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Through the Night: 25/04/2011

25/04/2011

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 25/04/2011

Jonathan Swain's selection includes Brahms's Clarinet Quintet and a harpsichord recital.

Jonathan Swain's selection includes Brahms' Clarinet Quintet and a harpsichord recital

01:01AM 
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata (Kk.132) in C major & Sonata (Kk.119) in D major 

01:13AM 
Soler y Ramos, Antonio (1729-1783)
Sonata for keyboard no. 24 (R.24) in D minor & Sonata for keyboard no. 15 (R.15) in D minor 

Nicolau de Figueiredo (harpsichord) 

01:23AM 
Rodrigo, Joaquín (1901-1999) arranged by Peter Tiefenbach
Cuatro madrigales amatorios 
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), Bryan Epperson, Maurizio Baccante, Roman Borys, Simon Fryer, David Hetherington, Roberta Jansen, Paul Widner, Thomas Wiebe, Winona Zelenka (cellos) 

01:31AM 
Soler y Ramos, Antonio (1729-1783)
Sonata for keyboard no. 85 (R.85) in F sharp minor & Sonata for keyboard no. 90 (R.90) in F sharp major 
01:42AM 
Fandango for keyboard (R.146) in D minor 

Nicolau de Figueiredo (harpsichord) 

01:56AM 
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.29 in A, K.201 
UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Maxim Vengerov (violin & director) 

02:20AM 
Casals, Pablo (1876-1973)
O vos omnes for chorus
Vilnius Choir, Jurijus Kalcas (conductor)

02:23AM 
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924), arr. Casals, Pablo (1876-1973)
Apres un reve (Op.7'1) 
Andreas Brantelid (cello) & Bengt Forsberg (piano) 

02:27AM 
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto in D minor (Op.3 No.11) from 'L'Estro Armonico' 
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

02:37AM 
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Waltz for piano (Op.34 No.2) in A minor
Zoltán Kocsis (piano)

02:43AM 
Turina, Joaquín (1882-1949)
Danzas Fantasticas (Op.22) 
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (conductor)

03:01AM 
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1795)
Sinfonia for strings and continuo in D minor
Das Kleine Konzert

03:10AM 
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
9 Variations on 'Quant' e piu bello' for piano, from Paisiello's opera 'La molinara' (WoO.69)
Theo Bruins (piano) 

03:16AM 
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Pavan for 4 instruments in G minor (Z.752)
Simon Standage (violin), Ensemble Il Tempo 

03:21AM 
Larsen, Tore Björn (b. 1957)
Three Rosettes
Fionian Chamber Choir, Alice Granum (director)

03:35AM 
Boeck, August de (1865-1937) arr. by Frits Cells
De kleine Rijnkoning [The Little King of the Rhine] (1906) - suite for symphonic orchestra after the opera De Rijndwegern 
Flemish Radio Orchestra, Marc Soustrot (conductor) 

03:55AM 
Cage, John (1912-1992)
Four squared for a capella choir 
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 

04:02AM 
Adriaenssen, Emanuel (c.1554-1604)
Anchor che col partir (from 'Pratum Musicum' [1584])
Toyohiko Satoh (lute)

04:07AM 
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Clarinet Quintet in B minor (Op.115) 
Thomas Friedli (clarinet), Quartet Sine Nomine

04:45AM 
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Sonata in E minor (Hob.XVI.34) 
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

05:01AM 
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Rosamunde: Overture (D.644) 
Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine (conductor)

05:12AM 
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
5 popular Greek Songs
Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano), André Laplante (piano) 

05:20AM 
Platti, Giovanni Benedetto (1696-1763)
Concerto in G minor for oboe, strings and bass continuo 
Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik, Mary Utiger (director)

05:32AM 
Granados, Enrique (1867-1916)
El Pelele - from Goyescas: 7 pieces for piano (Op.11 No.7)
Angela Hewitt (piano)

05:37AM 
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
String Quartet in C major (K. 465) "Dissonance"
Ebène Quartet 

06:08AM 
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Fairytale, Fantastic Overture (1848) 
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor) 

06:21AM 
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Sonata for transverse flute & basso continuo in D major - from Essercizii Musici
Camerata Köln 

06:34AM 
Sáry, László (b.1940)
Pebble Playing in a Pot (1976) 
Aurél Holló & Zoltán Rácz (marimbas) (from the Amadinda Percussion Group)

06:43AM 
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
Capriccio Espagnol (Op.34) 
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos (conductor).

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