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Through the Night: 22/08/2012

22/08/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 22/08/2012

Jonathan Swain presents Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel from the 2010 Proms.

Jonathan Swain presents a performance given at the 2010 Proms of Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel, featuring mezzo Alice Coote with the London Philharmonic under Robin Ticciati.

Jonathan Swain presents Humperdinck's much loved opera Hansel and Gretel from the BBC Proms in 2010 featuring mezzo Alice Coote with the LPO conducted by Robin Ticciati.

12:32 AM
Humperdinck, Engelbert [1854-1921]
Hansel und Gretel - opera in 3 acts: Acts 1 and 2 
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano, Hansel), Lydia Teuscher (soprano, Gretel), Irmgard Vilsmaier (mezzo-soprano, Mother), William Dazeley (bass, Father), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (bass, Witch), Tara Erraught (mezzo-soprano, Sandman), Ida Falk Winland (soprano, Dew Fairy), Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor)

1:29 AM
Humperdinck, Engelbert [1854-1921]
Hansel und Gretel - opera in 3 acts: Act 3 
Cast as above, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor) 

2:10 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Macbeth (Op.23) 
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 

2:31 AM
Janácek, Leos (1854-1928)
Sumarovo dite - ballad for orchestra 
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 

2:44 AM
Franck, Cesar [1822-1890]
Quintet for piano and strings (M.7) in F minor 
Cristina Ortiz (piano), Fine Arts Quartet 

3:22 AM
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594)
Magnificat Primi Toni
Elmer Iseler Singers, Elmer Iseler (conductor)

3:30 AM
Suppé, Franz von (1819-1895)
Overture from Poet and Peasant
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor)

3:42 AM
Young, Victor [1900-1956]
My foolish heart (improvisation)
Gwilym Simcock (piano) 

3:52 AM
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837)
Trio in G major, for violin, viola & cello 
Viktor Simcisko (violin), Alzbeta Plazkurova (viola), Jozef Sikora (cello)

4:07 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Overture from Die Zauberflöte (K.620)
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor) 

4:14 AM
Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959)
Meditation and processional 
Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano) 

4:21 AM
Cesti, Pietro Antonio (1623-1669)
Tibrino and Gelone's duet 'Par ti ritrovo alfine' - from Orontea, Act 1 Scene 13
Cettina Cadelo (soprano, Tribino) and Gastone Sarti (baritone, Gelone), Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs (director)

4:31 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Sonata in E (Op. 1) no 15
Eszter Perényi (violin), Gyula Kiss (piano)

4:40 AM
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)
St Paul's Suite (Op.29 No.2) 
Seoul Chamber Orchestra, Yong-Yun Kim (conductor)

4:54 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph [1872-1958]
Silence and music - madrigal for chorus 
BBC Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor) 

5:00 AM
Gratton, Hector [1900-1970]
Quatrieme danse canadienne arr. for piano trio
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano) 

5:04 AM
Cornago, Johannes (c.1400-c.1474)/Ockeghem, Johannes (c.1410- 1497)
Qu'es mi vida, preguntays
Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director)

5:10 AM
Goldmark, Károly (1830-1915)
In Italien - overture (Op.49)
The Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Geza Oberfrank (conductor)

5:22 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
32 Variations in C minor (WoO.80)
Irena Kobla (piano)

5:34 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.38 in D major (K.504), 'Prague' 
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

6:02 AM
Pekiel, Bartlomiej (?-c.1670)
I Missa senza le cerimonie
Camerata Silesia, Julian Gembalski (positive organ), Anna Szostak (conductor)

6:13 AM
Piazzolla, Ástor Pantaleón (1921-1992)
Histoire du Tango 
Jadwiga Kotnowska (flute), Leszek Potasinki (guitar), Grzegorz Frankowski (double bass).

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