Programs · Episode
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Myelita Melton
Aired: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Hosted by Myelita Melton
Playlist
1 pm | |
| Hector Berlioz · A Ball (waltz), from Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 San Diego Symphony Orchestra Yoav Talmi Naxos 8.553597 "Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique" | |
| John Calkin · "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (arr. by Jay Rouse) James R. Jones, piano; Nancy Hamff, flute; da Capo Brass · Choir of Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte James R. Jones Myers Park United Me hodi 8882956725 "Expectation - Music of Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · "Somerset Wassail" (arr. John Rutter) The Cambridge Singers John Rutter Collegium Records 512 "The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album" | |
| Traditional French · O Come, O Come Emmanuel Early Light Consort, Asheville, NC Early Light 3306 "Christmas Past" | |
| Loki Karuna · NoteWorthy: Nadia Boulanger | |
| Nadia Boulanger · Three Pieces for cello and piano Miriam K. Smith, cello; Sandra Wright Shen, piano Azica 71354 "Momentum - cello music by Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Boulanger" | |
| Traditional English · The First Noel (arr. by Kevin Puts) Daniel Ching, William Fedkenheuer, violins; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello · Miro Quartet Pentatone PTC 518749 "Hearth" | |
| Traditional German · In dulci jubilo (In sweet rejoicing) (arr. by Clarice Assad) Daniel Ching, William Fedkenheuer, violins; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello · Miro Quartet Pentatone PTC 518749 "Hearth" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "And the glory of the Lord" from "Messiah" Ama Deus Ensemble & Chorus Valentin Radu VOX 7502 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich · The Gadfly, suite from the film (selections) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Leonid Grin Capriccio 10298 "Shostakovich: Hamlet / The Gadfly" | |
2 pm | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Concerto No. 3 in c, Op. 37 Robert Levin, fortepiano · Revolutionary & Romantic Orchestra John Eliot Gardiner Archiv Produktion 457608 "Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4" | |
| Traditional French · "Angels We Have Heard on High" Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) David Pegg Sonari 0024 "Christmas with the Bel Canto Company" | |
| Traditional French · "Touro-Louro-Louro" Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) David Pegg Sonari 0024 "Christmas with the Bel Canto Company" | |
| Traditional · Carol Medley (arr. by Jonathan Rathbone) Gerald Whittington, bass; John Cary, tenor; April Hill, alto; Rene Summerlin, soprano · Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) David Pegg Bel Canto Company "Christmas with Bel Canto" | |
| Edvard Grieg · Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Piece, Op. 65, No. 6) Leif Ove Andsnes, piano EMI Classics 94399 "Grieg: Piano Concerto; Lyric Pieces" | |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier · Instrumental Carols Nos. 4 & 9 Les Violons du Roy Bernard Labadie Sono Luminus 90180 "Simphonies des Noels" | |
| Traditional Welsh · Deck the Halls Empire Brass EMI Classics 31538 "Joy to the World - Music of Christmas" | |
3 pm | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · "Ave Maria" The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge Christopher Robinson Nimbus 5414 "Advent Carols from St. John's" | |
| Manuel de Falla · Three Dances, from The Three Cornered Hat Chicago Symphony Orchestra Fritz Reiner RCA 370198 "Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection" | |
| Victor Hely-Hutchinson · A Carol Symphony The City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 8.557099 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 2 I Solisti Italiani Denon 6305 "Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6" | |