Programs · Episode
Monday, December 15, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Monday, December 15, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb, BWV 1051 Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini Naive 30412 "Bach: Brandenburg Concertos" | |
| Bryan Kelly · Improvisations on Christmas Carols The City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 8.557099 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Richard Strauss · Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes, First Sequence Orchestra of the Swiss Romande Kazuki Yamada Pentatone 186518 "Strauss - Liszt - Korngold - Busoni - Schreker" | |
| Brian Joyce · Hear Ye Newes Today (Christmas medley) Andra Bohnet, flute · Silverwood Quartet Flying Frog 402 "To Drive the Cold Winter Away" | |
6 am | |
| Hector Berlioz · Roman Carnival, concert overture, Op. 9 Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc 80595 "Classics at the Pops" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Messiah: Sinfonia; "And the Glory of the Lord"; "For Unto Us a Child is Born" The Choir of Clare College; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Rene Jacobs Harmonia Mundi 901928 "Handel's Messiah" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Concerto in F for 3 Pianos & Orch., K. 242 Andras Schiff, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Georg Solti, pianos · English Chamber Orchestra Sir Georg Solti Decca 430232 "Mozart: Piano Concertos" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Waltz scherzo, Op. 34 Midori, violin · London Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Philips 420943 "Paganini: Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Serenade Melancolique" | |
| Nigel Hess · A Christmas Overture Royal Philharmonic Orchestra John Rutter Collegium Records 133 "A Christmas Festival" | |
7 am | |
| Peter Warlock · Capriol Suite The Nash Ensemble Martyn Brabbins Hyperion 66938 "Warlock: The Curlew - Capriol - Serenade - Songs" | |
| Albert Hague · You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Daniel Hooper · "A Garland of Carols" The Choral Project Daniel Hughes Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Jean Sibelius · Karelia Suite Iceland Symphony Orchestra Petri Sakari Naxos 8.554265 "Sibelius: Finlandia, Karelia Suite, Lemminkainen Suite" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Flute Concerto in D, TWV 51, D 2 Wilbert Hazelzet, flute · Musica Antiqua Cologne Reinhard Goebel Archiv Produktion 419633 "Telemann: Wind Concertos" | |
| James Pierpont · Jingle Bells (arr. by Michi Wiancko) Daniel Ching, William Fedkenheuer, violins; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello · Miro Quartet Pentatone PTC 518749 "Hearth" | |
| William Walton · "What Cheer" Roanoke College Choir (Salem, VA) Dr. Jeffrey Sandborg Roanoke College Choi RCC998CD "A Babe is Born" | |
| Lowell Mason · Joy to the World Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony 6369 "The Glorious Sound of Christmas" | |
8 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Bassoon Concerto No. 5 in d, RV 481 Sergio Azzolini, bassoon · L'Onda Armonica (The Harmonic Wave) Sergio Azzolini Naive 30573 "Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto V" | |
| Leroy Anderson · Suite of Carols for Brass Choir BBC Concert Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Naxos 8559621 "Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride and other Holiday Favorites" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 (1st mvt.) Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vanska BIS 1716 "Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6" | |
| Traditional · I Have a Little Dreidel; Hanukkah (arr. by Jon Simon) Jon Simon, piano Craig n Co. 7047910016 "Celebrate Hanukkah" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn - Charles Wesley · "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" Leontyne Price, soprano; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde · Vienna Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Decca 000338602 "Christmas with Leontyne Price" | |
| Traditional · Three German Carols (In dulci jubilo; Silent Night; Hark the Herald...) (arr. by Carl Della Peruti) Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
| Jeremiah Clarke · Trumpet Suite in D John Wallace, trumpet · English String Orchestra William Boughton Nimbus 5155 "Rule Britannia" | |
9 am | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Wedding March, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Yoel Levi Telarc 80318 "Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream" | |
| Arthur Sullivan · Christmas Revels, from "Victoria & Merrie England," ballet RTE Sinfonietta, Dublin Andrew Penny Marco Polo 223677 "Sullivan: Victoria & Merrie England" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Piano Quartet No. 1 in g, Op. 25 (iv. Gypsy Rondo) Martha Argerich, piano; Gidon Kremer, violin; Yuri Bashmet, viola; Mischa Maisky, cello Deutsche Grammophon 001476502 "Martha Argerich: The Collection 3 - Chamber Ensembles" | |
| Christmas Medley · "What Child is This?; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Robert Shaw Telarc 80087 "The Many Moods of Christmas" | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Symphony in Bb, Op. 21, No. 5, G.497 German Chamber Academy of Neuss Johannes Goritzki CPO 999174 "Boccherini: Symphonies Op. 21 Nos 1-5" | |