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Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Tuesday, December 25, 2018 @ 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 | |
| Patric Standford · A Christmas Carol Symphony The City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 8.5570 99 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Pifa; "There were shepherds..."..."Glory to God" from Messiah Academy of Ancient Music; Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxfo Judith Nelson, soprano (recititives) Deutsche Grammophon 001493 002 "The Complete Christmas Celebration" | |
| Heinrich Schutz · "Hodie Christus natus est" Heinrich Schutz Choir; London String Players; Philip Jones Brass Decca 430065 "A Baroque Christmas" | |
| Michael Praetorius / J. S. Bach · "Wachet auf" Tallis Scholars Gimell 010 "Christmas Carols and Motets" | |
| Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck · "Hodie Christus natus est" (Today Christ is born) Roanoke College Choir (Salem, VA) Roanoke College Choir 901 "Lit by Star" | |
| Gustav Holst · Christmas Day (Choral Fantasy on Old Carols) Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
| Traditional Medley · What Child is This?; Coventry Carol Peter Blanchette, archguitar Archguitar Music n/a "Archguitar Christmas" | |
| Traditional Catalan · "Fum, Fum, Fum" Quink Vocal Ensemble Telarc 80202 "Carols Around the World" | |
| John Jacob Niles · "Sing We the Virgin Mary" Leigh Nixon, tenor; Simon Birchall, bass; Tom Finucane, guitar Sony Classical 62688 "Adeste Fidelis - Christmas Down the Ages" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn - Charles Wesley · "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" New York Choral Artists EMI 31540 "O Come, All ye Faithful" | |
6 am | |
| Leroy Anderson · Suite of Carols for Woodwinds BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 855962 1 "Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride and other Holiday Favorites" | |
| Jeff Tyzik · "The Twelve Gifts of Christmas" Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Tonio DiPaolo, tenor RPO 2006 "A Holiday Celebration" | |
| Traditional English · "The Yorkshire Wassail Song" Theatre of Voices Harmonia Mundi 297707 9 "Carols from the Old and New Worlds" | |
| Charles Ives · "A Christmas Carol" The Washington Master Chorale Acis 63682 "This Endris Night - Christmas with the Washington Master C | |
| Carl Davis · A Christmas Carol, ballet Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra Naxos 8.5534 95 "20th Century English Ballets" | |
| Traditional French · "Shepherds, in the fields abiding" The Cambridge Singers Collegium Records 512 "The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album" | |
| Alice Tegner · "Star of Bethlehem" Sons of Orpheus BIS 533 "Christmas Music" | |
| Traditional English · "Here We come a-Wassailing" Chorus & Orchestra of The Choral Arts Society of Washington Naxos 8.5550 49 "A Star Over Bethlehem" | |
| Howard Goodall · "Stille Nacht" (text by Josef More) The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford Catrin Finch, harp Gift of Music 1155 "Winter Lullabies" | |
7 am | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · March, from The Nutcracker Philadelphia Orchestra Sony Legacy 87771 "The Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time" | |
| Chris Coletti · Bach's Bells Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Carlos Salzedo · Short Fantasy on a Catalan Carol (Fum, Fum, Fum) The Canadian Brass Angel Romero, guitar RCA Victor 62683- 2 "Canadian Brass - Noel" | |
| Jerry Herman · We Need a Little Christmas (in style of Beethoven) The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christm | |
| Traditional Medley · "Veni, Veni,""Midnight Clear,""O Little Town,""Silent Night" etc Orchestra of St. Luke's; New York Choral Artists; Boys Choir of Kathleen Battle, soprano Angel 47587 "Kathleen Battle - A Christmas Celebration" | |
| Eric Whitacre · "Lux aurumque" (Light, warm and heavy as pure gold...) Renaissance (of Charlotte, NC) Renaissance (of Charl otte 884501 2383 "Renaissance: Noel We Sing" | |
| Traditional French · "Noe! Noe!" Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) Hickory Choral Societ y "Hickory Choral Society 2011 Christmas Concert" | |
| John Calkin · "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (arr. by Jay Rouse) Choir of Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte James R. Jones, piano; Nancy Hamff, flute; da Capo Brass Myers Park United Met hodi 888295 6725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |
| Paul McCartney · "Wonderful Christmastime" Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge Quilisma 401 "Christmas with the Choral Scholars" | |
| Irving Berlin · White Christmas (arr. by Marc-Olivier Dupin) Syrinx, pan-pipe; Alexandre Lagoya, guitar; Marielle Nordmann, harp; Pierre Lenert, viola Erato 45975 "Merry Christmas" | |
| Michel Corrette · Christmas Symphony No. 5 in a Arion Early-Music.com 7768 "Corrette: Symphonies des Noels" | |
8 am | |
| Felix Bernard · Winter Wonderland (in style of Beethoven) The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christm | |
| Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane · Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, in style of Mozart The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christm | |
| Johnny Marks · Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, in style of Mozart The Hampton String Quartet RCA Victor 60246 "What If Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christm | |
| John Rutter · "Gloria" Choir Of King's College, Cambridge; City of Birmingham Symphony EMI Classics 57952 "Rutter: Gloria" | |
| Stephen Chatman · "Christmas Joy" (medley of traditional carols) University of British Columbia Singers; A Touch of Brass Stephen Smith, organ; Quennie Wong, percussion Centrediscs 15509 "A Chatman Christmas" | |
| Michel-Richard Delalande · Simphonies of Noels Les Violons du Roy WSHU "The Seasons of Sunday Baroque - Winter" | |
| John Foster · "While shepherds watched their flock" Taverner Consort, Choir & Players Virgin Classics 03680 "Christmas Carols" | |
| Jacob Handl de Gallus · "Resonet in Laudibus" (Shouts of Joy) Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street, NYC Naxos 8.5558 86 "Christmas at Trinity" | |