Programs · Episode
Friday, April 4, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Friday, April 4, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · English Suite No. 2 in a, BWV 807 Anne-Marie McDermott, piano NSS Music 4 "Bach - Anne-Marie McDermott" | |
| Ernst von Dohnanyi · Konzertstuck in D, Op. 12 Janos Starker, cello · Seattle Symphony Orchestra Gerard Schwarz Naxos 8572749 "Janos Starker - Bartok & Dohnanyi" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Africa Fantasy, Op. 89 Stephen Hough, piano · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo Hyperion 67331/2 "Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Brilliant Classics BRI95010 "Mozart: Complete Works" | |
6 am | |
| Emile Waldteufel · The Skaters' Waltz Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Philips 422050 "With Love From Vienna" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Divertimento (arr. by Gregor Piatagorsky) Hamilton Cheifetz, cello; Harold Gray, piano Gagliano 929 "Jubilatum" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Violin Concerto in b, RV 387 Julien Chauvin, violin · Le Concert de la Loge Julien Chauvin Naive 30585 "Vivaldi - Concerti per violino VIII 'Il teatro'" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 3 in Eb, Op. 55 "Eroica" (finale) Staatskapelle Dresden Herbert Blomstedt Brilliant Classics 94289 "Beethoven: Complete Symphonies" | |
| Sergei Lyapunov · Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes, Op. 28 Hamish Milne, piano · BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins Hyperion 67326 "Lyapunov: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes" | |
7 am | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Concerto in D for 3 Horns Anthony Halstead, Christian Rutherford, Raul Diaz, horns; Simon Standage, violin · Collegium Musicum 90 Simon Standage Chandos 547 "Telemann - Alster Overture; Concerto in D, etc." | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Symphony No. 2 in c, Op. 17 (finale) Seattle Symphony Orchestra Gerard Schwarz Naxos 8571225 "Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| Maurice Ravel · Alborada del gracioso, from Miroirs (Mirrors) Beatrice Rana, piano Warner Classics 1902954110 "Beatrice Rana - Ravel, Stravinsky" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 14 in A, K. 114 Schlierbach Chamber Orchestra Thomas Fey Hänssler Classic 98335 "Mozart: Symphonies in A Major" | |
| Mikhail Glinka · Mazurka Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra Loris Tjeknavorian ASV 1075 "Glinka: A Life for the Tsar" | |
8 am | |
| Johannes Brahms · Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90 (iii. Poco Allegretto) Philadelphia Orchestra Riccardo Muti Philips 426253 "Brahms: Symphony No. 3" | |
| Hubert Parry · Lady Radnor's Suite English String Orchestra William Boughton Nimbus 5210 "The Spirit of England" | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff · Etude-Tableau in f#, Op. 39, No. 3 Christopher O'Riley, piano CPI Records 3294112 "Christopher O'Riley: At the Break" | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff · Etude-tableau in D, Op. 39, No. 9 Christopher O'Riley, piano CPI Records 3294112 "Christopher O'Riley: At the Break" | |
| Alexander Borodin · Polovtsian Dances, from "Prince Igor" Asheville Symphony Orchestra (rec. live Sept. 21, 1991) Robert Hart Baker Sonos 0002 "Asheville Symphony Orchestra" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · String Symphony No. 6 in Eb English String Orchestra William Boughton Nimbus 5141 "Mendelssohn: Complete String Symphonies, Vol. 1" | |
9 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Opening Chorus from Cantata BWV 140: "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (Sleepers Awake) English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir John Eliot Gardiner Archiv Produktion 431809 "Bach: Cantatas BWV 140 & 147" | |
| Arthur Benjamin · Oboe Concerto (after Domenico Cimarosa sonatas) Anthony Camden, oboe · City of London Sinfonia Nicholas Ward Naxos 8.553433 "Italian Oboe Concertos" | |
| Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf · Harp Concerto in A Claudia Antonelli, harp · Innsbruck Chamber Orchestra Hans Ludwig Hirsch Arts Music 47285 "Harp Concertos" | |
| Florence Price · Symphony No. 3 in c (Scherzo: Finale) The Women's Philharmonic Apo Hsu Koch International 7518 "Florence Price" | |
| Bedrich Smetana · Wedding Scenes Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Robert Stankovsky Marco Polo 223705 "Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces" | |