Programs · Episode
Friday, October 24, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Friday, October 24, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Erkki Melartin · Karelian Scenes, Op. 146:6 Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Jorma Panula Finland Transcriptio s 9802 "Music by Erkki Melartin" | |
| Robert Schumann · Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (Scenes from Childhood) Martha Argerich, piano Deutsche Grammophon 410653 "Schumann: Kinderszenen; Kreisleriana" | |
| Richard Yardumian · Armenian Suite (1937) (arr. by Ofer Ben-Amots) Singapore Symphony Orchestra Lan Shui BIS CD-1232 "Yardumian: Armenian Suite; Symphony No. 2; Violin Concerto" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Rondo in Bb, WoO 6 Robert Levin, fortepiano · Revolutionary & Romantic Orchestra Archiv Produktion 453438 "Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2" | |
6 am | |
| Johannes Brahms · String Quintet No. 2 in G, Op. 111 (ii. Adagio) Takacs Quartet; Lawrence Power, 2nd viola Hyperion 67900 "Brahms: String Quintets" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Piano Sonata No. 60 in C, Hob:XVI:50 (1st mvt.) Jeno Jando, piano Naxos 8.550657 "Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol.1" | |
| Carl Maria von Weber · Symphony No. 1 in C London Classical Players Roger Norrington EMI Classics 55348 "Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| Louis Moreau Gottschalk · Grand Tarantelle, Op. 67 (arr. by Hershy Kay) Robert DeGaetano, piano · Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Kirk Trevor Crystonyx "American Classics" | |
| William Boyce · Symphony No. 4 in F, Op. 2 Bournemouth Sinfonietta Ronald Thomas CRD 3413 "William Boyce: The Eight Symphonies" | |
7 am | |
| Hamish MacCunn · The Land of the Mountain and the Flood Scottish National Orchestra Sir Alexander Gibson Chandos 8379 "Scottish Overtures" | |
| Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 Bavarian State Orchestra Wolfgang Sawallisch EMI Classics 63893 "Kabalevsky: The Comedians, etc." | |
| Manuel de Falla · Ritual Fire Dance, from "El amor brujo" Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Philips 442406 "Lollipops" | |
| Richard Strauss · Divertimento after Couperin, Op. 86 (selections) Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 435 871-2 "Richard Strauss - Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" | |
| Hector Berlioz · Overture to Benvenuto Cellini New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein Sony Classical 47525 "Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Overtures" | |
8 am | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Don Giovanni, selections (arr. by Josef Triebensee) The Amadeus Ensemble Julius Rudel Musicmasters 60125Z "Mozart: Don Giovanni, arr. for Winds & Double Bass" | |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully · The Bourgeois Gentleman, selections (original music to Moliere's 1670 play) Le Concert des Nations (The Concert of Nations) Jordi Savall Alia Vox 9807 "Jean-Baptiste Lully: L'orchestre du roi soleil" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Piano Concerto No. 2 in d, Op. 40 Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano · Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Herbert Blomstedt Decca 468600 "Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| Jules Massenet · Suite No. 1 (finale) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Jean-Yves Ossonce Naxos 8.553124 "Massenet: Orchestral Suites" | |
| Friedrich Witt · Flute Concerto in G, Op. 8 (1st mvt.) Patrick Gallois, flute · Sinfonia Finlandia Patrick Gallois Naxos 8572089 "Friedrich Witt: Symphony in C 'Jena;' Flute Concerto" | |
9 am | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · Overture to The Wasps London Philharmonic Orchestra Vernon Handley Chandos 241-9 "Vaughan Williams" | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Symphony in A, Op. 35, No. 3, G.511 Cantelina Adrian Shepherd Chandos 8414 "Boccherini: Seven Symphonies" | |
| Thomas Beecham · Love in Bath, selections from the 1945 orchestral suite after music by George Frideric Handel Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham EMI Classics 86516 "Handel: Love in Bath" | |
| Emmanuel Chabrier · Bourre fantasque (orchestrated by Felix Mottl) French National Orchestra Armin Jordan Erato 88018 "Chabrier: Espana" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Bohemian Dance, from "The Maid of Orleans" Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Sir Colin Davis Philips 422845 "Tchaikovsky - Ballet Music" | |