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Through the Night: 1880s Night

15/08/2014

1880s Night

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 1880s Night

Including a selection of music from the 1880s.

80's Night - 1880's that is ... 

12:31 AM
Gounod, Charles [1818-1893]
Danse roumaine, for pedal piano and orchestra (1889) 
Roberto Prosseda (pedal piano), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Andrea Battistoni (conductor) 

12:36 AM
Gounod, Charles
Suite concertante in E flat, for pedal pianoforte and orchestra (1888) 
Roberto Prosseda (pedal piano), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Andrea Battistoni (conductor) 

12:56 AM
Gounod, Charles
Marche funèbre d'une marionnette (1872) 
Roberto Prosseda (pedal piano) 

1:01 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]
Innig (No. 4), from Studies for Pedal Piano: Six Pieces in Canonic Form (Op. 56) 
Roberto Prosseda (pedal piano) 

1:05 AM
Grieg, Edvard [1843-1907]
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, (Op. 46) (1885) 
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Andrea Battistoni (conductor) 

1:20 AM
Grieg, Edvard
Peer Gynt Suite No.2 (Op.55) (1893) 
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Andrea Battistoni (conductor) 

1:37 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Nocturne in A flat major (Op.33 No.3) (1883)
Stéphane Lemelin (piano)

1:42 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [1840-1893]
Hamlet - fantasy overture (Op.67) (1888)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

2:01 AM
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)
Intermezzo for string quartet in E flat major (1886)
Ljubljana String Quartet 

2:12 AM
Strauss, Richard [1864-1949]
Don Juan (Op.20) (symphonic poem) (1889) 
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor) 

2:31 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Gammelnorsk Romance met Variasjoner - orig for 2 pianos arr for orchestra (Op.51) (1890) 
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor) 

2:55 AM
Kajanus, Robert (1856-1933)
Funeral March (1880)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Atso Almila (conductor)

3:07 AM
Aulin, Valborg (1860-1928)
String Quartet in F major (1884) 
Tale String Quartet 

3:33 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Bacchanalia, No.10 from Poetické nálady (Poetic tone pictures) (Op.85) (1889)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava; Róbert Stankovský (conductor)

3:39 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849) 
Polonaise in A flat major (Op. 53) "Polonaise héroïque" 
Jacek Kortus (piano)

3:47 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
The Ruler of the spirits - overture (Op.27) 
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 

3:53 AM
Jiranek, Frantisek [1698-1778]
Concerto in F major for bassoon, strings and continuo 
Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), Collegium Marianum, Jana Semerádová (director) 

4:03 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in B flat major, K.333
Jevgeny Rivkin (piano)

4:20 AM
Tippett, Michael (1905-1998) 
Dance, clarion air ? madrigal for 5-part chorus; 
BBC Singers, Bo Holten (conductor) 

4:24 AM
Boeck, August de (1865-1937)
Dahomeyse Rapsodie (Dahomeyan Rhapsody) (1893)
Vlaams Radio Orkest (Flemish Radio Orchestra), Marc Soustrot (conductor) 

4:31 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Tragic Overture, (Op.81) (1881) 

4:44 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Cantata 'Unschuld und ein gut Gewissen'
Veronika Winter (soprano), Patrick von Goethem (alto), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Ekkehard Abele (bass), Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor)

4:57 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Quartet for strings (Op.42) in D minor 
Pavel Haas Quartet 

5:10 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Nocturne No.1 in E flat minor (Op.33 No.1) (1883)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) 

5:19 AM
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von [1644-1704]
Sonata no. 6 in C minor for violin and continuo 
Daniel Sepec (violin), Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Lee Santana (theorbo), Michael Behringer (organ) 

5:33 AM
Kajanus, Robert (1856-1933)
Aino - symphonic poem for male chorus and orchestra (1885)
Helsinki University Choir, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jorma Panula (conductor) 

5:48 AM
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), arranged by Humperdinck, Engelbert (1854-1921)
Good Friday Music (from 'Parsifal')
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5:57 AM
Liszt, Franz [1811-1886]
Am Grabe Richard Wagners (1883)
Jos Van Immerseel (piano - instrument is an Erard of 1897) 

6:01 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Double Concerto BWV.1060 for oboe, violin & strings in C minor 
(oboe uncredited) Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari (violin and leader) 

6:14 AM
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911)
Romance for violin and orchestra in G major (Op.26) (1881) 
Julia Fischer (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor) 

6:23 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Kuin virta vuolas (Op.26 No.8)
Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Eric-Olof Söderström (conductor)

6:25 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Sortunut aani No.7 of 9 Partsongs, Op.18
Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Eric-Olof Söderblom (conductor)

6:26 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Oi Lempi, sun valtas ääretön on (Op.23 No.7)
Pirkko Tonquvist (soprano), Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Eric-Olof Söderström (conductor).

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