana: Ma Vlast" | |
7 am | |
| John F. Wade · "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (arr. by David Willcocks) Myles Hartley, organ · The Choir of Worcester College, Oxford Christopher Sparkhall Classica Communicati ns 1020 "Christmas From Oxford" | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Flute Concerto in G, Wq. 169 Emmanuel Pahud, flute · Potsdam Chamber Academy Trevor Pinnock Warner Classics 627679 "C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concertos" | |
| Loki Karuna · NoteWorthy: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson | |
| Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson · Quartet No. 1 based on "Calvary" (Negro spiritual) (iii. Rondo: Allegro vivace) The Catalyst Quartet Azica 71357 "Uncovered Vol. 3 - Walker; Perkinson; Still" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Overture to The Nutcracker Chicago Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1960) Fritz Reiner RCA Victrola 60775 "The Best of Tchaikovsky" | |
| Traditional American · Medley of Christmas Spirituals (arr. by Joseph Jennings) Caritas A Cappella Ensemble (from Charlotte, NC) Cathy Youngblood Caritas A Capella En embl n/a "An A Cappella Christmas" | |
| Giuseppe Verdi · Grand March & Ballet, from "Aida" Rome Opera Theatre Orchestra & Chorus Sir Georg Solti Telarc 80595 "Classics at the Pops" | |
8 am | |
| Anton Bruckner · Symphony No. 4 in Eb "Romantic" (iii. Scherzo) London Philharmonic Orchestra Klaus Tennstedt LPO 0014 "Tennstedt Conducts Bruckner" | |
| Daniel Tunkel · "Hallelujah," from Hallel Cantata Chicago a cappella Cedille 225 "Miracles of Miracles - Music for Hanukkah" | |
| Phillips Brooks / Lewis Redner · "O Little Town of Bethlehem" 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" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, Hob.VIIb:2 Peter Bruns, cello · Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra, Leipzig Peter Bruns Hänssler 98477 "Haydn: Cello Concertos" | |
| Victor Hely-Hutchinson · A Carol Symphony (i. Allegro energetico: Adeste fideles) The City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 8557099 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Traditional · Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet; Alon Yavnai, piano Sony 733336 "Songs Of Joy And Peace: Yo-Yo Ma" | |
| Traditional · Wassail Song; All Through the Night Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, acoustic bass; Chris Thile, mandolin Sony 733336 "Songs Of Joy And Peace: Yo-Yo Ma" | |
| Modest Mussorgsky · The Great Gate of Kyiv, from Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by Maurice Ravel) National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Theodore Kuchar Naxos 8555924 "Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition" | |
9 am | |
| Dan Locklair · "Lumen de Lumine" (Light of Lights), from A Christmas Pair Renee Louprette, organ · CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists) Richard Coffey CONCORA "Christmas In Our Time" | |
| Dan Locklair · "Magnificat" from "Holy Canticles" Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) David Pegg MSR 1463 "Dan Locklair: Tapestries" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Legends, Op. 59 (Nos. 1-5) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Jose Serebrier Warner Classics 628787 "Dvorak: Legends; Symphony No. 8" | |
| Traditional Welsh · Deck the Halls Kelly Yost, piano Channel Productions 1698 "Still...Still...Still: Christmas Piano by Kelly Yost" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147 Kelly Yost, piano Channel Productions 1698 "Still...Still...Still: Christmas Piano by Kelly Yost" | |
| Traditional English · The First Noel Kelly Yost, piano Channel Productions 1698 "Still...Still...Still: Christmas Piano by Kelly Yost" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314 Michel Piguet, oboe · Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood L'Oiseau-Lyre 414339 "Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Oboe Concerto" | |