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Through the Night: 23/10/2012

23/10/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 23/10/2012

The Casals Quartet perform works by Mozart, Shostakovich and Schubert.

Jonathan Swain presents a concert in which the Casals Quartet plays Mozart, Shostakovich and Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet.

Jonathan Swain presents a concert with the Casals Quartet playing Mozart, Shostakovich and Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" Quartet.

12:31 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Quartet for strings (K.421) in D minor; 
Casals Quartet

12:58 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitry [1906-1975]
Quartet for strings no. 2 (Op.68) in A major
Casals Quartet

1:36 AM
Schubert, Franz [1797-1828]
Quartet for strings (D.810) in D minor "Death and the maiden"
Casals Quartet

2:15 AM
Bartok, Bela [1881-1945]
Quartet for strings no. 4 (Sz.91); 
Casals Quartet

2:18 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Légende No.1: St. François d'Assise prêchant aux oiseaux (S.175)
Llyr Williams (piano) 

2:31 AM
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Gloria for soprano, chorus and orchestra in G major 
Annick Massis (soprano), Choeur de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, George Prêtre (conductor) 

3:00 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Symphony no. 1 (Op. 11) in C minor 
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)

3:31 AM
Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799)
Concerto grosso for strings and continuo in E flat major (Op.3 No.4)
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

3:44 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
10 Variations in G on the aria 'Unser dummer Pöbel meint' from the opera 'La rencontre imprévue' by Christoph Willibald Gluck (K. 455)
Shai Wosner (piano) 

3:58 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
Variations for Brass Band
The Hannaford Street Silver Band, Bramwell Tovey (Conductor)

4:11 AM
Barnes, Milton (1931-2001)
Three Folk Dances
Moshe Hammer (violin), Valerie Tryon (piano)

4:16 AM
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911)
Carnival in Paris - Overture/Episode for orchestra (Op.9) 
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)

4:31 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Overture - from 'Der Freischütz' 
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) 

4:41 AM
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859)
Fantasy, Theme and Variations a theme of Danzi in B minor (Op.81)
László Horvath (clarinet), New Budapest String Quartet

4:49 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Theme and variations on the Name 'Abegg' (Op.1) 
Seung-Hee Hyun (piano) 

4:57 AM
Gassman, Florian Leopold (1729-1774)
Stabat Mater
Capella Nova Graz (with continuo), Otto Kargl (conductor)

5:10 AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Serenade for string orchestra (Op.20) in E minor 
BBC Concert Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 

5:23 AM
Jenner, Gustav Uwe (1865-1920)
Trio in E flat for Clarinet, Horn and Piano (1900)
James Campbell (clarinet), Martin Hackleman (horn), Jane Coop (piano)

5:49 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Concerto in the Italian style for keyboard (BWV.971) in F major 
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) 

6:02 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Cello Sonata in A minor (Op. 36) 
Truls Mørk (cello), Håvard Gimse (piano).

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