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Through the Night: 21/08/2012

21/08/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 21/08/2012

Jonathan Swain introduces Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in a performance from the 2011 Proms.

Jonathan Swain introduces a performance of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis given at the 2012 BBC Proms by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis.

Jonathan Swain introduces Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis, recorded at the 2011 BBC Proms.

12:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Missa solemnis (Mass in D major), Op.123
Helena Juntunen (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor) 

1:59 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No.31 (Op.110) in A flat major
Sergei Terentjev (piano)

2:22 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Flute Sonata in G major (Wq.133/H.564), 'Hamburger Sonata'
Wilbert Hazelzet (flute), Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

2:31 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
String Quintet No.2 in G major (Op.111) 
Bartók Quartet, László Barsony (viola)

2:56 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Concerto for 2 harpsichords in F major (Wq.46/H.410) 
Alan Curtis & Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichords), Collegium Aureum

3:20 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Bassoon concerto in F major (Op.75)
Juhani Tapaninen (bassoon), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

3:38 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Ballade No.1 in G minor (Op.23) 
Shura Cherkassky (piano) 

3:47 AM
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
Romanian folk dances from Sz.56
I Cameristi Italiani 

3:55 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Songs from Myrten (Op.25)
Olle Persson (baritone), Stefan Bojsten (piano)

4:07 AM
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644-1704)
Sonata in C minor for violin and bass continuo - from Sonatæ, Violino solo, Salzburg 1681
Salzburger Hofmusik, Wolfgang Brunner (director)

4:19 AM
Schreker, Franz (1878-1934)
Fantastic Overture (Op.15)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 

4:31 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Overture to Die Zauberflöte (K.620)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

4:38 AM
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959)
Song of the Black Swan (orig. for cello and piano)
Henry-David Varema (cello), Heiki Mätlik (guitar)

4:41 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Légende No.1: St. Francois d'Assise prechant aux oiseaux (S.175)
Bernhard Stavenhagen (piano) 

4:50 AM
Granados, Enrique (1867-1916)
La Maja y el Ruiseñor - from Goyescas
Marilyn Richardson (soprano), Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski (conductor) 

4:57 AM
Doppler, Franz (1821-1883)
L'oiseau des bois (Op.21) - idyll for flute and 4 horns
János Balint (flute), Jeno Kevehazi, Peter Fuzes, Sandor Endrodi, Tibor Maruzsa (horns)

5:03 AM
Strauss, Josef (1827-1880)
Dorfschwalben aus Österreich - waltz (Op.164) 
Arthur Schnabel (piano) 

5:11 AM
Rautavaara, Einojuhani (b. 1928)
Cantus Arcticus - 'a concerto for birds and orchestra' (Op.61) (1972) 
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) 

5:29 AM
Kyurkchiiski, Krassimir (b.1936)
A Little Bird is Singing
Sofia Chamber Choir, Vassil Arnaudov (conductor) 

5:33 AM
Koutev, Philip (1903-1982)
Dragana and the Nightingale
Sofia Chamber Choir, Vassil Arnaudov (conductor)

5:36 AM
Fitelberg, Grzegorz (1879-1953)
Piesn o sokele (The Song about a Falcon) - symphonic Poem (Op.18) 
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Wislocki (conductor) 

5:49 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Quartet for strings in D major (Op.64 No.5) 'Lark'
Tilev String Quartet

6:08 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Swan Lake (ballet suite)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor).

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