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

Through the Night: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Through the Night: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Episode 2

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Episode 2

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Episode 2

Including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Shostakovich, Hindemith and Beethoven.

John Shea's selection includes Riccardo Chailly conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in music by Shostakovich, Hindemith and Beethoven.

John Shea presents a programme of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly including Shostakovich's Cello Concerto, Hindemith's Kammermusik No.2 and Beethoven's Symphony No.2.

1:01 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Overture from La Forza del Destino 
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) 


1:09 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906 - 1975)
Concerto no. 2 in G major Op.126 for cello and orchestra 
Lynn Harrell (cello), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) 


1:43 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 - 1827)
Symphony no. 2 in D major Op.36 
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) 


2:16 AM
Hindemith, Paul (1895 - 1963)
Kammermusik no. 2 Op.36'1 for piano and 12 instruments 
Ronald Brautigam (piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) 


2:35 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Quartet for piano and strings (K.478) in G major 
Trio Ondine, Antoine Tamestit (viola) 


3:01 AM
Sanz, Gaspar (17th century)
Suite espanola for guitar
Tomaz Rajteric (guitar)


3:12 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Sonata for piano no. 2 (Op.35) in B flat minor 
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) 


3:34 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix [1809-1847]
Symphony no. 4 (Op.90) in A major "Italian" 
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 


4:03 AM
Desprez, Josquin (ca.1440-1521)
Absolve, quaesumus, Domine/Requiem aeternam
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel (conductor) 


4:08 AM
Rore, Cipriano de (1515/16-1565)
O socii neque enim/Durate 
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel (conductor) 


4:13 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Suite italienne for violin and piano (1925) 
Alena Baeva (violin), Giuzai Karieva (piano) 


4:30 AM
Strauss, Oscar (1870-1954)
Overture: Ein Walzertraum
West Deutsches Rundfunkorchester Köln, Franz Marszalek (conductor) 


4:38 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
Sinfonia, from 'Orlando' (HWV.31)
Orchestra Barocca Modo Antiquo, Federico Maria Sardelli (conductor)


4:43 AM
Glinka, Mihail Ivanovic (1804-1857)
Nocturno
Branka Janjanin-Magdalenic (harp)


4:48 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
Norfolk Rhapsody No.1 in E minor 
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Bernard Heinze (conductor) 


5:01 AM
Tallis, Thomas (c.1505-1585)
Spem in Alium, for 40 voices
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 


5:09 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Rosamunde - Overture (D.644) 
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Heinz Holliger (conductor) 


5:20 AM
Horowitz, Vladimir (1904-1989)
Moment Exotique 
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) 


5:22 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943)
Prelude No.5 in G minor - from Preludes for piano (Op.23)
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) 


5:26 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Trio No.4 from Essercizii Musici, for Transverse Flute, Harpsichord obligato and continuo 
Camerata Köln 


5:37 AM
Strauss, Richard [1864-1949]
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Op.28) 
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Miguel Gomez Martinez (conductor) 


5:52 AM
Satie, Erik (1866-1925)
La Belle Excentrique 
Pianoduo Kolacny 


6:01 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872) orch. Zygmunt Noskowski
Polonaise in E flat major 
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Katlewicz (conductor) 


6:07 AM
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953) arr. Prokofiev and David Oistrakh
Sonata for violin and piano No.2 (Op.94bis) in D major - arr. from Sonata for flute & piano (Op.94) 
Vesko Eschkenazy (violin), Ludmil Angelov (piano) 


6:33 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Cantata no.4 (BWV.4) 'Christ lag in Todesbanden' 
Balthasar Neumann-Chor, Pythagoras-Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor) 


6:51 AM
Dubois, Pierre Max (1930-1995)
Quartet for flutes
Valentinas Kazlauskas, Lina Baublyte, Albertas Stupakas, Giedrius Gelgoras (flutes).

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