Programs · Episode
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Hector Berlioz · Reveries - Passions, from Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Live in Munich, March 2013) Mariss Jansons BR Klassik 900121 "Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique" | |
| Mark O'Connor · Fiddle Concerto (3rd mvt. & cadenza) Mark O'Connor, violin · Concordia Orchestra Marin Alsop Warner 45846 "Mark O'Connor: The Fiddle Concerto" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Gloria in excelsis Deo Maurice Andre, trumpet; Jane Parker-Smith, organ of Eglise St. Pierre Le Jeune, Strasbourg EMI Classics 6365602 "Trumpet & Organ" | |
| Johnny Marks · Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (in the style of Mozart) The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | |
| George Gershwin · Good Mornin', Sistuh, from the Catfish Row Suite, from "Porgy and Bess" St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin EMI Classics 64084 "Gershwin: An American in Paris; Catfish Row" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Flute Quartet No. 1 in D, K. 285 Carol Wincenc, flute; Eugene Drucker, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; David Finckel, cello · Emerson String Quartet Deutsche Grammophon 431770 "Mozart: Flute Quartets" | |
6 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in d for Viola d'amore, Lute & Strings, RV 540 Uli Schnorr, viola d'amore; Rolf Lislevand, lute · ensemble Naive 30429 "Vivaldi: Musica per mandolino e liuto" | |
| Edvard Grieg · Homage March, from Sigurd Jorsalfar BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Jerzy Maksymiuk Naxos 8.550864 "Grieg: Peer Gynt - Sigurd Jorlsafar" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · We Three Kings (interpolated with Beethoven's "Fur Elise") Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| Traditional · Branles; Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella; Patapan Renaissonics WGBH "Carols for Dancing" | |
| Joseph Fiala · English Horn Concerto in Eb Heinz Holliger, english horn · English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard Philips 426972 "Heinz Holliger: Bellini, Molique, etc." | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff · Piano Concerto No. 2 in c, Op. 18 (finale) Tedd Joselson, piano · Philharmonia Orchestra Arthur Fagen Signum Classics 675 "Tedd Joselson's Companionship of Concertos" | |
7 am | |
| George Frideric Handel · Royal Fireworks Music (La rejouissance; Minuet & Trio) Cleveland Symphonic Winds Frederick Fennell Telarc 80344 "Handel Bars" | |
| Emmanuel Chabrier · Slavonic Dance, from "The King in Spite of Himself" Orchestra of the Swiss Romande Neeme Järvi Chandos 5122 "Chabrier: Orchestral Works" | |
| Traditional English · God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Valarie Alexandra Valois, piano (of Charlotte, NC) Eroica 3091 "Deck the Halls - Valarie Alexandra Valois" | |
| Victor Herbert · "Toyland" Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano · The Abbey Road Ensemble Jonathan Tunick EMI Classics 56176 "Our Christmas Songs for You" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 31 in D "Hornsignal" (i. Allegro) American Horn Quartet · Sinfonia Varsovia (Warsaw Symphony) Dariusz Wisniewski Naxos 8.557747 "Concertos for Four Horns" | |
| Richard Wagner · Prelude to Act III from "Lohengrin" Seattle Symphony Orchestra Gerard Schwarz Delos 3053 "Wagner 2" | |
8 am | |
| Leo Delibes · Procession of Bacchus from "Sylvia" ballet Razumovsky Sinfonia Andrew Mogrelia Naxos 8.553338/9 "Delibes: Sylvia (Complete Ballet)" | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich · Festive Overture, Op. 96 Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc 80170 "Symphonic Spectacular" | |
| Traditional English · "Gloustershire Wassail" Peninsula Women's Chorus (Palo Alto, CA) Patricia Hennings Location LDR-1001 "Alleluia Psallat - The Joy of Christmas" | |
| Traditional 16th century · "Gaudete" (Rejoice) Peninsula Women's Chorus (Palo Alto, CA) Patricia Hennings Location LDR-1001 "Alleluia Psallat - The Joy of Christmas" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Harp Concerto in Bb, Op. 4, No. 6 (1st mvt.) Marisa Robles, harp · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Iona Brown Decca 425723 "Harp Concertos" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Concerto in F for 3 Violins & Strings (from Musique de Table) (1st mvt.) Reinhard Goebel, Manfred Kramer, Florian Deuter, violins · Musica Antiqua Cologne Reinhard Goebel Archiv Produktion 429774 "Telemann: Musique de Table" | |
9 am | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (iii. Merry Gathering of Country Folk) Vienna Philharmonic Andris Nelsons Deutsche Grammophon 003111960 "Beethoven: Complete Symphonies" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Wedding March, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Vienna Philharmonic Andre Previn Philips 420161 "Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "For Unto Us a Child is Born" from "Messiah" Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reiai de Catalunya (The Royal Jordi Savall Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Hallelujah" from "Messiah" Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reiai de Catalunya (The Royal Jordi Savall Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia, from Cantata BWV 209 (He knows not what sorrow is) Bach Ensemble Joshua Rifkin L'Oiseau-Lyre 421424 "J. S. Bach Cantatas 202 & 209" | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · La Danza (Tarantella Napoletana) Seunghee Lee, clarinet; Evan Solomon, piano Seunghee Lee "Hidden Treasures" | |