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Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 @ 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 Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia, from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Staatskapelle Dresden Philips 000994 902 "Bach: Christmas Oratorio" | |
6 am | |
| Hector Berlioz · Rob Roy Overture San Diego Symphony Orchestra Naxos 8.5509 99 "Berlioz: Overtures" | |
| 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" | |
| Victor Hely-Hutchinson · A Carol Symphony The City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 8.5570 99 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| 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." | |
| Traditional English · Good King Wenceslas (arr. by Morton Gould) New Philharmonia Orchestra RCA Victor 7931 "A Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould" | |
| 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" | |
| Simon Andrews · Melange a Trois (Christmas medley) The Newstead Trio Michael Jamanis, violin; Sara Male, cello; Xun Pan, piano Prince 9812 "The Newstead Trio - Music for the Season" | |
| Maurice Ravel · Pavane for a Dead Princess Chamber Orchestra led Ransom Wilson Ransom Wilson, flute EMI Classics 69069 "Pleasure Songs for Flute" | |
| 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 · Symphony No. 3 in Eb, Op. 55 "Eroica" (finale) London Symphony Orchestra LSO Live 80 "Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3" | |
| Loki Karuna · NoteWorthy: William Grant Still | |
| William Grant Still · Get on Board (arr. for woodwinds, string quartet & piano) The Sierra Winds Cambria 1083 "Get on Board - Music of William Grant Still" | |
| Howard Blake · "Walking in the Air" from "The Snowman" London Philharmonic Orchestra Sam Oliver, treble LPO 15 "Stories for Children" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Chorus No. 1 from Christmas Cantata BWV 110 "Let our mouths be filled with laughter" Collegium Vocale Harmonia Mundi 901594 "JS Bach: Christmas Cantatas" | |
| Franz von Suppe · Childish Games, Concert Overture Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Marco Polo 822373 0 "Suppe Overtures, vol. 4" | |
9 am | |
| John Jacob Niles · I Wonder as I Wander Dorothy Lewis-Griffith, piano ZENT Records 4007 "A Christmas Celebration at the Piano" | |
| arr. by M. Sherrill Kelsey · What Child is This?; Away in a Manger Valarie Alexandra Valois, piano (of Charlotte, NC) Eroica 3091 "Deck the Halls - Valarie Alexandra Valois" | |
| Traditional French · Sing We Now of Christmas (Noel Nouvelet) Chad Lawson, piano Hillset Records 859707 0690 "Chad Lawson - A Solo Piano Christmas" | |
| Traditional Polish · Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Carol Chase, piano (from Lake Wylie, SC) Carol Chase 066121 "Christmas with Carol Chase" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in g for 2 Cellos, RV 531 City of London Sinfonia Raphael Wallfisch, Keith Harvey, cellos Naxos 855090 8 "Vivaldi: Cello Concerti, Vol. 2" | |
| Traditional · A Canadian Brass Christmas Carol (arr. by Howard Cable) The Canadian Brass BWE Classics 0196 "A Christmas Gloria" | |
| Traditional English · "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" The Choral Project Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Traditional English tunes · Medley: "I Saw Three Ships," "First Noel," "Holly and the Ivy" Orchestra of St. Luke's; New York Choral Artists Kathleen Battle, soprano Angel 47587 "Kathleen Battle - A Christmas Celebration" | |
| Franz Liszt · Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Philadelphia Orchestra Sony Classical 60265 "Famous Rhapsodies" Essential Classics series | |
| Leroy Anderson · Bugler's Holiday The Boston Pops Orchestra Al Hirt, Robert Mogilnicki, Andre Come, trumpets RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-27 29 "Pops Goes the Trumpet (Holiday for Brass)" | |