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Through the Night: 24/12/2010

24/12/2010

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 24/12/2010

With Jonathan Swain. The London Symphony Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty.

Presented by Jonathan Swain. Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty in a performance given at the 2008 BBC Proms.

The LSO perform Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty. Conducted by Gergiev and recorded at the 2008 Proms. Presented by Jonathan Swain

1:01 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [1840-1893]
The Sleeping beauty - ballet (Op.66) - Act 1
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor) 

2:11 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [1840-1893]
The Sleeping beauty - ballet (Op.66) - Act 2
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor) 

2:58 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [1840-1893]
The Sleeping beauty - ballet (Op.66) - Act 3 
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor) 

3:47 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Sonata for piano (D.960) in B flat major 
Leon Fleisher (piano)

4:31 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Piano Concerto in A minor (Op.16) 
Sigurd Slåttebrekk (piano), Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor) 

5:01 AM
Humperdinck, Engelbert (1854-1921)
Overture - from Hansel and Gretel
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor)

5:09 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
32 Variations in C minor (WoO.80)
Irena Kobla (piano)

5:22 AM
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)
A Ceremony of Carols (Op.28) 
Katya Dimanova, Evguenia Tasseva, Penka Kazandzhieva (soloists), Polyphonia, Ivelina Ivancheva (piano), Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor)

5:46 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major (BWV.1050) 
Lars-Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) Ensemble 415 


6:07 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975)
Elegy for violin and piano 
Valdis Zarin? (violin), Ieva Zarina (piano)

6:10 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Elegy for cello and piano (Op.24) 
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), Emmanuel Strosser (piano) 

6:17 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Elegy for violin solo (1944) 
Gidon Kremer (violin), Oleg Meisenberg (piano) 

6:22 AM
Martland, Steve (b. 1959) 
Three Carols 
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 

6:32 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Sonata in G (K. 283) (1774)
Marie Rørbech (piano)

6:45 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750);
Nur ein wink von seinen Händchen, from Christmas Oratorio, part 6 (BWV.248) 
Marita Kvarving Sølberg (soprano); The Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Kjetil Haugsand (conductor) 

6:49 AM
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël 
Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir, Evi Eespere (director).

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