Programs · Episode
Friday, December 12, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Friday, December 12, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 Cologne Chamber Orchestra Helmut Muller-Bruhl Naxos 8.554609 "J. S. Bach: Overtures (Suites) Nos. 1-4" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "And he shall purify" from "Messiah" (arr. by Mozart, sung in German) Namur Chamber Choir; The Grande Ecurie and the King's Chamber Jean-Claude Malgoire Naive E 3004 "Handel: Messiah, arr. Mozart" | |
| Leroy Anderson · Suite of Carols for Brass Choir BBC Concert Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Naxos 8559621 "Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride and other Holiday Favorites" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb, K. 493 (1st mvt.) Susan Tomes, piano · Domus Erato 91485 "Mozart: Piano Quartets; Kegelstatt Trio" | |
| Michael Davis · "Sing, Choir of Angels" (medley) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir; The Candian Brass Jerold Ottley BWE Classics 0196 "A Christmas Gloria" | |
| 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" | |
6 am | |
| Richard Wagner · Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" Philharmonia Orchestra Francesco D'Avalos ASV 996 "Wagner: The Overtures" | |
| Ferdinand Ries · Variations on a Portuguese Hymn, Op. 152, No. 1 (actually the English carol, "Adeste Fideles") Uwe Grodd, flute; Matteo Napoli, piano Naxos 8572038 "Ferdinand Ries: Works for Flute & Piano" | |
| Claude Debussy · Children's Corner Suite (orch. by Andre Caplet) Quebec Symphony Orchestra Yoav Talmi ATMA Classique 22377 "Debussy: Children's Corner, etc" | |
| Traditional English · "Joys Seven" Benjamin Bayl, organ · Choir of King's College, Cambridge Stephen Cleobury EMI Classics 73693 "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" | |
| Traditional · "Patapan" (Willy take your little drum!) Westminster Choir Joe Miller Westminster Choir 1009 "Noel" | |
| John Rutter · "Gloria" (finale) Choir Of King's College, Cambridge; City of Birmingham Symphony Stephen Cleobury EMI Classics 5 57952 2 "Rutter: Gloria" | |
| Giuseppe Torelli · Christmas Concerto, Op. 8, No. 6 I Musici Philips 412739 "Christmas Concertos" | |
7 am | |
| Hector Berlioz · Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Baltimore Symphony Orchestra David Zinman Telarc 80164 "Berlioz: La Marseillaise & other Berlioz Favorites" | |
| Edward Pola / George Wyle · It's the Most Wonderful Time of Year Chad Lawson, piano Hillset Records 8597070690 "Chad Lawson - A Solo Piano Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · "Festival First Noel" (arr. by Dan Forrest) da Capo Brass · Choir of Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte James R. Jones Myers Park United Me hodi 8882956725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |
| Carl Maria von Weber · Symphony No. 2 in C (1st mvt.) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Brilliant Classics 94698 "Weber: Symphonies, Overtures & Concertos" | |
| Samuel Goldfarb · I Have a Little Dreidel Eaken Piano Trio Con Brio 21345 "Eaken Trio: Most Wonderful Time" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · We Three Kings (interpolated with Beethoven's "Fur Elise") Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| 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" | |
| Edward Elgar · Cello Concerto in e, Op. 85 (finale) Steven Isserlis, cello · London Symphony Orchestra Richard Hickox Virgin Classics 61490 "Steven Isserlis" | |
8 am | |
| Jonathan Rathbone · Carol Medley Vasari Singers Jeremy Backhouse Naxos 8573030 "A Winter's Light" | |
| Mykola Leontovych · Carol of the Bells (w/ I Wonder as I Wander) Michael Chertock, piano Telarc CD-80485 "Christmas Goes to the Movies" | |
| Gabriel Faure · "A Child's Christmas" Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano; Ken Cowan, organ of Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NYC · Westminster Choir Joe Miller Westminster Choir 1009 "Noel" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Violin Concerto in C, RV 190 Giuliano Carmignola, violin · Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon Archiv Produktion 000650402 "Vivaldi: Concertos" | |
| Traditional · "A Christmas Fantasy" medley (arr. by Gordon Langford) Huddersfield Choral Society; Black Dyke Mills Band Roy Newsome Chandos 4541 "Christmas Fantasy" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11 (1st mvt.) Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Kurt Masur Pentatone 5186188 "Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| Moritz Rosenthal · Papillons (Butterflies) Stephen Hough, piano Virgin Classics 90732 "The Piano Album" | |
| Traditional Medley · Hark! the herald angels sing; Angels we have heard on high Nancy Allen, harp · Empire Brass EMI Classics 31538 "Joy to the World - Music of Christmas" | |
9 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia, from Cantata BWV 156 "I stand with one foot in the grave..." Neil Black, oboe · English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard Sony 44650 "Pachelbel: Canon & Other Baroque Favorites" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Serenade No. 9 in D, K. 320 "Posthorn Serenade" (selections) North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Gunter Wand Profil 05006 "Günter Wand Edition - volume 6" | |
| Phillips Brooks / Lewis Redner · O Little Town of Bethlehem Pittsburgh Symphony Brass Four Winds 3022 "The Spirit of Christmas" | |
| Patric Standford · A Christmas Carol Symphony (1st mvt.) The City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 8.557099 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Franz Schubert · Rondo in A, D.438 Thomas Zehetmair, violin · German Chamber Philharmonic Thomas Zehetmair Teldec 46448 "Schubert; Beethoven; Mozart: Works for Violin & Orchestra" | |
| Traditional · Medley of Six Carols Jessye Norman, soprano · New York Choral Society; Empire Chamber Ensemble Robert De Cormier Philips 420180 "Christmastide - Jessye Norman" | |