Programs · Episode
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Thursday, May 1, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Max Reger · Violin Concerto in A, Op. 101 (ii. Largo con gran espressione) Tanja Becker-Bender, violin · Berlin Concerthouse Orchestra Lothar Zagrosek Hyperion 67892 "Reger: Violin Concerto" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Sonata No. 9 in D, K. 311 Orli Shaham, piano Canary Classics 24 "Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas Vol. 5 & 6" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Winter" Violin Concerto from "The Four Seasons" Anne Akiko Meyers, violin · English Chamber Orchestra David Lockington eOne 7790 "Vivaldi: The Four Seasons" | |
| Gustav Holst · St. Paul's Suite English Sinfonia Howard Griffiths Naxos 8.570339 "Holst: Double Concerto; St. Paul's Suite" | |
6 am | |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully · The Bourgeois Gentleman, selections (original music to Moliere's 1670 play) Le Concert des Nations (The Concert of Nations) Jordi Savall Alia Vox 9807 "Jean-Baptiste Lully: L'orchestre du roi soleil" | |
| Edvard Grieg · Symphonic Dances Nos. 1-3, Op. 64 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Yondani Butt ASV 722 "Edvard Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar, etc." | |
| Saverio Mercadante · Clarinet Concerto in Eb (1st mvt.) Joy Farrall, clarinet · Britten Sinfonia Nicholas Daniel ASV 6242 "Mercadante: Two Clarinet Concertos" | |
| Ottorino Respighi · Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2 (selections) Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Jesus Lopez-Cobos Telarc 80309 "Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances Suites - Trittico Botticellia | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Overture to Egmont Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg Solti Decca 000971902 "Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies" | |
7 am | |
| Joseph Fiala · English Horn Concerto in Eb Heinz Holliger, english horn · English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard Philips 426972 "Heinz Holliger: Bellini, Molique, etc." | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Symphony No. 6 in b, Op. 74 "Pathetique" (iii. Allegro molto vivace) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim Decca 001560702 "Tchaikovsky - Schoenberg" | |
| Loki Karuna · NoteWorthy: Florence Price | |
| Florence Price · Nimble Feet, from Dances in the Canebreaks Althea Waites, piano Cambria 1097 "Black Diamonds - Piano Music by African-American Composers" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Violin Concerto in D, RV 230 (Op. 3, No. 9) (arr. for cello) Janos Starker, cello · Santa Fe Festival Orchestra Delos 3197 "Janos Starker - Concerto Collection" | |
| Emmanuel Chabrier · Slavonic Dance, from "The King in Spite of Himself" Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Herve Niquet Naxos 8554248 "Chabrier: Orchestral Works" | |
8 am | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Concerto in Bb for 3 Oboes, 3 Violins & continuo Piet Dhont, Peter Westermann, Michael Niesmann, oboes · Musica Antiqua Cologne Reinhard Goebel Archiv Produktion 419633 "Telemann: Wind Concertos" | |
| Johann Strauss, Jr. · Overture to Die Fledermaus Vienna Philharmonic (live from the 2010 New year's Concert) Georges Pretre Decca 001398402 "New Year's Concert 2010" | |
| Samuel Akpabot · Three Nigerian Dances National Orchestra of the South African Broadcasting Corporation Richard Cock Marco Polo 8.223832 "African Songs - San Chronicle" | |
| Arthur Sullivan · The Lost Chord (arr. by Ross Jungnickel) Al Hirt, trumpet · The Boston Pops Orchestra (rec. 1964) Arthur Fiedler RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2729 "Pops Goes the Trumpet (Holiday for Brass)" | |
| Jean Sibelius · Karelia Overture Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste RCA 7765-2 "Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 - Karelia Suite" | |
9 am | |
| Bedrich Smetana · Dance of the Comedians, from "The Bartered Bride" Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy RCA Victor Red Seal 63313 "The Fantastic Philadelphians" | |
| Sergei Prokofiev · Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25 "Classical" English String Orchestra Sir Yehudi Menuhin Nimbus 5192 "Menuhin Conducts Prokofiev" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219 (1st mvt.) Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin · English Chamber Orchestra Dmitry Sitkovetsky Novalis Classics 150710 "Mozart: The Violin Concertos" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Carnival Overture, Op. 92 Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley Chandos 8453 "Dvorak: Overtures" | |