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Through the Night: 21/05/2010

21/05/2010

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 21/05/2010

John Shea presents music by Saint-Saens, Debussy, Stravinsky, Burton and Mendelssohn.

John Shea presents music by Saint Saens, Debussy, Stravinsky, Burton, Mendelssohn, Spohr, Mozart, Schumann, Cavalli, CPE Bach, Vivaldi, Striggio, Haydn, Cimarosa, Stanford and Bach.

As the BBC Young musician of the year competition draws to a close, John Shea presents the last of 5 programmes celebrating young talent from around Europe

01:01AM
Saint-SaÃ«ns, Camille (1835-1921)
Capriccio on Danish and Russian Airs (Op.79) 
Alexandra Grot (flute), Giorgi Gvantseladze (oboe), Johnny Teyssier (clarinet), Erzsebet Kerek (piano)

01:13AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Sonata for cello and piano in D minor
Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello), unidentified pianist 

01:24AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882 - 1971)
3 Movements from Petrushka arrfor piano 
Sergei Kasparov (b.1979) (piano) 

01:41AM
Burton, Eldin (1913-1981)
Sonatina
Galilea Nevart-Veron (flute) Nikos Kyriosoglu, Greek Nafplion (piano)

01:50AM
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Sola perduta, abbandonata (Manon Lescaut) 
Yasuko Sato (soprano), Tokyo Sinfonietta, Yasuaki Itakura (conductor)

01:55AM
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Un bel di, vedremo (Madame Butterfly) 
Yasuko Sato (soprano), Tokyo Sinfonietta, Yasuaki Itakura (conductor) 

02:00AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Symphony no. 4 (Op.90) in A major "Italian"
BBC Symphony Orchestra, JiÅÃ­ BÄlohlÃ¡vek (conductor)

02:29AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
7 variations on 'God save the King' in C major (WoO.78)
Theo Bruins (piano) 

02:37AM
Spohr, Ludwig (1784-1859)
Sechs deutsche lieder for soprano, clarinet and piano (Op.103) 
Jean Stilwell (mezzo-soprano), Amici Chamber Ensemble: JoaquÃ­n ValdepeÃ±as (clarinet), Patricia Parr (piano)

03:01AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Violin Concerto No.5 in A major (K.219) "Turkish"
James Ehnes (violin/director); Mozart Anniversary Orchestra

03:31AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Piano Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor (Op.11) 
Maurizio Pollini (piano) 

04:01AM
Franceschini, Petronio (1650-1680)
Sonata for 2 trumpets, strings & basso continuo in D major
Yordan Kojuharov & Petar Ivanov (trumpets), Teodor Moussev (organ), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Yordan Dafov (conductor) 

04:09AM
Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676)
Salve Regina
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

04:18AM
Horneman, Christian Frederik Emil (1840-1906)
Aladdin: overture 
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael SchÃ¸nwandt (conductor)

04:30AMSaint-SaÃ«ns, Camille (1835-1921)
Sonata for oboe and piano in D major (Op.166) 
Roger Cole (oboe), Linda Lee Thomas (piano)

04:42AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
WÃ¼rtemburg Sonata No.1 in A minor 
Rietze Smits (organ of Heilig Hartkerk, Vinkeveen. Built by Wander Beekes in 1827)

04:53AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto in D minor for strings and basso continuo (RV.128) 
Arte dei Suonatori, Eduardo Lopez (conductor) 

05:01AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Die schÃ¶ne Melusine [The fair Melusine] - overture (Op.32)
The Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa (conductor)

05:12AM
Striggio, Alessandro (c.1540-1592)
Ecce beatam lucem, for 40 voices 
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 

05:21AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Theme and variations on the Name 'Abegg' (Op.1) 
Seung-Hee Hyun (piano) 

05:29AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Piano Trio in Eb major (HV XV:10) (1785) 
Niklas SivelÃ¶v (piano), Bernt Lysell (violin), Mikael SjÃ¶gren (cello) 

05:40AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
PrÃ©lude Ã  l'aprÃ¨s-midi d'un faune
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Matthew Rowe (conductor) 

05:51AM
Cimarosa, Domenico (1749-1801), arr. Arthur Benjamin
Concerto for oboe and strings, arranged for trumpet
Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz (conductor)

06:02AM
Stanford, Charles Villiers [1852-1924]
Irish rhapsody no. 4 in A minor "The Fisherman of Loch Neagh and what he saw" 
Ulster Orchestra, Celso Antunes (conductor) 

06:21AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
String Octet (Op.20) in E flat major [1825] 
KodÃ¡ly Quartet 

06:49AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Keyboard Concerto No.5 in F minor (BWV.1056) 
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), RisÃ¸r Festival Strings.

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