Programs · Episode
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Myelita Melton
Aired: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Hosted by Myelita Melton
Playlist
1 pm | |
| Stephen Sondheim · The Night Waltzes, from "A Little Night Music" (arr. by John Mauceri & David Gursky) Hollywood Bowl Orchestra John Mauceri Philips 438685 "The Great Waltz" | |
| Traditional English tunes · Medley: "I Saw Three Ships," "First Noel," "Holly and the Ivy" Kathleen Battle, soprano · Orchestra of St. Luke's; New York Choral Artists Leonard Slatkin Angel 47587 "Kathleen Battle - A Christmas Celebration" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, Hob.VIId:3 Ab Koster, natural horn · L'Archibudelli Sony Classical 68253 "Haydn: The Natural Horn" | |
| Traditional English · "Awake, and join the cheerful choir" Andrew Lawrence-King, baroque harp · Anonymous 4 Harmonia Mundi 2927325 "Wolcum Yule - Celtic and British Carols and Songs" | |
| Henry VIII · "Grene growith the holly" Anonymous 4 Harmonia Mundi 2927325 "Wolcum Yule - Celtic and British Carols and Songs" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Piano Concerto in e (reconstructed by R. Larry Todd) Jennifer Eley, piano · English Chamber Orchestra Sayard Stone Koch International 7197 "Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano in E-minor" | |
2 pm | |
| Max Bruch · Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 Nicola Benedetti, violin · BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Rory Macdonald Decca 002129002 "Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "He shall feed his flock" from "Messiah" Damien Guillon, countertenor; Rachel Redmond, soprano · Le Concert des Nations (The Concert of Nations) Jordi Savall Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "For Unto Us a Child is Born" from "Messiah" Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reiai de Catalunya (The Royal Jordi Savall Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Symphony No. 2 in c, Op. 17 (1st mvt.) Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Lorin Maazel Telarc 82011 "Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2; Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony No. 2" | |
| Mikhl Gelbart · "I am a Little Dreydl" (arr. by Mark Zuckerman) Chicago a cappella Cedille 225 "Miracles of Miracles - Music for Hanukkah" | |
| Traditional (text by Martin Luther · "Vom Himmel hoch" (sung in Finnish) Finnish Mixed Choir Ilkka Kuusisto Finlandia 010 "Christmas Carols" | |
| Traditional Finnish · "Church on Christmas Morning" The Tapiola Choir Erkki Pohjola Finlandia 010 "Christmas Carols" | |
3 pm | |
| Howard Blake · Walking in the Air, from The Snowman Barry Gordon, piano Telarc 80330 "Classics For All Seasons - Winter" | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Symphony No. 1 in D, Wq.183 C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra Hartmut Haenchen Capriccio 10175 "C.P.E Bach: Sinfonias, Wq 183" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Concerto in Ab for 2 Pianos & Orchestra (finale) Joshua Pierce, Dorothy Jonas, pianos · Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Bystrik Rezucha MSR 1330 "Mendelssohn: 2-Piano Concertos" | |
| Michael Praetorius · Lo, how a rose e'er blooming (arr. by Seth Frack) Ashley Hall, trumpet; Steve Sutton, trumpet; Seth Frack, trombone; Sean Devlin, trombone; Brent Harvey, tuba · The Ardmore Brass Quintet, Winston-Salem, NC | |
| Gian Carlo Menotti · Amahl and the Night Visitors: Introduction, March & Shepherd's Dance Winston-Salem Symphony Robert Moody n/a Recorded live at Old Salem | |
| Giuseppe Verdi · Overture to "Nabucco" Berlin Philharmonic Claudio Abbado Deutsche Grammophon 457627 "Verdi: Overtures & Preludes" | |
| Giuseppe Verdi · Ballet Music from "Otello" MET Orchestra Sony 52489 "Verdi: Ballet Music" | |