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Through the Night: 03/07/2011

03/07/2011

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 03/07/2011

John Shea introduces Llyr Williams playing Mendelssohn, Bach/Busoni and Brahms.

John Shea introduces a recital from the 2009 BBC Proms, in which Llyr Williams (piano) plays Mendelssohn, Bach/Busoni and Brahms.

John Shea introduces a recital by Llyr Williams from the 2009 BBC Proms playing Mendelssohn, Bach/Busoni and Brahms. 

1:01 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Prelude and Fugue for piano (Op. 35'1) in E minor 
Llyr Williams (piano)

1:12 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750); arr Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924)
3 Bach Transcriptions; 1. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV.645); 2. Nun freut euch, lieben Christen (BWV. 734a); 3. Ich ruf zu dir (BWV.639) 
Llyr Williams (piano) 

1:22 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
25 Variations and fugue on a theme by G F Handel for piano (Op. 24) 
Llyr Williams (piano) 

1:51 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
3 Intermezzi for piano (Op. 117) no. 1 in E flat major 'Schlummerlied' 
Llyr Williams (piano) 

1:58 AM
Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962)
String Quartet in A minor (1919) 
String Quartet: Tobias Ringborg & Christian Bergqvist (violin), Ingegerd Kierkegaard (viola), John Ehde (cello) 

2:30 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.38 (K.504) in D major 'Prague' 
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor) 

3:01 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943)
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra (Op.43)
Nikolay Evrov (piano), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vassil Stefanov (conductor) 

3:25 AM
Franck, Cesar [1822-1890]
Sonata for violin and piano (M.8) in A major 
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) 

3:52 AM
Wirén, Dag (1905-1986)
Serenade for Strings (Op.11) 
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén (conductor) 

4:07 AM
Ibert, Jacques (1890-1962)
Trois Pièces Brèves 
Galliard Ensemble BBC New Generation Artists 

4:15 AM
Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935)
Spiegel im Spiegel
Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano) 

4:22 AM
Berezovsky, Maxim Sosontovitch (1745-1777)
Do not reject me (Ps.70)
The Seven Saints Chamber Choir, Dimitar Grigorov (conductor) 

4:31 AM
Gilse, Jan van (1881-1944)
Concert Overture in C minor
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor)

4:41 AM
Suchon, Eugen (1908-1993)
Elegy and Toccata for piano, strings and percussion 
Klára Havlíková (piano), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava,Ondrej Lenárd (conductor) 

4:50 AM
Marcello, Alessandro (1669-1747)
Concerto in D minor 
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet), Colm Carey (organ of the Dutch Church, Austin Friars, London)

5:01 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto da Camera in C major (RV.87) 
Camerata Köln

5:09 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872) arr.Stanislaw Wiechowicz & Piotr Mazynski
4 Choral Songs 
Polish Radio Choir; Marek Kluza (director) 

5:18 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Ballade No.1 in G minor (Op.23) 
Shura Cherkassky (piano) 
5:27 AM
Dukas, Paul (1865-1935)
Sorcerer's apprentice 
Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit (conductor) 

5:39 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Horn concerto No.3 in E flat, K.447 
James Sommerville (horn), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5:55 AM
Weiner, Leó (1885-1960)
Divertimento no.2 (Op.24) in A minor 
Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, János Rolla (leader) 

6:11 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Quartet for strings (Op.18'6) in B flat major; 
Psophos Quartet 

6:36 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Concerto for flute and strings in D minor (Wq.22)
Martin Michael Koffer (flute), Slovenicum Chamber Orchestra, Uros Lajovic (conductor).

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