Programs · Episode
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Thursday, December 4, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Franz Schubert · Rosamunde, incidental music Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 437531 "Classical Hits" | |
| Edward Joseph Collins · Irish Rhapsody Royal Scottish National Orchestra Marin Alsop Albany Records 657 "Music of Edward Joseph Collins, Vol. VI)" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Overture to The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Arabian Dance, from The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Dance of the Reed Flutes, from The Nutcracker Philharmonia Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas Sony Classical 45631 "The Christmas Album" | |
| Ottorino Respighi · Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3 English String Orchestra William Boughton Nimbus 5347 "Respighi's Aincient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3, etc." | |
6 am | |
| Francesco Antonio Bonporti · Violin Concerto in A, Op. 11, No. 1 Stanley Ritchie, violin · Bloomington Baroque Stanley Ritchie Dorian Discovery 80160 "Bonporti - Concerti & Serenate" | |
| Dag Wiren · Serenade for Strings, Op. 11 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery EMI Seraphim 69110 "Serenades" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Final Ballet from "Idomeneo" The Musicians of the Louvre Marc Minkowski Archiv Produktion 000650602 "Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41" | |
| David Overton · Fantasia on "I Saw Three Ships" James Galway, flute · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra James Galway RCA 61233 "James Galway's Christmas Carol" | |
| Traditional English · "Past Three O'Clock" Clare College Singers & Orchestra John Rutter EMI 69950 "Carols from Clare" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Harp Concerto in Bb, Op. 4, No. 6 Lily Laskine, harp · Paillard Chamber Orchestra Jean-Francois Paillard Erato 55039 "Handel-Boieldieu-Bochsa" | |
7 am | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · Overture to The Turk in Italy Prague Sinfonia Orchestra Christian Benda Naxos 572735 "Rossini: Complete Overtures - 4" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 43 in Eb "Mercury" Cologne Chamber Orchestra Helmut Muller-Bruhl Naxos 8.554767 "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 43, 46 & 47" | |
| Loki Karuna · NoteWorthy: William Banfield | |
| William Banfield · Island Sway, from Dance Like the Wind Woodwind Quintet Philip Brunelle Clarion 906 "Dance Like the Wind - Music of Today's Black Composers" | |
| Hector Berlioz · "The Shepherds' Farewell" (from "L'enfance du Christ") Renee Fleming, soprano · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; London Voices Andreas Delfs Decca 000519302 "Sacred Songs" | |
| Traditional French · "Shepherds in the Fields Abiding" The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir David Willcocks Decca 460400 "The Greatest Christmas Show on Earth" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Viola d'amore Concerto in d, RV 393 Alessandro Tampieri, viola d'amore · Accademia Bizantina Ottavio Dantone Naive 30570 "Vivaldi: Concerti per archi" | |
8 am | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 (1st mvt.) Tafelmusik Bruno Weil Analekta 29947 "Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Violin Concerto No. 3 in b, Op. 61 (finale) Philippe Graffin, violin · BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins Hyperion CDA 67074 "Saint-Saens: The Three Violin Concertos" | |
| Traditional English · "The First Noel" Thomas Hampson, baritone · Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Teldec 9031-73135 "Christmas with Thomas Hampson" | |
| George Frideric Handel - Friedrich · "Tochter Zion" (Daughter of Zion) (text by Friedrich Heinrich Ranke) (1826) Thomas Hampson, baritone · Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Teldec 9031-73135 "Christmas with Thomas Hampson" | |
| Traditional German · "In dulci jubilo" (In sweet rejoicing) Thomas Hampson, baritone · Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Teldec 9031-73135 "Christmas with Thomas Hampson" | |
| Georges Bizet · Children's Games, Op. 22 (orchestrations by Bizet, Hershey Kay & Roy Douglas) San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Martin West Reference Recordings 131 "Bizet: Symphony; Jeux d'enfants" | |
| Robert Pollard · Sea of Dead (arr. by Christopher O'Riley) Christopher O'Riley, piano Navona Records 6779 "Lotusland - Christopher O'Riley" | |
9 am | |
| Edvard Grieg · In Autumn, Concert Overture, Op. 11 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham EMI Classics 64751 "Grieg: Peer Gynt, etc." | |
| Franz Schubert · String Quartet No. 14 in d, D.810 "Death and the Maiden" (finale) Peter Oundjian, Kikuei Ikeda, violins; Kazuhide Isomura, viola; Sadao Harada, cello · Tokyo String Quartet Vox Classics 7207 "Schubert Quartets" | |
| William J. Kirkpatrick · Away in a Manger (interpolated with Saint-Saens' The Swan" Jeffrey Biegel, piano Koch International 7737 "Classical Carols" | |
| Traditional German · Three German Carols (Vom Himmel Hoch; In dulci jubilo; Josef, liber Josef mein) Gerhard Bunk, organ · Bielfeld Children's Choir Friedrich Oberschelp EMI Classics 62576 "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - Bielfelder Kinderchor" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · String Symphony No. 5 in Bb Europa Galante Fabio Biondi Naive 7262 "Mendelssohn - Europa Galante" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 Murray Perahia, piano Sony Classical 782429 "Murray Perahia Plays Bach" | |