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Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Monday, December 11, 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 | |
| Jules Massenet · Thais, ballet music from the opera Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Brilliant Classics 94355 "Jules Massenet: Ballet Suites" | |
| Ottorino Respighi · The Adoration of the Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures Eaken Piano Trio Con Brio 21345 "Eaken Trio: Most Wonderful Time" | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Cello Concerto No. 7 in G, G.480 German Chamber Academy of Neuss Johannes Goritzki, cello Claves 508713 "Boccherini: Sinfonia; Cellokonzerte; Serenade" Symphonies" | |
| 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" | |
6 am | |
| Hugo Wolf · Italian Serenade Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 431680 "Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Sibelius: Valse Triste" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Jauchzet, Frohlocket (Rejoice, exult) from the Christmas Oratorio Pittsburgh Symphony Brass Timothy Adams, timpani; Richard Webster, organ Four Winds 3022 "The Spirit of Christmas" | |
| Franz Schubert · Symphony No. 8 in b "Unfinished" D.759 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Philharmonic 28130 "Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; Schubert: Symphony No. 8" | |
| Alfred Burt · "Caroling, Caroling" The Choral Project Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| John Jacob Niles · "I Wonder as I Wander" The Choral Project Maly Hughes, soprano Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream London Symphony Orchestra EMI Classics 767775 "Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4; Overtures" | |
7 am | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Serenade No. 7 in D, K. 250 "Haffner" (1st mvt.) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Philips 464022 "Mozart: Great Serenades" | |
| Richard S. Willis / Edmund H. Sears · "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" RCA Victor Singers William Whitehead, organ RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · "We Three Kings of Orient Are" RCA Victor Singers William Whitehead, organ RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Traditional English · "Good King Wenceslas" RCA Victor Singers RCA Victor 61910 "Christmas Sing-Along" | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Flute Concerto in A, Wq. 168 The Feinstein Ensemble Martin Feinstein, flute Black Box 1019 "CPE Bach Flute Concertos" | |
| Joshua Fishbein · "For the miracles" Chicago a cappella Cedille 225 "Miracles of Miracles - Music for Hanukkah" | |
| 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" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 (finale) London Symphony Orchestra Sarah Chang, violin EMI Classics 54753 "Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto" | |
8 am | |
| Franz Liszt · Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 Staatskapelle Weimar Naxos 857023 0 "Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6" | |
| Traditional Catalan · "December's Cold Winds Were Stilled" Kathleen Battle, soprano; Christopher Parkening, guitar Sony Classical 62723 "Angel's Glory" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Winter" Violin Concerto from "The Four Seasons" Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra Francisco Fullana, violin Avie 2485 "Vivaldi: The Four Seasons" | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff · Piano Concerto No. 3 in d, Op. 30 (finale) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Live December, 1982) Martha Argerich, piano Philips 446673 "Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3; Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1" | |
| Traditional · "Haneros and Al Hanism" Choir and Orchestra Jan Peerce, tenor Vanguard 72017 "Jan Peerce - The Art of the Cantor" | |
| John Henry Hopkins · "We Three Kings of Orient Are" Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Telarc 80377 "Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · The Consecration of the House, concert overture Philadelphia Orchestra EMI Seraphim 73424 "Beethoven: Symphony No. 3" | |
9 am | |
| Dag Wiren · March, from the Serenade for Strings, Op. 11 Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra Naxos 8.5531 15 "Swedish Orchestral Favourites" | |
| Traditional American · Go Tell It On the Mountain Imani Winds Koch International 7748 "This Christmas with Imani Winds" | |
| Traditional French · Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella Imani Winds Javier Diaz, percussion Koch International 7748 "This Christmas with Imani Winds" | |
| Jules Massenet · Picturesque Scenes England's City of Birmingham Symphony Klavier 1007 "Massenet: Ballet Music" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "And the glory of the Lord" from "Messiah" Toronto Symphony; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir EMI Classics 17645 "Handel: Messiah"" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "He shall feed his flock" from "Messiah" Toronto Symphony Orchestra Florence Quivar, alto; Kathleen Battle, soprano EMI Classics 17645 "Handel: Messiah"" | |
| Johann Christian Bach · Overture in D for Double Orchestra, Op. 18, No. 3 Philadelphia Orchestra Sony Classical 62345 "Bach: Stowkowski - Ormandy - Philadelphia" | |