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Through the Night

Music: Classical

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

Through the Night: Young Performers

Through the Night: Young Performers: Episode 4

Episode 4

Young Performers

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Young Performers, Episode 4

Catriona Young presents music from performers from China, Denmark and Switzerland.

Young Performers, with Catriona Young. Performers from China, Denmark and Switzerland.

12:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Partita no. 1 in B flat major BWV.825 for keyboard 
Zhang Zuo (piano) 


12:44 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Quartet in C sharp minor Op.131 for strings 
Danish String Quartet 


1:25 AM
Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809]
Sonata in C major H.16.50 for piano 
Louis Schwizgebel (piano) 


1:42 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Quartet in A minor Op.132 for strings 
Danish String Quartet 


2:31 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri [1906-1975]
Symphony no. 5 in D minor Op.47 
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Philippe Jordan (conductor) 


3:17 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]
Symphonische Etuden Op.13 for piano 
Jason Gillham (piano) 


3:49 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey [1873-1943]
Vocalise 
Stefan Cazacu (cello), Raluca Cimpoi-Iordachi (piano), 


3:54 AM
Bellini, Vincenzo [1801-1835]
Vaga luna che inargenti 
Sergejs Jegers (countertenor), Sinfonietta Riga (Riga Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra) Andris Veismanis (conductor)


3:58 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Capriccio for keyboard (BWV.993) in E major "In honorem Joh. Christoph. Bachii"
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) 


4:04 AM
Purcell, Henry [1659-1695]
Music for a While, from Oedipus - incidental music to Act 3 (Z.583)
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) 


4:08 AM
Grieg, Edvard (Hagerup) (1843-1907)
Andante con moto for piano trio in C minor
Kungsbacka Piano Trio 


4:19 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Kirchen-Sonate in B flat (K. 212), for 2 violins, double bass and organ
Royal Academy of Music Beckett Ensemble, Patrick Russill (conductor) 


4:24 AM
Rubio, Jesus Gonzalez [(d.1874)]
Jarabe tapatio (Mexican hat dance)
Giuliano Sommerhalder (trumpet), Roberto Arosio (piano)


4:31 AM
Bouwman, Nicolaas Arie (1854-1941)
Thalia-ouverture for wind orchestra 
Dutch National Youth Wind Orchestra, Jan Cober (conductor) 


4:40 AM
Gershwin, George [1898-1937]
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (transcribed for solo piano)
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) 


4:54 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph [1872-1958]; Walt Whitman [1819-1892] author
Toward the Unknown Region for chorus and orchestra 
Codetta; Irish Youth Chamber Choir; National Youth Choir Of Great Britain; National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain; Vasily Petrenko (conductor) 


5:05 AM
Scheidt, Samuel (1587-1654) (text 14c. German)
In dulci jubilo
Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, Hannaford Street Silver Band , Edward Moroney (organ), John Rutter (conductor)


5:09 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Symphony in E flat (Wq.179) 
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 


5:22 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Flute Quartet No. 3 in C major, K. Anh. 171 K.(258b) followed by Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major (K. 285) 
Dóra Seres (flute), Den Unge Danske Strygekvartet (The Young Danish String Quartet) 


5:48 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
Violin Concerto in D major Op.35
Joshua Bell (violin), National Youth Orchestra of the United States, Valery Gergiev (conductor) 


6:25 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
Melodie (Op.42'3), arr. for violin and orchestra 
Joshua Bell (violin), National Youth Orchestra of the United States, Valery Gergiev (conductor).

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