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Through the Night: The Golden Age of Jazz

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31/08/2014

The Golden Age of Jazz

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, The Golden Age of Jazz

Including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing music from the golden age of jazz.

Jonathan Swain's selection includes the Sydney Symphony Orchestra playing music from the golden age of jazz. With Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist in Gershwin's Piano Concerto.

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra play music from the Golden Age of Jazz. Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins them as the soloist in Gershwin's Piano Concerto. Jonathan Swain presents.

1:01 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri [1906-1975]
Suite No.1 for Jazz band 
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, James Gaffigan (conductor) 


1:10 AM
Gershwin, George [1898-1937]
Concerto in F major for piano and orchestra 
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Sydney Symphony Orchestra, James Gaffigan (conductor) 


1:43 AM
Gershwin, George [1898-1937]
Variations on 'I got rhythm' for piano and orchestra 
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Sydney Symphony Orchestra, James Gaffigan (conductor) 


1:52 AM
Prokofiev, Sergei [1891-1953]
Symphony no. 5 in B flat major Op.100 
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, James Gaffigan (conductor) 


2:36 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)
7 Dances of the Dolls (Op.91c) arr for wind quintet 
Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet 


2:47 AM
Stravinsky, Igor [1882-1971]
The Firebird - excerpts arr Guido Agosti 
Daniil Trifonov (piano) 


3:01 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Trio for piano and strings (Op. 50) in A minor 
Grieg Trio 


3:47 AM
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
Sonata for strings No.5 in E flat major 
Camerata Bern


4:02 AM
Schubert, Franz [1797-1828]
Ave Maria (D.839)
Il-Hwan Bai (cello), Dai-Hyun Kim (piano)


4:07 AM
Satie, Erik (1866-1925), arr.Jorgen Jersild
Three melodies with texts by J.P. Contamine de La Tour 
Hanne Hohwu, Merte Grosbol, Peter Lodahl (soloists), Merete Hoffmann (oboe), The Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (conductor)


4:15 AM
Henriques, Fini (1867-1940)
Air for string orchestra
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Børge Wagner (conductor)


4:21 AM
Moritz, Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel (1572-1632)
Pavan
Nigel North (lute)


4:26 AM
Bergh, Gertrude van den (1793-1840)
Lied fur pianoforte
Frans van Ruth (piano)


4:32 AM
Daunais, Lionel (1901-1982) [text: Apollinaire]
Le Pont Mirabeau (1977)
Phoenix Chamber Choir, Ramona Luengen (director) 


4:35 AM
Zlatev-Cherkin, Georgi (1905-1977)
Sevdana for violin and string orchestra (1944)
Valentin Stefanov (violin), Orchestra 'Symphonieta' of the Bulgarian National Radio, Vassil Kazandjiev (conductor) 


4:42 AM
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)
Paysage (Op.38)
Bengt Åke-Lundin (piano) 


4:47 AM
Fitelberg, Grzegorz (1879-1953)
Piesn o sokele (The Song about a Falcon) ? symphonic Poem (Op.18) 
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Wislocki (conductor) 


5:01 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
5 movements from the ballet music "les Petits riens" (K.299b) 
Danish Radio Sinfonietta/DR; Adám Fischer (conductor) 


5:12 AM
Cozzolani, Suor Chiara Margarita (1602-c.1677)
O quam bonus es ? motet for 2 voices (Si Lodano le Piaghe di Christo & le Mamelle Della Madonna)
Cappella Artemisia Candace Smith (director) 


5:22 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Ballade No.2 in F major (Op.38)
Anastasia Vorotnaya (piano) 


5:30 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt (Calm sea and a prosperous voyage) ? overture (Op.27) 
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Simone Young (conductor) 


5:44 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Gestillte Sehnsucht (Op.91 No.1)


5:51 AM
Groneman, Albertus (c.1710-1778)
Concerto in G major for flute, 2 violins & basso continuo
Jed Wentz (flute), Manfred Kraemer and Laura Johnson (violins), Musica ad Rhenum


6:05 AM
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594)
Cantai hor piango
King's Singers: Jeremy Jackman & Alastair Hume (countertenors), Robert Chilcott (tenor), Anthony Holt & Simon Carrington (baritones), Colin Mason (bass) 


6:11 AM
Gilse, Jan van (1881-1944)
String Quartet (Unfinished, 1922) 
Ebony Quartet 


6:21 AM
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Concert champêtre for harpsichord and orchestra 
Jory Vinikour (harpsichord), Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Minkowski (conductor) 


6:47 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Concerto in D major for transverse flute, strings and continuo
La Stagione Frankfurt.

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