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Through the Night

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Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe

Through the Night: Joyeux Noel

Through the Night: Joyeux Noel: Episode 2

Joyeux Noel

Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Joyeux Noel, Episode 2

Including a performance of Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ given in St Denis, Paris.

Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ from the Basilica of St Denis in Paris. James Conlon conducts the National Orchestra of France and the Choir of Radio France. With Jonathan Swain.

12:31 AM
Berlioz, Hector [1803-1869]
L'Enfance du Christ, Op.25 - Part 1
Stéphanie D'Oustrac (mezzo) Mary;
Stèphane Degout (baritone) Joseph;
François Lis (bass) Herod;
Jeremy Ovenden (tenor) Centurion and Narrator;
Nahuel Di Pierro (bass) Polydorus, Ishmaelite father.

Radio France Choir
National Orchestra of France
James Conlon (conductor)

1:13 AM
Berlioz, Hector [1803-1869]
L'Enfance du Christ, Op.25 - Part 2

1:30 AM
Berlioz, Hector [1803-1869]
L'Enfance du Christ, Op.25 - Part 3

2:09 AM
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Litanies à la Vierge Noire - arranged for female/children's voices, string orchestra and timpani
Maîtrise de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, George Prêtre (conductor)

2:19 AM
Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672)
Magnificat anima mea Dominum (SWV.468)
Schütz Akademie, Howard Arman (conductor)

2:31 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
String Quartet in F major
Bartók Quartet

2:59 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Sonata in E flat major K.282 for piano
Nelson Goerner (piano)

3:14 AM
Dohnányi, Ernõ (1877-1960)
Konzertstück for cello and orchestra in D major (Op.12)
Dmitri Ferschtmann (cello), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Bernhard Klee (conductor)

3:36 AM
Rosenmuller, Johann (c.1619-1684)
Sinfonia à 4
Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists

3:43 AM
Fauré, Gabriel [1845-1924]
Pelleas et Melisande - suite (Op.80);
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

4:00 AM
Duruflé, Maurice (1902-1986)
Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens (Op.10)
Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir, Evi Eespere (director)

4:09 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Polonaise No.2 in C minor (Op.40 No.2)
Aldo Ciccolini (piano)

4:15 AM
Popper, David [1843-1913]
Concert Polonaise (Op.14)
Tomasz Daroch (cello), maria Daroch (piano)

4:22 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe [1683-1764]
Gavotte in A minor
Alexander Romanovsky (piano)

4:31 AM
Goldmark, Karoly [1830-1915]
Ein Wintermarchen (Overture)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Ervin Lukács (conductor)

4:40 AM
Dinev, Petar [1889-1980]
Tropar za Rozhdestvo (Troparion of the Nativity)
Holy Trinity Choir, Plovdiv, Vessela Geleva (conductor)

4:42 AM
Dinev, Petar [1889-1980]
Ottsa i Sina and Milost mira No.7 (The Father and the Son; A Mercy of Peace No.7)
Holy Trinity Choir , Plovdiv, Vessela Geleva (conductor)

4:48 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
Trio Sonata in A major Op.5'1
Concerto Copenhagen, Alfredo Bernardini (director)

4:57 AM
Borodin, Alexander [1833-1887]
Notturno (Andante) - from String Quartet No.2 in D
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor)

5:06 AM
Haydn, Johann Michael (1737-1806)
Responsoria ad Matutinum in Nativitate Domini (MH.639) - for choir, violins, and organ
Ex Tempore, Judith Steenbrink (violin);
Sara Decorso (violin), David Van Bouwel (organ), Florian Heyerick (director)

5:18 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Pohadka Zimniho Vecera (Op.9)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Vasata (conductor)

5:34 AM
Kodály, Zoltán arranger unconfirmed
Dances of Galanta (orig. for orchestra)
Adam Fellegi (piano)

5:50 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Christus - Pastorale and Herald Angels Sing (extract)
Walter Coppola and Frankö Tünde (soloists), Hungarian Radio Choir, Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Peskó Zoltán (conductor)

5:57 AM
Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809]
Quartet for strings (Op.77'1) in G major
Royal String Quartet

6:17 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Divertimento in B flat major K.137
Orchestra Libera Classica, Hidemi Suzuki (conductor).

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Jonathan Swain presents a selection of festive pieces of music

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