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Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe

Through the Night: 26/08/2010

26/08/2010

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 26/08/2010

Jonathan Swain presents music by Soliva, Bach, Noskowski, Beethoven, Rameau and Moniuszko.

Jonathan Swain presents music including Soliva: La testa di bronzo, plus Bach, Noskowski, Beethoven, Rameau, Moniuszko, Mendelssohn, Hartmann, Telemann, Auric, Purcell and Dvorak.

Jonathan Swain presents rarities, archive and concert recordings from Europe's leading broadcasters 

01:02AM 
Soliva, Carlo (1791-1853) 
La testa di bronzo o sia La capanna solitaria 
Bruno Balmelli (Adolfo - baritone), Alessandra Ruffini (Floresca - soprano), Enrico Cossulta (Federico - tenor), Thierry Felix (Emanno - baritone), Vincenzo Manno (Riccardo - tenor), Roberto Coviello (Tollo - baritone), Cettina Cadelo (Anna - soprano), Chorus & Orchestra of Swiss Italian Radio & TV, Diego Fasolis (chorus master), Angelo Campori (conductor) 

03:01AM 
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Sonata for oboe and keyboard (BWV.1030) in B minor 
Douglas Boyd (oboe), Knut Johannessen (harpsichord) 

03:18AM 
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909)
The Steppes (Op.66) - symphonic poem
Sinfonia Varsovia, Grzegorz Nowak (conductor)


03:38AM 
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Quartet for strings in F major "Rasumovsky" (Op.59 No.1) 
Quatuor MosaÃ¯ques: Erich HÃ¶barth & Andrea Bischof (violins), Anita Mitterer (viola), Christophe Coin (cello) 

04:17AM 
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) 

Geistes GruÃ (D.142) (Op.32 No.3) (Spirit Greeting) 
04:19AM 
Die Liebe (D.210) (Love) 
04:21AM 
NÃ¤he des Geliebten (D.162) (Op.5 No.2) (The Proximity of the Loved One) 

Christoph PrÃ©gardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano) [The fortepiano is modelled by Christopher Clarke, Paris 1981, on a fortepiano built by Johann Fritz, Vienna c.1815. It belongs to the collection of Marcia Hadjimarkos]

04:24AM 
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
Symphonies and Dances 
Bratislava Wind Quintet

04:41AM 
Hofmann, JÃ³zef Kazimierz (1876-1957)
Kaleidoskop from Charakterskizzen (Op.40 No.4) 
Shura Cherkassky (piano) 

04:46AM 
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Bajka [The fairy tale] - concert overture 
Polish National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord (conductor)


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

05:12AM 
Hartmann, Johan Peter Emilius (1805-1900)
4 Caprices (Op.18:1) (1835) 
Nina Gade (piano) 

05:24AM 
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Overture (Suite) (TWV.55:G10) in G major 'Burlesque de Quixotte' 
La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor) 

05:43AM 
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Capriccio for Two Pianos
Antra Viksne and Normunds Viksne (piano duo)

05:49AM 
Auric, Georges (1899-1983) arr. Philip Lane
Suite from the film 'It Always Rains on Sunday' 
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor)

06:04AM 
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Timon of Athens [Overture; The Masque (eleven numbers)]
Lynne Dawson and Gillian Fisher (sopranos), Rogers Covey-Crump and Paul Elliott (tenors), Michael George and Stephen Varcoe (basses), Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

06:26AM 
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Aria with variations from Piano Suite No.5 in E major (HWV.430) "The harmonious blacksmith"
MariÃ¡n Pivka (piano)

06:31AM 
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621)
Psalm 110: Le Toutpuissant a mon Seigneur et maistre
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Peter Phillips (conductor)

06:39AM 
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621)
Cantate Domino Canticum Novum (motet)
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Bernard Winsemius (organ), Peter Phillips (conductor)

06:43AM 
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Fugue a 2 in D minor (Wq 119/2)
Wim Diepenhorst (The Pieter KÃ¼nckel organ (1784) of Doopsgezinde kerk, Zaandam)

06:47AM 
DvorÃ¡k, AntonÃ­n (1841-1904)
Scherzo capriccioso (Op.66) 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor).

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