Programs · Episode
Friday, October 17, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Friday, October 17, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sleepers Awake (from Cantata BWV 140) Mark Small, Robert Torres, guitars; Kathy Halvorson, oboe; Nancy Hair, cello Channel Productions 3301 "The Water is Wide" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Septet in Eb, Op. 20 Consortium Classicum CPO 999658 "Beethoven: Chamber Music for Winds" | |
| Michael Torke · Last Month Siwoo Kim, violin · East Coast Chamber Orchestra Ecstatic Records ER092501 "Michael Torke - Last" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Humoresque, Op. 101, No. 7 Philip Martin, piano Helios 55410 "The Maiden's Prayer and other gems from an old piano stool" | |
6 am | |
| Engelbert Humperdinck · Overture to The Royal Children Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Karl Anton Rickenbacher Virgin Classics 28584 "Humperdinck: Fairy Tale Music" | |
| Jan Ladislav Dussek · Piano Concerto in C, Op. 29 (ii. Larghetto sostenuto) Howard Shelley, piano · Ulster Orchestra Howard Shelley Hyperion 68027 "Dussek: Piano Concertos" | |
| Max Bruch · Swedish Dances, Op. 63 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Hänssler Classic 98390 "Pamela Frank, violin: Max Bruch" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 70 in D The Hanover Band Roy Goodman Hyperion 66526 "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 70 - 72" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Violin Concerto in Bb, RV 370 Adrian Chandler, violin · La Serenissima Adrian Chandler Avie 2128 "The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690-1740" | |
7 am | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · Overture to Semiramide Vienna Philharmonic (live from the 1972 Salzburg Festival) Riccardo Muti Orfeo 867121 "Salzburg Festival 1972 - Rossini, Schumann, Mozart" | |
| Pablo de Sarasate · Concert Fantasy on Mozart's "The Magic Flute" Op. 54 Tianwa Yang, violin · Navarra Symphony Orchestra Ernest Martinez Izquierdo Naxos 8572275 "Sarasate: Music for Violin & Orchestra - 3" | |
| Jean-Paul Martini · Plaisir d'amour (Pleasure of Love) (arr. by Joe Boyer) Daniel Smith, bassoon · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ettore Stratta KEM-DISC 1006 "Bassoon Bon-Bons" | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Symphony No. 4 in G, Wq.183 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Gustav Leonhardt Virgin 61182 "CPE Bach: Symphonies" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · The Fair Melusine, Concert Overture, Op. 32 Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Kurt Masur Berlin Classics 184312 "Greatest Works - Mendelssohn" | |
8 am | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219 (finale) Noa Wildschut, violin · Netherlands Chamber Orchestra Gordan Nikolic Warner Classics 563993 "Noa Wildschut - Mozart" | |
| Edvard Grieg · Holberg Suite, Op. 40 Australian Chamber Orchestra Richard Tognetti Sony Classical 62828 "Grieg; Mendelssohn; Verdi: Chamber Music" Essential Classics | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Trio Sonata in C, BWV 529 Katharina Spreckelsen, oboe; Jane Norman, viola · The King's Consort Hyperion 66843 "Bach: Six Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-530" | |
| Aaron Copland · The Red Pony (Morning on the Ranch; Walk to the Bunkhouse) St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin RCA Victor Red Seal 61699 "Copland: Music for Films" | |
| Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov · The Tsar's Farewell and Departure, from The Tale of the Tsar Saltan, Suite, Op. 57 Scottish National Orchestra Neeme Jarvi Chandos 8327 "Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites" | |
9 am | |
| Gustav Mahler · Symphony No. 3 (5th mvt. "Bimm bamm! Three angels sang") Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano · Vienna Philharmonic; Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein; Vi Pierre Boulez Deutsche Grammophon 474038 "Mahler: Symphony No. 3" | |
| Nicolas Charles Bochsa · Harp Concerto No. 1 in d Lily Laskine, harp · Lamoureux Concert Orchestra Jean-Baptiste Mari RCA 60023 "The Art of Lily Laskine" | |
| Isaac Albeniz · Asturias Thibaut Garcia, guitar Erato 557141 "Thibaut Garcia - Leyendas" | |
| Alexander Glazunov · Piano Concerto No. 1 in f, Op. 92 (ii. Theme and Variations) Stephen Coombs, piano · BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins Hyperion 66877 "Glazunov: Piano Concertos; Goedicke: Concertstück" | |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau · The Hen, from Concert No. 6 The Musicians of the Louvre Marc Minkowski Archiv Produktion 000447802 "Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire" | |