Programs · Episode
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Thursday, December 5, 2024 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich · The Gadfly, suite from the film (selections) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Leonid Grin Capriccio 10298 "Shostakovich: Hamlet / The Gadfly" | |
| Edward Joseph Collins · Irish Rhapsody Royal Scottish National Orchestra Marin Alsop Albany Records 657 "Music of Edward Joseph Collins, Vol. VI)" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Overture to The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Arabian Dance, from The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Dance of the Reed Flutes, from The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Ottorino Respighi · Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3 English String Orchestra William Boughton Nimbus 5347 "Respighi's Aincient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3, etc." | |
6 am | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Concerto in Bb for 3 Oboes, 3 Violins & continuo Piet Dhont, Peter Westermann, Michael Niesmann, oboes · Musica Antiqua Cologne Reinhard Goebel Archiv Produktion 419633 "Telemann: Wind Concertos" | |
| Dag Wiren · Serenade for Strings, Op. 11 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery EMI Seraphim 69110 "Serenades" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Final Ballet from "Idomeneo" The Musicians of the Louvre Marc Minkowski Archiv Produktion 000650602 "Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41" | |
| 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 · "Past Three O'Clock" James Galway, flute · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Singers James Galway RCA 61233 "James Galway's Christmas Carol" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in G, Op. 6, No. 1 Handel & Haydn Society Orchestra Christopher Hogwood Archiv Produktion 463094 "Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6" | |
7 am | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · Largo al factotum, from "The Barber of Seville" (arr. by Erich Kunzel) Doc Severinsen, trumpet · Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc 80223 "Trumpet Spectacular" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 82 in C "The Bear" (finale) Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Jesus Lopez-Cobos Denon 75356 "Haydn: Symphonies "L'Ours" "La Poule" "La Reine" | |
| Loki Karuna · NoteWorthy: Billy Childs | |
| Hector Berlioz · "The Shepherds' Farewell" (from "L'enfance du Christ") Renee Fleming, soprano · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; London Voices Andreas Delfs Decca 000519302 "Sacred Songs" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Mandolin Concerto in D, RV 93 (1st & 3rd mvts) Julien Martineau, mandolin · Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini Naive 5455 "Julien Martineau - Come Una Volta" | |
| Franz Schubert · March, from Hungarian Divertimento, Op. 54, D.818 Anthony & Joseph Paratore, piano 4-hands Four Winds 3020 "Schubert: Piano Masterworks for Four Hands" | |
8 am | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 4 in Bb, Op. 60 (finale) New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein Sony 7683912 "Beethoven: Symphonies" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103 "Egyptian" (finale) Stephen Hough, piano · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo Hyperion 67331/2 "Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra" | |
| Traditional English · "The First Noel" Thomas Hampson, baritone · Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Teldec 9031-73135 "Christmas with Thomas Hampson" | |
| George Frideric Handel - Friedrich · "Tochter Zion" (Daughter of Zion) (text by Friedrich Heinrich Ranke) (1826) Thomas Hampson, baritone · Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Teldec 9031-73135 "Christmas with Thomas Hampson" | |
| Traditional German · "In dulci jubilo" (In sweet rejoicing) Thomas Hampson, baritone · Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Teldec 9031-73135 "Christmas with Thomas Hampson" | |
| Georges Bizet · Children's Games Suite (selections) Orchestra of the Swiss Romande Ernest Ansermet Decca 458595 "Classics for Children" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Lift Up Your Heads, from Concerto a due cori No. 2 in F Tafelmusik Jeanne Lamon Sony Classical 63073 "Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Concerti a due cori" | |
9 am | |
| Edvard Grieg · Symphonic Dance No. 1, Op. 64 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Paavo Berglund EMI Classics 68649 "Smetana: Ma Vlast, etc." | |
| Franz Schubert · Symphony No. 9 in C, D.944 "The Great" (finale conclusion) Staatskapelle Dresden Giuseppe Sinopoli Deutsche Grammophon 437689 "Schubert: Symphony Nos. 8 & 9" | |
| 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" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Piano Concerto No. 2 in d, Op. 40 (finale) Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano · Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Herbert Blomstedt Decca 468600 "Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| Jacques Offenbach · Galop, from "Genevieve da Brabant" Boston Pops Orchestra Arthur Fiedler RCA Victor L 61429 "Offenbach in America" | |