Special Programming
Classical KCME brings you special programming throughout the year. Please check back often for updates.
Classical KCME brings you special programming throughout the year. Please check back often for updates.
The KCME Listener Top 40 Countdown
Everyday from November 15th thru December 24th at 5 p.m.
After surveying our listeners to hear their favorite classical pieces and composers, Robert Bruce has put together the Top 40. Each day leading up to the end of our 40th anniversary we will countdown to the number 1 favorite piece.
40 Sunday, November 15 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
39 Monday, 16 Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
38 Tuesday, 17 Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
37 Wednesday, 18 Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
36 Thursday, 19 Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21
35 Friday, 20 Elgar: Enigma Variations
34 Saturday, 21 Gershwin: Concerto in F
33 Sunday, November 22 Mozart: Symphony no. 40
32 Monday, 23 Puccini: Turandot “Nessun dorma”
31 Tuesday, 24 Barber: Adagio for Strings
30 Wednesday, 25 Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
29 Thursday, 26 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1
28 Friday, 27 Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 “Organ”
27 Saturday, 28 Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique”
26 Sunday, November 29 Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
25 Monday, 30 Strauss: The Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz
24 Tuesday, December 1 Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
23 Wednesday, 2 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3
22 Thursday, 3 Handel: Water Music Suite no. 1
21 Friday, 4 Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
20 Saturday, 5 Holst: The Planets
19 Sunday, December 6 Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
18 Monday, 7 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
17 Tuesday, 8 Ravel: Bolero
16 Wednesday, 9 Mozart: Requiem (Amadeus Selections)
15 Thursday, 10 Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture
14 Friday, 11 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
13 Saturday, 12 Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor
12 Sunday, December 13 Beethoven: Piano Sonata “Moonlight”
11 Monday, 14 Copland: Appalachian Spring
10 Tuesday, 15 Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 “Emperor”
9 Wednesday, 16 Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue
8 Thursday, 17 Beethoven: Symphony no. 5
7 Friday, 18 Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (Nos. 2, 3, 5)
6 Saturday, 19 Beethoven: Symphony no. 7
5 Sunday, December 20 Handel: Messiah (Selections)
4 Monday, 21 Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 “Pastoral”
3 Tuesday, 22 Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 “New World”
2 Wednesday, 23 Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 Ode to Joy
1 Thursday, December 24 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons