Programs · Episode
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Thursday, December 19, 2024 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| John Rutter · "Gloria" Choir Of King's College, Cambridge; City of Birmingham Symphony Stephen Cleobury EMI Classics 57952 "Rutter: Gloria" | |
| Ottorino Respighi · Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3 Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Sir Neville Marriner EMI Classics 86549 "Respighi: Pines of Rome, etc." | |
| John Harbison · Little Fantasy on "The Twelve Days of Christmas" The Canadian Brass BWE Classics 0196 "A Christmas Gloria" | |
| Robert Mayeur · Noel for Four Guitars Brandon Yip, David Duenas, Patrick Francis, Chris Hanford, guitars · San Francisco Guitar Quartet Brandon Yip 574821 "Magnificat" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 30 in C "Allelujah" Cantilena Adrian Shepherd Chandos 6579 "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 22, 24, 30" | |
6 am | |
| Jerry Herman · We Need a Little Christmas (in style of Beethoven) The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | |
| Daniel Hooper · "A Garland of Carols" The Choral Project Daniel Hughes Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Edward German · Three Dances from "Nell Gwyn" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Malcolm Sargent EMI Classics 62529 "Country Gardens" | |
| Traditional · The Golden Carol Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello · Delmoni String Quartet Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Traditional Medley · "Veni, Veni,""Midnight Clear,""O Little Town,""Silent Night" etc Kathleen Battle, soprano · Orchestra of St. Luke's; New York Choral Artists; Boys Choir of Leonard Slatkin Angel 47587 "Kathleen Battle - A Christmas Celebration" | |
| Leo Delibes · Sylvia, ballet suite Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra Janos Sandor LaserLight 15616 "Delibes: Coppelia - Gounod: Faust" | |
| Victor Herbert · March of the Toys, from "Babes in Toyland" St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin RCA Victor Red Seal 60778 "The American Album" | |
| Traditional French · Angels We Have Heard on High (arr. by Paul Horn) Paul Horn, flutes Kuckuck 11083-2 "Paul Horn - The Peace Album" | |
7 am | |
| Jean-Joseph Mouret · First Suite of Symphonies Maurice Andre, trumpet · Paris Orchestral Ensemble Jean-Pierre Wallez EMI Classics 47140 "Baroque Suites & Concertos for Trumpets" | |
| John H. Hopkins · We Three Kings of Orient Are (arr. by Paul Libman) The Klezmonauts Satire Records 0175 "Oy to the World - A Klezmer Christmas" | |
| Dan Locklair · "Shepherds, Rejoice! Lift Up Your Eyes" Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) David Pegg Bel Canto 99001 "What Sweeter Music..." | |
| Dan Forrest · "The Work of Christmas" Choir of Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte James R. Jones Myers Park United Me hodi 8882956725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |
| Florence Price · Dances in the Canebreaks (arr. by William Grant Still) Chicago Sinfonietta Mei-Ann Chen Cedille 185 "Project W - Works by Diverse Women Composers" | |
| Loki Karuna · NoteWorthy: Nina Simone | |
| Bryan Kelly · Improvisations on Christmas Carols The City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 8.557099 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 (1st mvt.) Maria Joao Pires, piano · Chamber Orchestra of Europe Claudio Abbado Deutsche Grammophon 439941 "Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 21" | |
8 am | |
| Franz Biebl · "Ave Maria" The American Spiritual Ensemble Everett McCorvey The American Spiritu l En 8845012147 "The Spirit of the Holidays" | |
| William J. Kirkpatrick · Away in a Manger (w/ Beethoven's Sonata Op. 14, No. 2, Mvt. 3) Pamela Howland, piano Pamela Howland 6135579621 "Christmas with Beethoven - 9 Classic Carols" | |
| Charles Ives · "A Christmas Carol" The Dale Warland Singers Dale Warland Augsberg 4-11 "Christmas Echoes, vol. 1" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 82 in C "The Bear" (1st mvt.) Heidelberg Symphony Thomas Fey Hänssler Classics 98265 "Haydn: Symphonies 82, 88, 95" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Traditional French · Noel! Noel! Guy Campion, Mario Vachon, piano 4-hands · Duo Campion-Vachon Analekta 9816 "Noël Pianissimo" | |
| Nigel Hess · A Christmas Overture Royal Philharmonic Orchestra John Rutter Collegium Records 133 "A Christmas Festival" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis RCA Victor Red Seal 7980 "Brahms: 4 Symphonies, etc" | |
| Traditional English · The Cherry Tree Carol Mark O'Connor, violin; Brent Mason, guitar and friends OMAC Records 16 "An Appalachian Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. by Mark O'Connor) Mark O'Connor, violin; Brent Mason, guitar and friends OMAC Records 16 "An Appalachian Christmas" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Symphony No. 5 in e, Op. 64 (iii. Waltz) Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra Aziz Shokhakimov Warner Classics n/a "Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5" | |
9 am | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Variations on "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman" K. 265 John Novacek, piano Four Winds 3013 "Great Mozart Piano Works" | |
| Traditional · "My father lit candles for me" The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble Western Wind 1818 "The Chanukkah Story" | |
| Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane · Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Ronn McFarlane, lute; Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba Flowerpot Production 012021 "A Star in the East" | |
| David Overton · Fantasia on "I Saw Three Ships" James Galway, flute · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra James Galway RCA 61233 "James Galway's Christmas Carol" | |
| Victor Hely-Hutchinson · A Carol Symphony (i. Allegro energetico: Adeste fideles) The City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 8557099 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Alexander Glazunov · Carnaval, concert overture Boston Pops Orchestra Arthur Fiedler RCA High Performance 74321-9471 "Bizet-Schedrin: Carmen Ballet" | |
| Traditional French · "Angels We Have Heard on High" RCA Victor Singers Richard Westenburg RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Leroy Anderson · Sleigh Ride Royal Philharmonic Orchestra John Rutter Decca 001609202 "The Colors of Christmas" | |
| Traditional Finnish · "Elves Around the Christmas Tree" suite Jorma Hynninen, baritone · Tapiola Choir; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Jorma Panula Ondine 828 "Jouluna Jumala Syntyi" | |
| Franz Schubert · Symphony No. 1 in D, D.82 (1st mvt.) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Newton Classics 8802033 "Schubert: The 10 Symphonies" | |