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Through the Night

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Through the Night: 02/04/2014

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02/04/2014

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 02/04/2014

John Shea's selection includes the Artis Quartet in quartets by Beethoven and Verdi.

The Artis Quartet perform two quartets by Beethoven: Op 18 No 1 and Op 59 No 2, plus them Verdi's String Quartet.

With John Shea

A chamber music recital by the Artis Quartet: Peter Schuhmayer and Johannes Meissl (violins), Herbert Kefer (viola), Othmar Müller (cello)

12:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
String Quartet in F major Op.18'1

12:58 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901]
String Quartet in E minor

1:20 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
String Quartet in E minor Op.59'2 (Rasumovsky)

1:51 AM
Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809]
String Quartet in G minor Op.74'3 (Rider)
Artis Quartet


1:57 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
Symphony no. 2 in C minor Op.17 (Little Russian)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

2:31 AM
Sowande, Fela (1905-87)
African Suite (1944) for Strings
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

2:56 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Mass in B flat major, 'Krecovicka'
Marie Matejkova (soprano), Ilona Satylova (alto), Jiri Vinklarek (tenor), Michael Mergl (bass), Miluska Kvechova (organ), Czech Radio Choir, Pilzen Radio Orchestra, Stanislaw Begunia (conductor)

3:21 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Manfred - Overture to the Incidental Music (Op.115)
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jirí Belohlávek (conductor)

3:35 AM
Stravinsky, Igor [1882-1971]
3 Movements from Petrushka transc. for piano
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)

3:49 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) or possibly Pleyel, Ignace (1757-1831) arr. Perry, Harold
Divertimento (Feldpartita) (H.2.46) in B flat major arr. for wind quintet (attributed to Haydn, possibly by Pleyel)
Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet

3:59 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Concerto for violin, strings and continuo (Op.8 No.12) (RV.178)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director)

4:08 AM
Castelnuovo Tedesco, Mario (1895-1968)
Capriccio Diabolico for guitar (Op.85)
Goran Listes (guitar)

4:17 AM
Chopin, Frédéric [1810-1849]
Nocturne in D flat major Op.27 No.2 for piano
Nelson Goerner (piano)

4:24 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance No.10 in E minor (Op.72 No.2) (Starodávny)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

4:31 AM
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
Romanian folk dances (Sz.68) orch. from Sz.56
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, James Clark (conductor)

4:38 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Alborada del gracioso - from the suite 'Miroirs' (1905)
Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)

4:45 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf - motet (BWV.226)
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)

4:53 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Sabbato (TWV42:g3) - from 'Pyrmonter Kurwoche'
Albrecht Rau (violin), Heinrich Rau (viola), Clemens Malich (cello), Wolfgang Hochstein (harpsichord)

5:01 AM
Alkan, Charles-Valentin (1813-1888)
Le Festin d'Esope (from 12 studies Op.39) (1857)
Johan Ullén (piano)

5:11 AM
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918)
Prelude and Fugue for orchestra (Op.10) (1909)
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pertti Pekkanen (conductor)

5:21 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Ch'io mi scordi di te...? Non temer, amato bene (K.505) (concert aria)
Joan Carden (soprano), John Winter (piano obbligato), The Orchestra of Sydney, John Harding (conductor)

5:32 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
7 Fantasies Op.116 for piano
Libor Novácek (piano)

5:54 AM
Debussy, Claude [1862-1918]
Sonata in D minor for cello and piano
Henrik Brendstrup (cello), Tor Espen Aspaas (piano)

6:06 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Concerto for flute and strings in B flat major (Wq.167) (1751)
Robert Aitken (flute), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor).

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