Programs · Episode
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Symphony in d, Op. 12, No. 4, G.506 "La casa del diavolo" Europa Galante Fabio Biondi Virgin Classics 63430 "Improvisata - Sinfonie con titoli" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Suite No. 4 for Lute, BWV 1006a (Gavotte & Rondeau; Menuets I & II) David Russell, guitar Telarc 80584 "David Russell Plays Bach" | |
| John Field · Piano Concerto No. 4 in Eb (finale) Benjamin Frith, piano · Northern Sinfonia David Haslam Naxos 8.553771 "Field: Piano Concertos Volume 2 | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto a due cori No. 1 in Bb Tafelmusik Jeanne Lamon Sony Classical SK 63073 "Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Concerti a due cori" | |
6 am | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 9 in C, K. 73 Prague Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Telarc 8729 "Mozart: The Symphonies" | |
| Frederic Chopin · Piano Concerto No. 2 in f, Op. 21 (finale) Ingrid Fliter, piano · Scottish Chamber Orchestra Jun Markl Linn Records 455 "Chopin: Piano Concertos" | |
| Joaquin Rodrigo · Concierto de Aranjuez Goran Sollscher, guitar · Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 429232 "Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez" | |
| Victor Herbert · Auditorium Festival March Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Keith Brion Naxos 8.559027 "Victor Herbert: Columbus Suite; Irish Rhapsody" | |
| Giuseppe Torelli · Trumpet Sonata, G.6 Wynton Marsalis, trumpet · English Chamber Orchestra Anthony Newman Sony Classical 66244 "In Gabriel's Garden" | |
7 am | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb, Op. 73 "Emperor" (finale) Rudolf Buchbinder, piano · Vienna Philharmonic (Live in Vienna, May 2011) Rudolf Buchbinder Sony 374521 "Beethoven: Piano Concertos" | |
| Jules Massenet · Picturesque Scenes England's City of Birmingham Symphony Louis Fremaux Klavier 1007 "Massenet: Ballet Music" | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff · Symphony No. 3 in a, Op. 44 (finale) London Symphony Orchestra Andre Previn Warner Classics 559984 "Rachmaninov: The 4 Piano Concertos & The Three Symphonies" | |
| Enrique Granados · Spanish Dance No. 2, Op. 5 (Oriental) Alan Mearns, guitar · recorded in WDAV's John Clark Performance Studio in 2022 WDAV private recordi g | |
| Jacques Offenbach · Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld Gulbenkian Orchestra Michel Swierczewski Nimbus 5303 "Offenbach: Music From the Operettas" | |
8 am | |
| Johannes Brahms · Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, Op. 83 (finale) Helene Grimaud, piano · Vienna Philharmonic Andris Nelsons Deutsche Grammophon 001904602 "Brahms: Piano Concertos" | |
| Chevalier de Meude-Monpas · Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Rachel Barton Pine, violin · Encore Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hege Cedille Records 035 "Violin Concertos by 18th & 19th Century Black Composers" | |
| James Kevin Gray · "Look to the New Day" Noel Lance, piano; Lenora Leggatt, violin; Tanja Bechtler, cello; James Kevin Gray, Tibetan Singing Bowl · Charlotte Community Virtual Choir, a principal ally of the Fireb n/a n/a private recording Charlotte Community Virtual Choir | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 58 in F The English Concert Trevor Pinnock Archiv Produktion 427662 "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 26, 49, 58" | |
| Leo Delibes · Procession of Bacchus from "Sylvia" ballet New Philharmonia Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Warner Classics 0842152 "I Love Ballet" | |
9 am | |
| Robert Schumann · Symphony No. 3 in Eb, Op. 97 "Rhenish" (1st mvt.) New Philharmonia Orchestra Otto Klemperer EMI 63613 "Schumann: The Four Symphonies" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Goblins' Dance, from Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85 Gerald Robbins, piano Genesis 110 "Dvorak: Poetic Tone Poems" | |
| Giuseppe Verdi · "Un di felice" (A happy one) duet from "La Traviata" Melinda Whittington, soprano; Dominic Armstrong, tenor · singers from Opera Carolina recorded in WDAV's John Clark Perfor WDAV private recordi g | |
| Florence Price · Violin Concerto No. 1 in D (1939) Er-Gene Kahng, violin · Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra Ryan Cockerham Albany Records 1706 "Florence Price: Violin Concertos" | |
| Richard Wagner · Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" Philharmonia Orchestra Francesco D'Avalos ASV 996 "Wagner: The Overtures" | |