Programs · Episode
Friday, July 4, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Friday, July 4, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco · Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 99 Nicola Hall, guitar · London Mozart Players Andrew Litton Decca 440293 "Paganini; Sarasate; Castelnuovo-Tedesco" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream Gewandhaus Orchestra Riccardo Chailly Decca 4756939 "Chailly in Leipzig - Inaugural Concert" | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Oboe Concerto in Eb, Wq. 165 Jozsef Kiss, oboe · Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra Naxos 8.550556 "CPE Bach; Marcello: Oboe Concertos" | |
| Jacob Gade · Tango Jalousie Stig Nilsson, violin · Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Mariss Jansons EMI Classics 56576 "World Encores" | |
6 am | |
| Frederic Chopin · Prelude in Db, Op. 28, No. 15 "Raindrop" Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano (Chopin's Broadwood piano) Decca 466357 "Jean-Yves Thibaudet: The Chopin I Love" | |
| Enrique Granados · Spanish Dance No. 9, Op. 5 Norbert Kraft, guitar · Razumovsky Sinfonia Peter Breiner Naxos 8.553037 "Granados: Twelve Spanish Dances" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · String Quartet No. 1 in F, Op. 18, No. 1 Dover Quartet Cedille 198 "Beethoven: Complete String Quartets Vol. 1 Op. 18" | |
| Ferde Grofe · On the Trail, from Grand Canyon Suite St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin RCA Victor Red Seal 60778 "The American Album" | |
| Charles-Marie Widor · Toccata, from Symphony No. 5 Iain Simcock, organ of Westminster Abbey MCA Classics 25874 "Great Music From Great Occasions at Westminster Abbey" | |
7 am | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Symphony No. 7 in d, Op. 70 (iii. Scherzo: Vivace) Houston Symphony Andres Orozco-Estrada Pentatone 5186578 "Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8" | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Cello Concerto No. 4 in C, G.477 David Geringas, cello · Padua & Veneto Chamber Orchestra Bruno Giuranna Claves 8814 "Boccherini 12 Concerti per Violoncello" | |
| Karl L. King · Voice of America Matthew H. Phillips and His Circus Band Vox Classics 7541 "Circus Spectacular" | |
| Karl L. King · The Home Town Boy March Matthew H. Phillips and His Circus Band Vox Classics 7541 "Circus Spectacular" | |
| Karl L. King · Wings for Peace Matthew H. Phillips and His Circus Band Vox Classics 7541 "Circus Spectacular" | |
| Franz Schubert · Rosamunde, incidental music Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 437531 "Classical Hits" | |
| Georges Bizet · Overture, from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 City Orchestra of Granada Josep Pons Harmonia Mundi 901675 "Bizet: L'Arlesienne" | |
8 am | |
| Manuel Rosenthal · Gaite parisienne (1938 ballet after Jacques Offenbach) Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc 80294 "Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne" | |
| Richard Rodgers · The Song of the High Seas, from "Victory at Sea" (orch. by Robert Russell Bennett) RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Robert Russell Bennett RCA 60963 "Victory at Sea" | |
| Richard Rodgers · Guadalcanal March, from "Victory at Sea" (orch. by Robert Russell Bennett) RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Robert Russell Bennett RCA 60963 "Victory at Sea" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504 "Prague" (1st mvt.) Vienna Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein Deutsche Grammophon 474349 "Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25, 29, 35, 36, 38-41" | |
| John Philip Sousa · The Black Horse Troop Eastman Wind Ensemble Frederick Fennell Mercury Living 434300 "Fennell Conducts Sousa" | |
| Arr. Richard Hayman · March Medley (Strike Up the Band, 76 Trombones, South Rampart Street) United States Air Force Heritage of America Band Capt. Larry H. Lang US Air Force "American Salute" | |
| Bedrich Smetana · Dances from "The Bartered Bride" Cleveland Orchestra George Szell Sony Classical 48279 "Ballet Music by Offenbach, Rachmaninov & Smetana" | |
9 am | |
| Leonard Bernstein · Times Square: 1944, from "On the Town" London Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas Deutsche Grammophon 437516 "On The Town" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 31 in D "Hornsignal" Heidelberg Symphony Thomas Fey Hänssler Classic 98611 Haydn: Symphony No. 31; Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| Summer Stages Spotlight | |
| John Philip Sousa · The Liberty Bell, march Boston Pops Orchestra John Williams Sony Classical 46747 "I Love a Parade" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Violin Concerto in g, TWV 51:g1 Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin · The Orpheus Baroque Orchestra Elizabeth Wallfisch CPO 777089 "Telemann: Violin Concertos, volume 2" | |
| Franz Liszt · Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony Classical 60265 "Famous Rhapsodies" Essential Classics series | |