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Through the Night: 26/05/2013

26/05/2013

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 26/05/2013

John Shea presents a concert given at the 2011 Proms.

John Shea presents a concert given at the 2011 Proms, featuring the Philharmonia orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

John Shea presents a concert from the BBC Proms 2011 featuring the Philharmonia conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

1:01 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitry [1906-1975]
The Age of gold - suite from the ballet (Op.22a)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

1:19 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitry [1906-1975]
Concerto for violin and orchestra no. 1 (Op.77) in A minor
Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

1:57 AM
Stravinsky, Igor [1882-1971]
Petrushka, Burlesque in Four Scenes (1947)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

2:33 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [1840-1893]
Francesca da Rimini - symphonic fantasia after Dante (Op.32)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

2:58 AM
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich [1804-1857]
V krovi gorit ogon' zhelan'ya (The fire of longing burns in my heart) - song
Petteri Salomaa (baritone), Ilmo Ranta (piano)

3:01 AM
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927)
Quartet for strings no.4 (Op.25) in A minor
Oslo String Quartet: Geir Inge Lotsberg and Per Kristian Skalstad (violins), Are Sandbakken (viola), Øystein Sonstad (cello)

3:37 AM
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
2 graduals for chorus (Locus iste; Christus Factus est)
Danish National Radio Choir, Jesper Grove Jorgensen (conductor)

3:45 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Concerto for cello and orchestra No.1 in A minor (Op.33)
Jozef Podhradský (cello), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor)

4:06 AM
Gershwin, George (1898-1937)
3 Preludes (1926) - No.1 in B flat; No.2 in C sharp minor; no.3 in E flat
Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)

4:12 AM
Muffat, Georg (1653-1704)
Sonata
L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg (director)

4:19 AM
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953)
Cinderella Fantasy Suite
Aglika Genova & Liuben Dimitrov (pianos)

4:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Overture from the Incidental music to König Stephan (Op.117)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)

4:39 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
Intermezzo (Op.117 No.1) in E flat major "Schlummerlied"
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)

4:46 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Basta vincesti (recit) and "Ah, non lasciami" (aria) (K.486a)
Rosemary Joshua (soprano), Freiburg Barockorchester, René Jacobs (conductor)

4:51 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Overture from La Forza del Destino
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

5:01 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Pavane for orchestra (Op.50)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (Conductor)

5:08 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Scherzo no.4 in E major
Dubravka Tomsic (piano)

5:20 AM
Swider, Józef (b. 1930)
Piesn - from 10 Songs to Lyrics by Polish Poets
Polish Radio Choir, Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor)

5:27 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.29 in A major (K.201)
The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tønnesen (conductor)

5:49 AM
Chédeville (Le Cadet), Nicolas (1705-1782)
Les Saisons Amusantes Part II (Les Plaisirs de l'Eté) for musette, recorder, violin & bass continuo, Paris 1739
Ensemble 1700, Dorothee Oberlinger (director)

5:59 AM
Greef, Arthur de (1862-1940)
Humoresque for Orchestra (second version 1928)
Flemish Radio Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)

6:05 AM
Merikanto, Oscar (1868-1924)
Kesäillan Valssi & Kesäillan Idylli
Eero Heinonen (piano)

6:11 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
String Quartet in G major (Op.18 No.2)
Bartók Quartet (archive recording)

6:35 AM
Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962)
Preludium and Allegro (à la Pugnani) for violin and piano
Tobias Ringborg (violin), Anders Kilström (piano)

6:41 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Suite Champêtre (Op.98b) ; Mélodie élégiaque ; Danse
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor)

6:49 AM
Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672)
Magnificat anima mea Dominum (SWV.468)
Schütz Akademie, (voices and instruments: violins, cornetts, sackbutts and continuo), Howard Arman (conductor).

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