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Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, December 19, 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 | |
| Ferdinand Ries · Variations on a Portuguese Hymn, Op. 152, No. 1 (actually the English carol, "Adeste Fideles") Uwe Grodd, flute; Matteo Napoli, piano Naxos 857203 8 "Ferdinand Ries: Works for Flute & Piano" | |
| Traditional French · "Les anges dans nos campagnes" (Angels we have heard on high) Washington Men's Camerata; Washington Symphonic Brass Gothic Records 49128 "Sing We Noel" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Oboe Concerto in C, Hob.VIIg.C1 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Derek Wickens, oboe ASV 1003 "The Classical Oboe" | |
| Christmas Medley · "Break Forth, O Beauteous Heav'nly Light; First Noel; O Little Town of Bethlehem; I Saw Three Ships Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Telarc 80087 "The Many Moods of Christmas" | |
| Thoinot Arbeau · Bransle l'officiale (Ding Dong Merrily on High) Taverner Consort Virgin Classics 03680 "Christmas Carols" | |
| Frederic Chopin · Fantaisie Impromptu in c#, Op. 66 Janina Fialkowska, piano ATMA Classique 2554 "Chopin: Etudes, Sonatas & Impromptus" | |
6 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in g for 2 Cellos, RV 531 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Christina Mahler, Allen Whear, cellos Analetka 29811 "A Baroque Feast" | |
| Mark Hayes · Midnight Noel from Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte Brian Winegardner, trumpet; James R. Jones, piano Myers Park United Met hodi 888295 6725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |
| Herbert Howells · "A Spotless Rose" Choir of St. Mary of the Hills, Blowing Rock, NC St. Mary of the Hills "O Sapientia" | |
| Chris Dedrick · "Sweet Songs of Christmas" The Charlotte Children's Choir; Brass Charlotte Charlotte Children's Choi 825346 6506 "A Holiday Collection - The Charlotte Children's Choir" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 Royal Northern Sinfonia Antonio Meneses, cello Avie 2373 "Antonio Meneses - Cello Concertos" | |
| Traditional Medley · "Sing with Us of Christmas" Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Indiana University Singing Hoosiers Telarc 80538 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Elizabeth Poston · "Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree" Academy & Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields Philips 442141 "Christmas With The Academy" | |
| Jeff Tyzik · A Christmas Overture - Variations on Deck the Halls Brass Band of Battle Creek MSR 1425 "A Christmas Festival" | |
7 am | |
| Johann Wilhelm Hertel · Trumpet Concerto in D Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet Philips 464028 "Haydn, Hummel, Stamitz, Hertel: Trumpet Concertos" | |
| Richard Wagner · Ride of the Valkyries, from "Die Walkure" Berlin Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon 439768 "Wagner - Gala" | |
| Brian Joyce · Hear Ye Newes Today (Christmas medley) Silverwood Quartet Andra Bohnet, flute Flying Frog 402 "To Drive the Cold Winter Away" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Divertimento in F, K. 138 Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Harmonia Mundi 901809 "Mozart: Divertimenti" | |
| Franz Gruber - Traditional · "Silent Night" - "Sleep, Little Jesus" Domincan Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist (Ann Arbor, Mi Sony 541741 "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Christmas with the Domincan | |
| Traditional American · "The Babe in Bethlehem" The Christmas Revels Revels Records 1082 "Wassail! Wassail! Early American Christmas Music" | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · "Wassail Song" Choir of Winchester Cathedral Decca 444130 "Christmas Fantasy" | |
| Jacob Handl de Gallus · "O admirabile commercium" (O wondrous exchange) Chanticleer Mesa Bluemoon 2093 "A Chanticleer Christmas" | |
8 am | |
| Jeremiah Clarke · Trumpet Suite in D English String Orchestra John Wallace, trumpet Nimbus 5155 "Rule Britannia" | |
| Victor Herbert · March of the Toys, from "Babes in Toyland" The New London Orchestra Hyperion 67067 "American Light Music Classics" | |
| Traditional Ukrainian · Carol of the Bells Canadian Brass Philips 426835 "Canadian Brass - The Christmas Album" | |
| Victor Hely-Hutchinson · A Carol Symphony (i. Allegro energetico: Adeste fideles) The City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 855709 9 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Percy Grainger · The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol Eaken Piano Trio John Eaken, violin; Nancy Baun, cello; Gloria Whitney, piano Naxos 8.5540 99 "Home for the Holidays" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Piano Concerto No. 1 in d, Op. 15 (finale) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Bratislava Joshua Pierce, piano MSR 1346 "Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Strauss: Burleske" | |
| Traditional Irish · "Wexford Carol" Musica Intima ATMA Classique 2577 "O Nata Lux" | |
| Pietro Yon · "Gesu Bambino" National Philharmonic Orchestra; Wandsworth Boys' Choir Luciano Pavarotti, tenor Decca 460400 "The Greatest Christmas Show on Earth" | |
| William Billings · "Judea" (A Virgin Unspotted) Early Music New York ex Cathedra 29006 "A Colonial Christmas" | |
| Arthur Sullivan · Overture to The Pirates of Penzance Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Philips 434 91 6-2 "Gilbert & Sullivan Overtures" | |