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Through the Night: 16/08/2011

16/08/2011

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 16/08/2011

Jonathan Swain's selection includes the BBC Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 1.

Jonathan Swain's selection includes the BBC Philharmonic performing Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 1.

Jonathan Swain presents Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 1 performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

1:01 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Symphony No.1 in G minor (Op.13) 'Rêves d'hiver' 
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 

1:44 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Sérénade d'hiver 
Lamentabile Consort 

1:50 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Violin Sonata in A (K.526) 
Geir Inge Lotsberg (violin), Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano) 

2:17 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Symphony No.4 in F minor (Op.36) 
Rotterdam Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev (conductor) 

3:01 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Serenade for String Orchestra in E flat (Op.6) 
Virtuosi di Kuhmo, Peter Csaba (conductor) 

3:28 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Piano Quartet No.1 (Op.1) 
Harald Aadland (violin), Nora Taksdal (viola), Audun Sandvik (cello), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) 

3:56 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Flute Sonata in A major for transverse flute (BWV.1032) 
Bart Kuijken (flute), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) 

4:10 AM
Carissimi, Giacomo (1605-1674)
Dixit Dominus 
Capella Regia Musicalis, Robert Hugo (organ/director) 

4:25 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Divertimento in C major (Hob.IV No.1) 
Carol Wincenc (flute), Philip Setzer (violin), Carter Brey (cello) 

4:34 AM
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859)
Fantasia in C minor (Op.53)
Mojca Zlobko (harp)

4:44 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Polonaise for violin and orchestra in B flat major (D.580) 
Peter Zazofsky (violin), Prima La Musica, Dirk Vermeulen (conductor) 

4:50 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Le Carnaval Romain, op 9 
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) 

5:01 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975)
Festive Overture (Op.96)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor) 

5:08 AM
Vedro, Adolf (1890-1944)
Midrilinnu Mäng (1935)
Eesti Koorijuhtide Naiskoor (Female Choir of Estonian Choir Conductors), Ants Söot (conductor)

5:09 AM
Ovalle, Jayme (1894-1955) arranged by Peter Tiefenbach 
Azulão [Blue Bird]
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), James Parker (piano), Bryan Epperson, Maurizio Baccante, Roman Borys, Simon Fryer, David Hetherington, Roberta Jansen, Paul Widner, Thomas Wiebe, Winona Zelenka (cellos)

5:12 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
2 Elegiac melodies for string orchestra (Op.34) ; No.2 - Varen (Spring) 
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5:21 AM
Hotteterre, Jean (1677-1720) edited by François Lazarevitch
La Noce Champêtre ou l'Himen Pastoral -- from Pièces pour la Muzette, Paris 1722 
Ensemble 1700 Dorothee Oberlinger (director/recorder) 

5:33 AM
Diethelm, Caspar (1926-1997)
Schönster Tulipan - Suite of Variations on a Swiss Folk Song for 2 violins (Op.294) 
Sibylle Tschopp (violin), Mirjam Tschopp (violin)

5:43 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Scherzo capriccioso (Op.66)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor)

5:56 AM
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961)
To a Nordic Princess
Leslie Howard (piano)

6:03 AM
Pacius, Frederik (1809-1891)
Violin Concerto in F sharp minor (1845)
Jorma Rahkonen (violin), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu (conductor)

6:24 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849) 
Polonaise in A flat major (Op. 53) "Polonaise héroïque" 
Jacek Kortus (piano) 

6:31 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
String Quartet in F major 
Bartók Quartet.

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