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Through the Night: 16/04/2012

16/04/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 16/04/2012

Jonathan Swain with highlights of the 2011 Proms ahead of the launch of the 2012 season.

Jonathan Swain presents highlights of the BBC Proms ahead of the launch of the 2012 season.

Jonathan Swain with instant sunshine - highlights of last Summer's BBC Proms ahead of this Thursday's launch of the 2012 season.

12:31 AM
Wagner, Richard [1813-1883]
Prelude to Act 1 - from 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg' 
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 

12:41 AM
Prokofiev, Sergey [1891-1953]
Symphony No.1 in D major (Op.25) "Classical" 
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor) 

12:56 AM
Kodaly, Zoltan [1882-1967]
Galantai tancok (Dances of Galanta) 
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor) 

1:12 AM
Herrmann, Bernard [1911-1975]
Excerpts from the films "The man who knew too much" & "Citizen Kane" 
BBC Concert Orchestra, Keith Lockhart (conductor) 

1:17 AM
Stravinsky, Igor [1882-1971]
Le sacre du printemps 
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) 

1:52 AM
Strauss, Richard [1864-1949]
Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome (Op.54) 
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor) 

2:02 AM
Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976]
The Young person's guide to the orchestra (Op.34)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jenny Agutter (narrator), Edward Gardner (conductor) 

2:22 AM
Ravel, Maurice [1875-1937]
Alborada del gracioso - from the suite 'Miroirs'
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor) 

2:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Suite for Orchestra No.3 in D major (BWV.1068) 
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

2:51 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Nocturne in F minor (Op.55 No.1) 
Shura Cherkassky (piano) 

2:57 AM
Ockeghem, Johannes (c.1410-1497)
Salve Regina 
The Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier (bass/director) 

3:08 AM
Suchoň, Eugen (1908-1993)
Nocturne for Cello and Orchestra 
Ján Slávik (cello), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Mário Kosík (conductor) 

3:23 AM
Marais, Marin (1656-1728)
Les Folies d'Espagne
Lise Daoust (flute)

3:34 AM
Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835)
Overture to Norma 
Oslo Philharmonic, Nello Santi (conductor) 

3:41 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata in C major (K.460) 
Andreas Staier (harpsichord) 

3:47 AM
Tippett, Michael (1905-1998)
Five Spirituals from 'A Child of our Time' for chorus 
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 

4:00 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) trans. Nina Cole
Prélude à la Damoiselle élue 
Roger Cole (oboe), Linda Lee Thomas (piano) 

4:04 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732 - 1809)
Symphony No.64 in A "Tempora mutantur" 
Budapest Strings, Botvay Károly (conductor) 

4:22 AM
Gershwin, George (1898-1937)
Piano Preludes 
Donna Coleman (piano)

4:31 AM
Goldmark, Károly (1830-1915)
Night Piece - from the opera 'Die Königin von Saba' (The Queen of Sheba)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)


4:38 AM
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961)
Après un rêve 
Leslie Howard (piano)

4:42 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
Hégyi éjszakák (Mountain Nights] IV - for unaccompanied voices
La Gioia 

4:45 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emmanuel (1714-1788)
Sinfonia No.2 in B flat major
Camerata Bern

4:57 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Genoveva, overture (Op.81) 
Orchestre Nationale de France, Heinz Wallberg (conductor)

5:07 AM
Casella, Alfredo (1883-1947)
Sicilienne and Burlesque (1914)
Kathleen Rudolph (flute), Rena Sharon (piano) 

5:16 AM
Strauss, Johann Jr (1825-1899) arr. Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
Kaiser-Walzer (Op.437) arr. for chamber ensemble
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5:28 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Concerto Grosso in A major (Op.6 No.11) 
Barbara Jane Gilbey (violin), Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players

5:46 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Piano Concerto in G major 
Pascal Rogé (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev (conductor) 

6:08 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (conductor).

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