Programs · Episode
Monday, December 9, 2024
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Monday, December 9, 2024 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Carl Stamitz · Flute Concerto in G, Op. 29 Barthold Kuijken, transverse flute · Tafelmusik Jeanne Lamon Sony Classical 48045 "Flute Concertos" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Philharmonia Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini EMI Classics 86531 "Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6" | |
| Christmas Medley · "O Sanctissima; Joy to the World; Away in a Manger; Fum, Fum, Fum; March of the Kings" Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Robert Shaw Telarc 80087 "The Many Moods of Christmas" | |
| Franz Schubert · Quartettsatz (Quartet movement) D.703 Hagen Quartet Deutsche Grammophon 419171 "Schubert: String Quartets" | |
6 am | |
| Giuseppe Verdi · Suite from "Rigoletto" (arr. by Erich Kunzel & Crafton Beck) Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc 80364 "Verdi Without Words" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · We Three Kings (interpolated with Beethoven's "Fur Elise") Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| John Calkin · I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (interpolated with Mozart's Sonata in C, K. 545) Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| Traditional American · Go Tell It On the Mountain (interpolated with Chopin's Funeral March, from Sonata No. 2 in bb) Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050 Erin Helyard, harpsichord; Sophie Lariviere, transverse flute; Oliviere Brault, violin · Ensemble Caprice Matthias Maute Analekta 299967 "Bach: Brandenburg Concertos" | |
| Daniel Hooper · "A Garland of Carols" The Choral Project Daniel Hughes Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Michael Haydn · Trumpet Concerto in D Maurice Andre, trumpet · Munich Chamber Orchestra Hans Stadlmair DG Galleria 419874 "Maurice André: Trumpet Concertos" | |
7 am | |
| Traditional English · "Gloucestershire Wassail" The Waverley Consort Michael Jaffe Virgin Classics Veri as 55193 "A Waverly Consort Christmas" | |
| 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" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Violin Concerto No. 1 in Bb, K. 207 Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner EMI Classics 54302 "Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1; Sinfonia Concertante" | |
| Chris Coletti · Bach's Bells Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Patric Standford · A Christmas Carol Symphony (1st mvt.) The City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 8.557099 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · English Folk Song Suite (original 1923 arrangement includes the Sea Songs March) Royal Northern College of Music Wind Ensemble Timothy Reynish Chandos 9697 "British Wind Band Classics" | |
| Jules Massenet · Papillons blancs (White Butterflies) Aldo Ciccolini, piano EMI Classics 85517 "Massenet: Piano Music" | |
8 am | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Slavonic Dances Nos. 1-3, Op. 72 Chamber Orchestra of Europe Nikolaus Harnoncourt Teldec 81038 "Dvorak: Slavonic Dances" | |
| Howard Blake · "Walking in the Air" from "The Snowman" Sam Oliver, treble · London Philharmonic Orchestra Pieter Schoeman LPO 15 "Stories for Children" | |
| Traditional Catalan · El Noi de la Mare (What shall we give to the Son of the Virgin?) Mark Small, Robert Torres, guitars · ensemble conducted by Barlow Bradford Shadow Mountain 55882 "Winterlight II" | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Symphony No. 11 in C, Op. 21, 3, G495 German Chamber Academy of Neuss Johannes Goritzki Claves 50-8713 "Boccherini: Sinfonia; Cellokonzerte; Serenade" Symphonies" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · How Brightly Beams the Morning Star Arturo Delmoni, Nina Bodnar, violins; Natasha Lipkina, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello · Delmoni String Quartet Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "And the glory of the Lord" & "Hallelujah" from "Messiah Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra at Temple Square Mack Wilberg Mormon Tabernacle 5023338 "Ring Christmas Bells" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36 (1st mvt.) Berlin Philharmonic Claudio Abbado Deutsche Grammophon 469000 "Beethoven: Die Symphonien" | |
9 am | |
| John Foster · "While shepherds watched their flock" Taverner Consort, Choir & Players Andrew Parrott Virgin Classics 03680 "Christmas Carols" | |
| Frederick Delius · Sleigh Ride (Winter Night) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra David Hill Decca 444130 "Christmas Fantasy" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 84 in Eb Handel & Haydn Society Harry Christophers Coro 16148 "Haydn: Symphonies 8 & 84" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · March, from The Nutcracker Stevan Pasero, guitar Sugo 8501 "The Nutcracker Suite for Guitar" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · "We Three Kings of Orient Are" William Whitehead, organ · RCA Victor Singers Richard Westenburg RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Niccolo Paganini · Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 6 (finale) Hilary Hahn, violin · Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Eiji Oue Deutsche Grammophon 000718802 "Paganini - Spohr: Violin Concertod" | |