Programs · Episode
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| George Whitefield Chadwick · Thalia, concert overture Nashville Symphony Orchestra Kenneth Schermerhorn Naxos 8.559117 "Chadwick: Orchestral Works" | |
| Carl Stamitz · Clarinet Concerto No. 11 in Eb Laszló Horvath, clarinet · Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Janos Rolla Hungaroton 11954 "Molter, J. Stamitz, C. Stamitz - Clarinet Concertos" | |
| Frederic Chopin · Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13 Eldar Nebolsin, piano · Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Antoni Wit Naxos 8572335 "Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1" | |
| Claude Debussy · Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (arr. for 2 pianos by Debussy) Jean-Francois Heisser, Georges Pludermacher, pianos Erato 4509-93209 "Debussy: Transcriptions for Piano" | |
6 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · String Concerto in A, RV 160 I Musici Philips 438876 "Vivaldi: Concertos for Strings and continuo" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 Philadelphia Orchestra Riccardo Muti Philips 422 334-2 "Brahms: Symphony No. 2" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 73 in D "The Hunt" Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 439779 "Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 53 - 73 - 79" | |
| Hector Berlioz · Roman Carnival, concert overture, Op. 9 New York Philharmonic Pierre Boulez Sony Classical 64103 "Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique" | |
| John Hebden · String Concerto No. 1 in A Cantilena Adrian Shepherd Chandos 8339 "Hebden: 6 concertos for Strings" | |
7 am | |
| Aaron Copland · El Salon Mexico Baltimore Symphony Orchestra David Zinman Argo 440639 "Copland: Billy the Kid - Rodeo" | |
| Jean-Joseph Mouret · First Suite of Symphonies Maurice Andre, trumpet · Paris Orchestral Ensemble Jean-Pierre Wallez EMI Classics 47140 "Baroque Suites & Concertos for Trumpets" | |
| Richard Wagner · Overture to Tannhauser Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony Classical 62403 "Wagner: Orchestral Music" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Rhapsodie d'Auvergne, Op. 73 Stephen Hough, piano · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo Hyperion 67331/2 "Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88 (finale) Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck Reference Recordings 710 "Dvorak: Symphony No. 8" | |
8 am | |
| Leopold Mozart · Trumpet Concerto in D Arturo Sandoval, trumpet · London Symphony Orchestra Luis Haza RCA Victor Red Seal 62661 "Arturo Sandoval - The Classical Album" | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · Overture to Semiramide Vienna Philharmonic (live from the 1972 Salzburg Festival) Riccardo Muti Orfeo 867121 "Salzburg Festival 1972 - Rossini, Schumann, Mozart" | |
| Henry Purcell · Suite of Theatre Music Taverner Players Andrew Parrott Erato 2579 "Baroque Treasures" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 (finale) Nicola Benedetti, violin · Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Jakub Hrusa Deutsche Grammophon 001527102 "Tchaikovsky - Bruch: Violin Concertos" | |
| Manuel de Falla · Homenajes (Tributes) BBC Philharmonic Juanjo Mena Chandos 10694 "Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain, etc." | |
9 am | |
| Howard Hanson · Merry Mount Suite (Children's Dance; Prelude & The Maypole Dance) Seattle Symphony Orchestra Gerard Schwarz Naxos 8559702 "Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 3; Merry Mount Suite" | |
| Libby Meyer · Baroque Dances (2018) Pat Booth, tenor saxophone; Mike Williams, percussion; Lilit Hartunian, violin Albany TROY1887 "Libby Meyer - To What Listens" | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Symphony in D, Op. 42, G.520 German Chamber Academy of Neuss Johannes Goritzki CPO 999 178-2 "Boccherini: Complete Symphonies, vol. 8" | |
| Leo Delibes · Coppelia, ballet suite Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Andrzej Straszynski Musicmasters 60097 "The Ballerinas" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in b, Op. 6, No. 12 (ii. Allegro) Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 447733 "Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6" | |