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Through the Night: 25/10/2011

25/10/2011

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 25/10/2011

Including Vivaldi's Four Seasons, with James Ehnes and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Jonathan Swain's selection includes a performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, featuring violinist James Ehnes with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

James Ehnes is the soloist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Vivadi's Four Seasons. With Jonathan Swain. 

12:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Romance in G major (Op. 40) for violin and orchestra 
James Ehnes (violin and director), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 

12:38 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Romance in F major (Op.50) for violin and orchestra 
James Ehnes (violin and director), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 

12:47 AM
Elgar, Edward [1857-1934]
Serenade for Strings (Op.20) 
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, James Ehnes (director), 

1:01 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
The Four Seasons, Concertos Op.8 Nos.1-4 
James Ehnes (violin and director), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 

1:42 AM
Touchemoulin, Joseph (1727-1801)
Sinfonia in C major 
Neue Düsseldorfer Hofsmusik 

2:02 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
String Quartet No.12 in F major, Op.96 'American' 
Prague Quartet 

2:25 AM
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829-1869)
Pasquinade (c.1863)
Michael Lewin (piano)

2:31 AM
Dvorak, Antonin [1841-1904]
Cello Concerto in B minor (Op.104) 
Truls Mørk (cello), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) 

3:12 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Sonata for piano no. 30 (Op. 109) in E Major 
Cédric Tiberghien (piano) 

3:31 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
He shall feed his flocks (from the Messiah) 
Marita Kvarving Sølberg (soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kjetil Haugsand (conductor) 

3:37 AM
Erkel, Ferenc (1810-1893)
Overture to Névtelen hosök (Unknown Heroes) - a comic opera 
The Hungarian Radio Orchestra, András Kórodi (conductor)

3:42 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico [1685-1757]
Sonata (Kk.417) in D minor
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) 

3:47 AM
Stoyanov, Vesselin (1902-1969)
Rhapsody (1956)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vassil Stefanov (conductor)

3:57 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Quartet in C minor (Op.17 No.4) 
Quattuor Mosaïques

4:15 AM
Albright, William Hugh (1944-1998)
Dream rags (1970): Morning reveries
Donna Coleman (piano)

4:22 AM
Hoof, Jef van (1886-1959)
Willem de Zwijger - overture
Belgian Radio and Television National Philharmonic Orchestra, Fernand Terby (conductor)

4:31 AM
Sammartini, Giuseppe [1695-1750]
Sinfonia in F 
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (conductor) 

4:39 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Prelude and Fugue in C, K. 394, for piano 
Christoph Hammer (fortepiano) 

4:48 AM
Ravel, Maurice [1875-1937]
Valses nobles et sentimentales (1912) 
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) 

5:05 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943), arr. unknown
Vocalise (Op.34 No.14) 
Desmond Hoebig (cello), Andrew Tunis (piano)

5:12 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp [1681-1767]
Suite for strings and continuo (TWV.55:G2) in G major 'La Bizarre' 
B'Rock; Jurgen Gross (conductor) 

5:30 AM
Granados, Enrique (1867-1916)
Quejas o la maja y el ruisenor (The Maiden and the Nightingale) - from Goyescas: 7 pieces for piano (Op.11 No.4) 
Angela Hewitt (piano)

5:37 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Sonatina, Romance and Menuet - from Six petites pièces faciles for piano duet (Op.3 Nos.1, 2 and 3)
Antra Viksne and Normunds Viksne (piano duet)

5:44 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Quartet for strings (Op.18'6) in B flat major
Psophos Quartet 

6:09 AM
Muffat, Georg (1653-1704)
Sonata from Concerto No.XI in E minor 'Delirium amoris' 
L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg (director)

6:15 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Andante spianato and grande polonaise brillante (Op.22) for piano & orchestra 
Nelson Goerner (1849 Erard Piano), Orchestra Of The Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen (Conductor).

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