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Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, December 13, 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 · Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Dhm Deutsche Harmonia 7864 "Bach: Suites (Overtures)" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "And he shall purify" from "Messiah" (arr. by Mozart, sung in German) Namur Chamber Choir; The Grande Ecurie and the King's Chamber Naive E 3004 "Handel: Messiah, arr. Mozart" | |
| Leroy Anderson · Suite of Carols for Brass Choir BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 855962 1 "Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride and other Holiday Favorites" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb, K. 493 (1st mvt.) Domus Susan Tomes, piano Erato 91485 "Mozart: Piano Quartets; Kegelstatt Trio" | |
| Michael Davis · "Sing, Choir of Angels" (medley) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir; The Candian Brass BWE Classics 0196 "A Christmas Gloria" | |
| Steve Nelson - Jack Rollins · Frosty the Snowman (in style of Beethoven) The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christm | |
6 am | |
| Richard Wagner · Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" Vienna Philharmonic Decca 000897 802 "Wagner: Overtures; Siegfried Idyll" | |
| Ferdinand Ries · Variations on a Portuguese Hymn, Op. 152, No. 1 (actually the English carol, "Adeste Fideles") Uwe Grodd, flute; Matteo Napoli, piano Naxos 857203 8 "Ferdinand Ries: Works for Flute & Piano" | |
| Claude Debussy · Children's Corner Suite (orch. by Andre Caplet) Quebec Symphony Orchestra ATMA Classique 22377 "Debussy: Children's Corner, etc" | |
| Traditional English · "Joys Seven" Choir of King's College, Cambridge Benjamin Bayl, organ EMI Classics 73693 "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" | |
| Traditional · "Patapan" (Willy take your little drum!) Westminster Choir Westminster Choir 1009 "Noel" | |
| John Rutter · "Gloria" (finale) Choir Of King's College, Cambridge; City of Birmingham Symphony EMI Classics 5 5795 2 2 "Rutter: Gloria" | |
| Giuseppe Torelli · Christmas Concerto, Op. 8, No. 6 I Musici Philips 412739 "Christmas Concertos" | |
7 am | |
| Hector Berlioz · Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80164 "Berlioz: La Marseillaise & other Berlioz Favorites" | |
| Traditional · "Oh, you little candles" (arr. by Mark Zuckerman) Chicago a cappella Cedille 225 "Miracles of Miracles - Music for Hanukkah" | |
| Traditional Medley · "Sing with Us of Christmas" Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Indiana University Singing Hoosiers Telarc 80538 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Carl Maria von Weber · Symphony No. 2 in C (1st mvt.) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Brilliant Classics 94698 "Weber: Symphonies, Overtures & Concertos" | |
| Traditional French · Rondo on French Carols (with Dvorak's "Slavonic Dance in e) Alison Beck, piano; Elizabeth Beck, violin Bolo Classique 8011 "December Carols" | |
| 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" | |
| Edward Elgar · Cello Concerto in e, Op. 85 (finale) London Symphony Orchestra Jacqueline du Pre, cello EMI Classics 65955 "A Lasting Inspiration: Jacqueline Du Pré" | |
8 am | |
| Jonathan Rathbone · Carol Medley Vasari Singers Naxos 857303 0 "A Winter's Light" | |
| Mykola Leontovych · Carol of the Bells (w/ I Wonder as I Wander) Michael Chertock, piano Telarc CD-804 85 "Christmas Goes to the Movies" | |
| Gabriel Faure · "A Child's Christmas" Westminster Choir Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano; Ken Cowan, organ of Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NYC Westminster Choir 1009 "Noel" | |
| Frederic Chopin · Rondo a la Krakowiak, Op. 14 North German Radio Philharmonic Jan Lisiecki, piano Deutsche Grammophon 002633 102 "Chopin: Works for Piano and Orchestra" | |
| Kwame Ryan interview with Rachel | |
| Traditional · "A Christmas Fantasy" medley (arr. by Gordon Langford) Huddersfield Choral Society; Black Dyke Mills Band Chandos 4541 "Christmas Fantasy" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 (finale) Gewandhaus Orchestra Vadim Repin, violin Deutsche Grammophon 001264 802 "Brahms: Violin Concerto; Double Concerto" | |
| Moritz Rosenthal · Papillons (Butterflies) Stephen Hough, piano Virgin Classics 90732 "The Piano Album" | |
| Traditional Medley · Hark! the herald angels sing; Angels we have heard on high Empire Brass Nancy Allen, harp EMI Classics 31538 "Joy to the World - Music of Christmas" | |
9 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia, from Cantata BWV 156 "I stand with one foot in the grave..." English Chamber Orchestra Neil Black, oboe Sony 44650 "Pachelbel: Canon & Other Baroque Favorites" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Serenade No. 9 in D, K. 320 "Posthorn Serenade" (selections) North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Profil 05006 "Günter Wand Edition - volume 6" | |
| Sheldon Cohen · "Halleluja Chanukah" New Horizon Singers; Pacific Pops Orchestra Quicksilver Records 012157 1902 "Joy of Chanukah" | |
| Patric Standford · A Christmas Carol Symphony (1st mvt.) The City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 8.5570 99 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Franz Schubert · Rondo in A, D.438 German Chamber Philharmonic Thomas Zehetmair, violin Teldec 46448 "Schubert; Beethoven; Mozart: Works for Violin & Orchestra" | |
| Traditional · Medley of Six Carols New York Choral Society; Empire Chamber Ensemble Jessye Norman, soprano Philips 420180 "Christmastide - Jessye Norman" | |