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Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 @ 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 | |
| Fritz Kreisler · Violin Concerto Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Gil Shaham, violin Deutsche Grammophon 439933 "Vivaldi: The Four Seasons" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "And he shall purify" from "Messiah" Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Academy of Ancient Music EMI Classics 68156 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · Fantasia on Greensleeves Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Buffalo Philharmonic Orch 692863 0094 "Holiday Classics" | |
| Michael Davis · "Sing, Choir of Angels" (medley) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir; The Candian Brass BWE Classics 0196 "A Christmas Gloria" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 64 in A "Tempora Mutantur" (Times are Changed) Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra Nimbus 5590 "Haydn Symphonies Nos. 55 - 69" | |
| Herbert Howells · "A Spotless Rose" Choir of Winchester Cathedral Decca 444130 "Christmas Fantasy" | |
| Traditional · "Pat-a-Drummer" (Patapan & Drummer Boy) (arr. by Katherine K. Davis) Cantus Cantus 1211 "Christmas with Cantus" | |
| Johann Pachelbel · Canon in D Paillard Chamber Orchestra RCA Victor Red Seal 65468 "The Pachelbel Canon - Albinoni Adagio..." | |
6 am | |
| Hector Berlioz · Rob Roy Overture San Diego Symphony Orchestra Naxos 8.5509 99 "Berlioz: Overtures" | |
| Victor Hely-Hutchinson · A Carol Symphony The City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 8.5570 99 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Violin Concerto No. 4 in E Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Iona Brown, violin Philips 411125 "Telemann: 5 Violin Concertos" | |
| Louis Moreau Gottschalk · Symphony, "A Night in the Tropics" (finale) Virginia Symphony Connell CDRO 4 97 "American Treasures" | |
7 am | |
| Traditional English · "Joys Seven" The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Henry Websdale, organ King's College Choir KGS003 6 "The Centenary Service - A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carol | |
| Traditional English · First Noel; Away in a Manger (arr. by Dorothy Lewis-Griffith) Dorothy Lewis-Griffith, piano ZENT Records 4007 "A Christmas Celebration at the Piano" | |
| Traditional Czech · "Rocking" (arr. by Michael Bojesen) Danish National Vocal Ensemble Michala Petri, recorder Our Recordings 622061 5 "Let the Angels Sing" | |
| Edvard Grieg · Symphonic Dances Nos. 1-3, Op. 64 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra EMI Classics 68649 "Smetana: Ma Vlast, etc." | |
| Gloria Shayne / Noel Regney · Do You Hear What I Hear? Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; Jurij Konje, percussion Telarc 80446 "Dream Season - The Christmas Harp" | |
| Johnny Marks · The Most Wonderful Day of the Year (in the style of Mendelssohn) Duo Campion-Vachon Guy Campion, Mario Vachon, piano 4-hands Analekta 9816 "Noël Pianissimo" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · "We Three Kings of Orient Are" Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Telarc 80377 "Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols" | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Cello Concerto in a, Wq. 170 (1st mvt.) Members of the Handel & Haydn Society Guy Fishman, cello Olde Focus Recordings 915 "C.P.E. Bach: Concerti for cello, strings and basso continu | |
| Traditional Medley · God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Holly and the Ivy London Symphony Orchestra Philips 416249 "A Festival of Christmas Carols" | |
| Traditional English · "Blessed be that maid Mary" (arr. by David Willcocks) The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Decca 425499 "On Christmas Night" | |
| Traditional (arr. by Mark Small) · Joy Medley (Joy to the World; Away in a Manger; Angels We Have Heard on High) Small - Torres Guitar Duo Mark Small, Robert Torres, guitars Shadow Mountain 55882 "Winterlight II" | |
8 am | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 1 in Eb, K. 16 Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra LaserLight 15867 "Mozart: Early Symphonies - volume 1" | |
| 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" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Variations on "Se vuol ballare" (If he wants to dance) from Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" WoO 4 James Ehnes, violin; Andrew Armstrong, piano Onyx 4177 "Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3" | |
| Carlos Salzedo · Short Fantasy on a Catalan Carol (Fum, Fum, Fum) The Canadian Brass Angel Romero, guitar RCA Victor 62683- 2 "Canadian Brass - Noel" | |
| J.S. Bach-Charles Gounod · "Ave Maria" Berlin Handel Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Lisa Otto, soprano Deutsche Grammophon 413671 "The Heavens are Sounding" | |
| Vince Guaraldi · Christmas Time is Here, from "Charlie Brown Christmas" Imani Winds Koch International 7748 "This Christmas with Imani Winds" | |
| Philip Brooks / Lewis Redner · "O Little Town of Bethlehem" Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sony Classical 35958 "Mormon Tabernacle Choir: The Ultimate Christmas Collection | |
| Mikhail Glinka · Overture to "Russlan and Ludmilla" Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80657 "Russian Nights" | |