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Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Friday, December 15, 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 · Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb, BWV 1051 Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra Hänssler Classic 94615 "Bach: Brandenburg Concertos" | |
| Bryan Kelly · Improvisations on Christmas Carols The City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 8.5570 99 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Richard Strauss · Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes, First Sequence Orchestra of the Swiss Romande Pentatone 186518 "Strauss - Liszt - Korngold - Busoni - Schreker" | |
| Brian Joyce · Hear Ye Newes Today (Christmas medley) Silverwood Quartet Andra Bohnet, flute Flying Frog 402 "To Drive the Cold Winter Away" | |
6 am | |
| Hector Berlioz · Roman Carnival, concert overture, Op. 9 Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80595 "Classics at the Pops" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Messiah: Sinfonia; "And the Glory of the Lord"; "For Unto Us a Child is Born" The Choir of Clare College; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Harmonia Mundi 901928 "Handel's Messiah" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Concerto No. 16 in D, K. 451 Philharmonia Orchestra Derek Han, piano Brilliant Classics BRI950 10 "Mozart: Complete Works" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Waltz scherzo, Op. 34 London Symphony Orchestra Midori, violin Philips 420943 "Paganini: Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Serenade Melancoli | |
| Zamir Bavel · "Hanukkah Light" Kansas City University Symphony Orchestra & Choirs ZB Publishing 783707 2719 "Hannukkah Music for Your Holiday Concert" | |
7 am | |
| Peter Warlock · Capriol Suite The Nash Ensemble Hyperion 66938 "Warlock: The Curlew - Capriol - Serenade - Songs" | |
| Albert Hague · You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Daniel Hooper · "A Garland of Carols" The Choral Project Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Jean Sibelius · Karelia Suite Iceland Symphony Orchestra Naxos 8.5542 65 "Sibelius: Finlandia, Karelia Suite, Lemminkainen Suite" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Flute Concerto in D, TWV 51, D 2 Musica Antiqua Cologne Wilbert Hazelzet, flute Archiv Produktion 419633 "Telemann: Wind Concertos" | |
| Traditional · "My father lit candles for me" The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble Western Wind 1818 "The Chanukkah Story" | |
| Traditional French · Ding Dong Merrily The Baltimore Consort Sono Luminus 90198 "Bright Day Star" | |
| Traditional Shetland Islands · Christmas Day in the Mornin' The Baltimore Consort Sono Luminus 90198 "Bright Day Star" | |
8 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Summer" Violin Concerto from "The Four Seasons" London Philharmonic Orchestra Itzhak Perlman, violin EMI Classics 65942 "Vivaldi: Four Seasons, Itzhak Perlman" | |
| Leroy Anderson · Suite of Carols for Brass Choir BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 855962 1 "Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride and other Holiday Favorites" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Trio in Bb, Op. 97 "Archduke" (1st mvt.) Daniel Barenboim, piano; Pinchas Zuckerman, violin; Jacqueline Du Pre, cello Warner Classics 04434 "Beethoven: Piano Trios; Violin & Cello Sonatas"" | |
| Traditional · "Stronghold, rock of my deliverence" (arr. by Robert Applebaum) Chicago a cappella Cedille 225 "Miracles of Miracles - Music for Hanukkah" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · "We Three Kings of Orient Are" Vienna Philharmonic Leontyne Price, soprano; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Decca 000338 602 "Christmas with Leontyne Price" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn - Charles Wesley · "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" Vienna Philharmonic Leontyne Price, soprano; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Decca 000338 602 "Christmas with Leontyne Price" | |
| Jeremiah Clarke · Trumpet Suite in D English String Orchestra John Wallace, trumpet Nimbus 5155 "Rule Britannia" | |
9 am | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Wedding March, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80318 "Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream" | |
| Arthur Sullivan · Christmas Revels, from "Victoria & Merrie England," ballet RTE Sinfonietta, Dublin Marco Polo 223677 "Sullivan: Victoria & Merrie England" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Piano Quartet No. 1 in g, Op. 25 (iv. Gypsy Rondo) Martha Argerich, piano; Gidon Kremer, violin; Yuri Bashmet, viola; Mischa Maisky, cello Deutsche Grammophon 001476 502 "Martha Argerich: The Collection 3 - Chamber Ensembles" | |
| Hugo Chaim Adler · "Maoz Tsur" (O Mighty Stronghold) The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble Western Wind 1818 "The Chanukkah Story" | |
| Christmas Medley · "What Child is This?; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Telarc 80087 "The Many Moods of Christmas" | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Symphony in Eb, Op. 35, No. 21, G.510 German Chamber Academy of Neuss CPO 999 17 5-2 "Boccherini: Complete Symphonies Vol. 5" | |