Programs · Episode
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Trio in Bb, Op. 97 "Archduke" (1st mvt.) Mitsuko Uchida, piano; Soovin Kim, violin; David Soyer, cello · Marlboro Music Festival (recorded live July 23, 2006) Marlboro Recording S ciet 80001 "Live From the Marlboro Music Festival" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "And he shall purify" from "Messiah" Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Academy of Ancient Music Stephen Cleobury EMI Classics 68156 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · Fantasia on Greensleeves Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Orch 6928630094 "Holiday Classics" | |
| Michael Davis · "Sing, Choir of Angels" (medley) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir; The Candian Brass Jerold Ottley BWE Classics 0196 "A Christmas Gloria" | |
| Michael Haydn · Symphony No. 1 in C (P35) Slovak Chamber Orchestra Bohdan Warchal CPO 999591 "Michael Haydn: 20 Symphonies" | |
| Herbert Howells · "A Spotless Rose" Choir of Winchester Cathedral David Hill Decca 444130 "Christmas Fantasy" | |
| Traditional · "Pat-a-Drummer" (Patapan & Drummer Boy) (arr. by Katherine K. Davis) Cantus Cantus 1211 "Christmas with Cantus" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia, from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Staatskapelle Dresden Peter Schreier Philips 000994902 "Bach: Christmas Oratorio" | |
6 am | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff · Piano Concerto No. 1 in f#, Op. 1 (1st mvt) Anna Fedorova, piano · St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra Modestas Pitrenas Channel Classics 42620 "Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1; Paganini Rhapsody" | |
| Victor Herbert · March of the Toys, from "Babes in Toyland" The New London Orchestra Ronald Corp Hyperion 67067 "American Light Music Classics" | |
| Leon Jessel · Parade of the Wooden Soldiers Herbert Clair, Edgar Fairchild, AMPICO reproducing piano Lyrichord 6012 "A Piano Christmas in the 1920's" | |
| Gabriel Pierne · March of the Little Lead Soldiers The New London Orchestra Ronald Corp Hyperion 66998 "European Light Music Classics" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in g for 2 Cellos, RV 531 Christina Mahler, Allen Whear, cellos · Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Jeanne Lamon Analetka 29811 "A Baroque Feast" | |
| Patric Standford · A Christmas Carol Symphony (1st mvt.) The City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 8.557099 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| John Ferguson · A Carol Collage for Choir & Orchestra Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC); Chamber Orchestra (recorde J. Don Coleman Hickory Choral Socie y "Hickory Choral Society 35th Season Christmas Concert 2012" | |
| Louis Moreau Gottschalk · Symphony, "A Night in the Tropics" (finale) Virginia Symphony JoAnn Falletta Connell CDRO 497 "American Treasures" | |
7 am | |
| Traditional English · "Joys Seven" Henry Websdale, organ · The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Stephen Cleobury King's College Choir KGS0036 "The Centenary Service - A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols" | |
| Traditional English · First Noel; Away in a Manger (arr. by Dorothy Lewis-Griffith) Dorothy Lewis-Griffith, piano ZENT Records 4007 "A Christmas Celebration at the Piano" | |
| Traditional Czech · "Rocking" (arr. by Michael Bojesen) Michala Petri, recorder · Danish National Vocal Ensemble Michael Bojesen Our Recordings 6220615 "Let the Angels Sing" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 (1st mvt.) Joshua Bell, violin · Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnanyi Decca 001337202 "The Best of Joshua Bell - The Decca Years" | |
| Traditional English · Good King Wenceslas (arr. by Morton Gould) New Philharmonia Orchestra Morton Gould RCA Victor 7931 "A Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould" | |
| Johnny Marks · The Most Wonderful Day of the Year (in the style of Mendelssohn) Guy Campion, Mario Vachon, piano 4-hands · Duo Campion-Vachon Analekta 9816 "Noël Pianissimo" | |
| 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" | |
| Gustav Holst · Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets Berlin Philharmonic Sir Colin Davis Philips 422403 "Holst: The Planets" | |
| Abraham Goldfaden · Raisins and Almonds Itzhak Perlman, violin · Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Dov Seltzer EMI Classics 47904 "Tradition" | |
8 am | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 1 in Eb, K. 16 Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra Hans Graf LaserLight 15867 "Mozart: Early Symphonies - volume 1" | |
| Stephen Chatman · "Christmas Joy" (medley of traditional carols) Stephen Smith, organ; Quennie Wong, percussion · University of British Columbia Singers; A Touch of Brass Bruce Pullan Centrediscs 15509 "A Chatman Christmas" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58 (finale) Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano · Chamber Orchestra of Europe Nikolaus Harnoncourt Teldec Classics 47334 "Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5" | |
| Howard Blake · "Walking in the Air" from "The Snowman" Sam Oliver, treble · London Philharmonic Orchestra Pieter Schoeman LPO 15 "Stories for Children" | |
| Traditional Welsh · Winter Has Come Carol Thompson, harp Sono Luminus 90120 "The Enchanted Isles" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Chorus No. 1 from Christmas Cantata BWV 110 "Let our mouths be filled with laughter" Collegium Vocale Philippe Herreweghe Harmonia Mundi 901594 "JS Bach: Christmas Cantatas" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 11 (1st mvt.) Heidelberg Symphony Thomas Fey Hänssler Classic 98275 "Mendelssohn: Symphony No 1; String Symphonies No 8 & 13" | |
9 am | |
| Ernest Bloch · Prayer, from the suite "From Jewish Life" Jonathan Aasgaard, cello · Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Gerard Schwarz Avie 2149 "From Jewish Life" | |
| Traditional English · Good King Wenceslas (w/ Beethoven's Sonata Op. 49, No. 2, Mvt. 1) Pamela Howland, piano Pamela Howland 6135579621 "Christmas with Beethoven - 9 Classic Carols" | |
| John Jacob Niles · I Wonder as I Wander Dorothy Lewis-Griffith, piano ZENT Records 4007 "A Christmas Celebration at the Piano" | |
| arr. by M. Sherrill Kelsey · What Child is This?; Away in a Manger Valarie Alexandra Valois, piano (of Charlotte, NC) Eroica 3091 "Deck the Halls - Valarie Alexandra Valois" | |
| Giovanni Battista Sammartini · Recorder Concerto in F Michala Petri, recorder · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Iona Brown Philips 400075 "Vivaldi - Recorder Concertos" | |
| Traditional · A Canadian Brass Christmas Carol (arr. by Howard Cable) The Canadian Brass BWE Classics 0196 "A Christmas Gloria" | |
| Traditional English · "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" The Choral Project Daniel Hughes Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Traditional English tunes · Medley: "I Saw Three Ships," "First Noel," "Holly and the Ivy" Kathleen Battle, soprano · Orchestra of St. Luke's; New York Choral Artists Leonard Slatkin Angel 47587 "Kathleen Battle - A Christmas Celebration" | |
| Franz Liszt · Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 London Philharmonic Orchestra Willi Boskovsky EMI Classics 64627 "Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies, etc." | |
| Leroy Anderson · Bugler's Holiday Al Hirt, Robert Mogilnicki, André Côme, trumpets · The Boston Pops Orchestra (rec. 1964) Arthur Fiedler RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2729 "Pops Goes the Trumpet (Holiday for Brass)" | |