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Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Thursday, December 7, 2023 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
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Host Mike McKay brings you the best classical music to start your day.
Playlist
5 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata BWV 208 Georgia Kelly, harp; Anne Pinkster, cellos; Peter Kent, violins Global Pacific 79337 "Georgia Kelly - Winter Classics" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 30 in D, K. 202 Vienna Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon 002244 502 "Mozart Symphonies" | |
| Katherine Davis · "Carol of the Drum" (Little Drummer Boy) Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Columbia & Percussion Ensemble Sony Legacy 87771 "The Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time" | |
| Traditional English · "The Old Year Now Away is Fled" (Greensleeves) The Baltimore Consort Custer LaRue, soprano Sono Luminus 90198 "Bright Day Star" | |
| Richard Strauss · Burleske, Op. 11 Stockholm Philharmonic Sergei Edelmann, piano RCA Victor Red Seal 60173 "Strauss: Don Juan - Burleske - Serenade - Till Eulenspiege | |
6 am | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Trumpet Sonata in D Vienna Soloists Maurice Andre, trumpet Erato 469572 2 "Maurice André Edition - Concertos, Vol. 1" | |
| 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 Christm | |
| Traditional English · "Here We come a-Wassailing" Chorus & Orchestra of The Choral Arts Society of Washington Naxos 8.5550 49 "A Star Over Bethlehem" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Romantic Pieces, Op. 75 Gidon Kremer, violin; Oleg Maisenberg, piano Deutsche Grammophon 453440 "Romantic Echoes" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Sinfonia, from "Messiah" Academy of Ancient Music EMI Classics 68156 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck · "Hodie Christus natus est" (Today Christ is born) The Bach Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Decca 001609 202 "The Colors of Christmas" | |
| Hector Berlioz · Rob Roy Overture San Diego Symphony Orchestra Naxos 8.5509 99 "Berlioz: Overtures" | |
7 am | |
| Philip Lane · Wassail Dances The City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 8.5570 99 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Johann Nepomuk Hummel · Trumpet Concerto in Eb Prague Chamber Orchestra Guy Touvron, trumpet RCA Victor Red Seal 60858 "Classic Trumpet" | |
| Traditional Israeli · "Mi y'malel" (Who can retell the things that befell us?) The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble Western Wind 1818 "The Chanukkah Story" | |
| John Jacob Niles · "I Wonder as I Wander" Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street, NYC Naxos 8.5558 86 "Christmas at Trinity" | |
| Alexander Borodin · Symphony No. 3 in a Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 435 75 7-2 "Borodin Orchesterwerke" | |
| Alexander Glazunov · Violin Concerto in a, Op. 82 (finale) RCA Symphony Orchestra Jascha Heifetz, violin RCA 7019 "Heifetz - Concertos: Sibelius, Prokofiev, Glazunov" | |
8 am | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Concerto in F for 2 Oboes, Op. 9, No. 3 La Serenissima Gail Hennessy, Rachel Chaplin, oboes Avie 2371 "The Italian Job" | |
| Simon Andrews · Melange a Trois (Christmas medley) The Newstead Trio Michael Jamanis, violin; Sara Male, cello; Xun Pan, piano Prince 9812 "The Newstead Trio - Music for the Season" | |
| Edvard Grieg · Symphonic Dances Nos. 1-3, Op. 64 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ASV 722 "Edvard Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar, etc." | |
| Gustav Holst · A Moorside Suite Northern Sinfonia Naxos 855507 0 "English String Miniatures - vol. 4" | |
| Traditional · Christmas Medley (arr. by Charity Book Putnam) Valarie Alexandra Valois, piano (of Charlotte, NC) Eroica 3091 "Deck the Halls - Valarie Alexandra Valois" | |
| Phillips Brooks / Lewis Redner · "O Little Town of Bethlehem" RCA Victor Singers William Whitehead, organ RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
9 am | |
| Manuel Rosenthal · Gaite parisienne (1938 ballet after Jacques Offenbach) [selections] Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Naxos 8.5540 05 "Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne, Offenbachiana" | |
| Traditional German · Three German Carols (Vom Himmel Hoch; In dulci jubilo; Josef, liber Josef mein) Bielfeld Children's Choir Gerhard Bunk, organ EMI Classics 62576 "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - Bielfelder Kinderchor" | |
| Ottorino Respighi · The Birds Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Philips 420485 "Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances; La Boutique Fantasque; Gl | |
| Richard Rodgers · Beneath the Southern Cross, from "Victory at Sea" (orch. by Robert Russell Bennett) RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra RCA 60963 "Victory at Sea" | |
| Gerald Cohen · "Chanukah Lights" Chicago a cappella Cedille 225 "Miracles of Miracles - Music for Hanukkah" | |
| Traditional French · Angels We Have Heard on High The Newstead Trio Michael Jamanis, violin; Sara Male, cello; Xun Pan, piano Prince 9812 "The Newstead Trio - Music for the Season" | |
| John Rutter · "Angels' Carol" Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia Collegium Records 111 "Christmas With the Cambridge Singers" | |