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Through the Night: 30/08/2013

30/08/2013

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 30/08/2013

With Jonathan Swain. Including Les Ambassadeurs in a concert of 17th-century English music

Jonathan Swain introduces a concert of 17th-century English music performed by Les Ambassadeurs at the 2012 Mazovia Goes Baroque Festival in Poland.

Jonathan Swain introduces a concert of 17th Century English music, performed by Les Ambassadeurs at the 2012 Mazovia Goes Baroque Festival in Poland.

1:01 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Soft Notes and Gently Raised, Z.510

Playford, John (1623-1686)
4 pieces
Anders J Dahlin (tenor), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

1:12 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
4 pieces

Playford, John (1623-1686)
4 pieces
Anders J Dahlin (tenor), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

1:23 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Sonata - 1683 no. 2 in B flat major Z.791 for 2 violins and continuo
Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

1:30 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Charon the peaceful shade invites from The Prophetess

Playford, John (1623-1686)
2 pieces

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)/Playford, John (1623-1686)
Mr Young's Delight

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Your hay it is mow'd and your corn is reap'd

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)/Playford, John (1623-1686)
Tye the Pig
Anders J Dahlin (tenor), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

1:38 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
5 pieces
Anders J Dahlin (tenor), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

1:52 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Sonata - 1683 no. 9 in C minor Z.798
Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

1:59 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
3 pieces 
Playford, John (1623-1686)
Drive the cold winter away

Purcell, Henry
2 pieces 
Playford, John
The Siege of Limerick
Anders J Dahlin (tenor), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

2:12 AM
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)
Hymn to St Cecilia for chorus (Op.27)
BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor)

2:23 AM
Ireland, John (1879-1962)
A Downland Suite
The Hannaford Street Silver Band, Bramwell Tovey (Conductor)

2:40 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
Norfolk Rhapsody No.1 in E minor
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Bernard Heinze (conductor)

2:51 AM
Arnold, Malcolm (1921-2006)
Three Shanties for wind quintet (Op.4)
The Ariart Woodwind Quintet

3:01 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Quintet in E flat major for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (K.452)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Kari Krikku (clarinet), Albrecht Meyer (oboe), Jonathan Williams (horn), Per Hannisdal (bassoon)

3:24 AM
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762)
Concerto grosso in D minor (Op.7 No.2)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

3:34 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Dances Concertantes for chamber orchestra
Polish Radio Orchestra, Warsaw, Krzystzof Slowinski (conductor)

3:54 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
French Suite No.5 in G major (BWV.816)
Jevgeny Rivkin (piano)

4:11 AM
Schreker, Franz (1878-1934)
Valse Lente
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

4:16 AM
Mocoroa, Eduardo (1867-1954)
Dance of the witches
Polyphonia, Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor)

4:19 AM
Hofmann, Józef Kazimierz (1876-1957)
Kaleidoskop from Charakterskizzen (Op.40 No.4)
Shura Cherkassky (piano)

4:24 AM
Dukas, Paul (1865-1935)
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Esa Tukia (horn), Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri , Michael Adelson (conductor)

4:31 AM
Duparc, Henri (1848-1933)
Elégie - for voice and piano (1874)
Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano), Stephen Ralls (piano)

4:35 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Symphony No.1 in C major (Op.19)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

5:01 AM
Medins, Janis (1890-1966)
Flower Waltz - from the ballet 'Victory of Love'
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Imants Resnis (conductor)

5:06 AM
Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Le Papillon et la fleur (Op.1 No.1)
Paula Hoffman (mezzo-soprano), Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)

5:09 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto da Camera in C major (RV.88)
Camerata Köln

5:17 AM
Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959)
Suite for cello solo no.1
Esther Nyffenegger (cello)

5:27 AM
Foulds, John (1880-1939)
Isles of Greece (Op.48, No.2) BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp (Conductor)

5:32 AM
Tallis, Thomas (c.1505-1585)
Gloria - from Mass Puer natus est nobis for 7 voices
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

5:42 AM
Litolff, Henry (Charles) (1818-1891)
Scherzo - from the Concerto Symphonique No.4 (Op.102)
Arthur Ozolins (piano), Toronto Symphony, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5:50 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Rondo capriccioso for piano in E major/minor (Op.14)
Sook-Hyun Cho (female) (piano)

5:56 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
On wings of song (Op.34 No.2) arr. anon for clarinet & piano
Hyun-Gon Kim (male) (clarinet), Chi-Ho Cho (female) (piano)

5:59 AM
Zemlinsky, Alexander von (1872-1942)
Die Seejungfrau - Fantasie for Orchestra (1902/3)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

6:41 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
String Quartet in D major (Op.64 No.5) 'The Lark'
Yggdrasil String Quartet.

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