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Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 @ 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 | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Concerto in F for 3 Pianos & Orch., K. 242 Hungarian State Orchestra Zoltan Kocsis, Dezso Ranki, Andras Schiff, pianos Brilliant Classics BRI950 10 "Mozart: Complete Works" | |
| Katherine Davis · "Carol of the Drum" Boston Pops Orchestra; Tangelwood Festival Chorus BSO Classics 1305 "A Boston Pops Christmas - Live from Symphony Hall" | |
| Don Sebesky · A Christmas Scherzo (Medley) Boston Pops Orchestra BSO Classics 1305 "A Boston Pops Christmas - Live from Symphony Hall" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · American Suite, Op. 98b Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Decca 411735 "Dvorak: Slavonic Dances; American Suite" | |
| Traditional English · Good King Wenceslas Edward Gerhard, guitar Virtue 1920 "Christmas" | |
| Martin Luther · A Mighty Fortress is Our God Edward Gerhard, guitar Virtue 1920 "Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · O Come, All Ye Faithful Edward Gerhard, guitar Virtue 1920 "Christmas" | |
6 am | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Variations on "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen" from Mozart's "The Magic Flute", Op. 66 Mischa Maisky, cello; Martha Argerich, piano Deutsche Grammophon 431801 "Beethoven: Cellosonaten, Op. 5" | |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier · Noel pour les instruments (Instrumental Carols) Les Violons du Roy Sono Luminus 90180 "Simphonies des Noels" | |
| Robert Schumann · Piano Concerto in a, Op. 54 (finale) Berlin Philharmonic Krystian Zimerman, piano Deutsche Grammophon 410021 2 "Schumann - Grieg: Piano Concertos" | |
| Frederick Delius · Sleigh Ride (Winter Night) Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Naxos 8.9900 06 "Silent Night" | |
| Traditional English · What Child is This? Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Naxos 8.9900 06 "Silent Night" | |
| Franz Liszt · Mephisto Waltz No. 1 Philadelphia Orchestra Sony 45530 "Fright Night - Music That Goes Bump in the Night" | |
7 am | |
| Traditional · "Wassail" (arr. by Stephen Chatman) University of British Columbia Singers Centrediscs 15509 "A Chatman Christmas" | |
| Traditional French · "Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella" (arr. by Stephen Chatman) University of British Columbia Singers Centrediscs 15509 "A Chatman Christmas" | |
| Albert Hague · You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, Hob.VIIb:2 (1st mvt.) Philharmonia Orchestra Zuill Bailey, cello Steinway & Sons 30094 "Haydn: Cello Concertos" | |
| Thomas Pastatieri · "Alleluia" Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Thomas Hampson, baritone Teldec 9031-7 3135 "Christmas with Thomas Hampson" | |
| John Jacob Niles · "I Wonder as I Wander" Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Thomas Hampson, baritone Teldec 9031-7 3135 "Christmas with Thomas Hampson" | |
| Traditional English · "The First Noel" Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Thomas Hampson, baritone Teldec 9031-7 3135 "Christmas with Thomas Hampson" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 London Symphony Orchestra Janos Starker, cello Mercury Living 432001 "Janos Starker: Dvorak; Tchakiovsky; Bruch" | |
| Traditional English · I Saw Three Ships (interpolated with Haydn's "Allegro in F") Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Gloria in excelsis Deo Maurice Andre, trumpet; Jane Parker-Smith, organ of Eglise St. Pierre Le Jeune, Strasbourg EMI Classics 636560 2 "Trumpet & Organ" | |
| Thoinot Arbeau · Bransle l'officiale (Ding Dong Merrily on High) Taverner Consort Virgin Classics 03680 "Christmas Carols" | |
8 am | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Africa Fantasy, Op. 89 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jean-Philippe Collard, piano Warner Classics 49757 "Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 1, etc." | |
| Traditional · "Medley of Christmas Songs" Orchestra of St. Luke's; American Boychoir; Christmas Concert Ch Kathleen Battle, soprano; Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano Sony Classical 48235 "A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert" | |
| Franz von Suppe · Poet and Peasant Overture Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80116 "William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures" | |
| Traditional English · "Here we come a-wassailing" Clare College Singers & Orchestra EMI 69950 "Carols from Clare" | |
| Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky · Sonata Natalis (Christmas Sonata) Academy of Ancient Music Decca 410179 "Christmas Concertos" | |
| Traditional English · "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (arr. Stephen Paulus) The Dale Warland Singers Augsberg 4-11 "Christmas Echoes, vol. 1" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Recorder Concerto in C, RV 444 The English Concert Peter Holtslag, recorder Archiv Produktion 445839 "Vivaldi: 7 Concerti" | |