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Through the Night: Concertgebouw Archives

Through the Night: Concertgebouw Archives: Episode 1

Episode 1

Concertgebouw Archives

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Concertgebouw Archives, Episode 1

Presented by John Shea. With Riccardo Chailly in Hindemith and Georg Solti in Shostakovich

Presented by John Shea. With Riccardo Chailly conducting Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphoses after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber and Georg Solti in Shostakovich's Symphony No 1.

Concertgebouw Archives. Riccardo Chailly conducts Hindemith's Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber, and Sir Georg Solti conducts Shostakovich's 1st Symphony. With John Shea.

1:01 AM
Hindemith, Paul [1895-1963]
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

1:23 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri [1906-1975]
Symphony no.1 in F minor Op.10
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

1:52 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Trio for piano and strings (Op. 1'1) in E flat major
Grieg Trio

2:23 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Symphony No.8 in G major (Op.88)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Berhard Gueller (conductor)

3:01 AM
Kilar, Wojciech (b. 1932)
Chorale Prelude (1988)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wojciech Rajski (conductor)

3:19 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Symphony No.7 in A major (Op.92)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Giordano Bellincampi (conductor)

3:56 AM
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937)
Variations on a Polish Folk theme in B minor (Op.10)
Jerzy Godziszewski (piano)

4:16 AM
Trad. Hungarian
18th Century Dances
Csaba Nagy (solo recorder), Camerata Hungarica, László Czidra (conductor)

4:22 AM
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859)
Fantasia in C minor (Op.53)
Mojca Zlobko (harp)

4:31 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Overture to Halka (Original version)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

4:40 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Eight Ländler (German dances) (from D.790)
Leif Ove Andsnes piano

4:48 AM
Moszkowski, Moritz (1854-1924)
Guitarre
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Heini Kärkkäinen (piano)

4:52 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Concerto for trumpet and orchestra in D major
Friedemann Immer (trumpet), Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel (director)

5:01 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Suite Champêtre (Op.98b)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor)

5:08 AM
Wassenaer, Unico Wilhelm van (1692-1766)
Concerto No.5 in F minor (from Sei Concerti Armonici 1740)
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend (conductor)

5:19 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
La plus que lente (1910)
Roger Woodward (piano)

5:24 AM
Delius, Frederick (1862-1934) ed. Eric Fenby
La Calinda - concert version for orchestra from 'Koanga'
BBC Concert Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

5:28 AM
Bree, Johannes Bernardus van (1801-1857)
Allegro for 4 string quartets in D minor (1845)
Viotta Ensemble, Viktor Liberman (conductor)

5:40 AM
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961)
Danish Folk-Music Suite
Claire Clements (piano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

5:59 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Quartet for Strings (Op.74'3) in G minor "Rider"
Ebene Quartet (string quartet)

6:21 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) arr anon
Rosenkavalier - suite arr. anon
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender (conductor)

6:45 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Scherzo Capriccioso (Op.66)
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Québec, Raffi Armenian (conductor).

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