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Through the Night: New Zealand Radio Symphony Orchestra

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30/09/2014

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Including the New Zealand Radio Symphony Orchestra performing Shchedrin's Carmen Suite.

John Shea's selection includes the New Zealand Radio Symphony Orchestra performing Shchedrin's Carmen Suite.

The New Zealand Radio Symphony Orchestra plays Shchedrin's Carmen Suite, presented by John Shea.

12:31 AM
Kenneth Young (b.1955)
Portrait 
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Vesa-Matti Leppänen (conductor) 


12:51 AM
Takemitsu, Toru (1930-1996)
Ame no ki (Rain Tree) 
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Vesa-Matti Leppänen (conductor) 


1:04 AM
Part, Arvo (b.1935)
Fratres (version for violin and orchestra) 
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin and director) 


1:17 AM
Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich (b.1932)
Carmen - ballet suite for strings and percussion 
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Vesa-Matti Leppänen (conductor) 


2:05 AM
Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich (b.1932)
Humoresque
Vesko Eschkenazy (violin), Ludmil Angelov (piano)


2:08 AM
Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich (b.1932)
In imitation of Albeniz
Vesko Eschkenazy (violin), Ludmil Angelov (piano)


2:12 AM
Albéniz, Isaac (1860-1909)
Rapsodia espanola
Angela Cheng (piano), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Graf (conductor)


2:31 AM
Alpaerts, Flor (1876-1954) 
Pallieter (1924) 
Vlaams Radio Orkest , Michel Tabachnik (conductor)


3:00 AM
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)
From 'Paris e Helena', ballet music 
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ludovít Rajter (conductor)


3:13 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) arr anon
Der Rosenkavalier - suite arr. anon 
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender (conductor)


3:36 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Sonata for violin and keyboard (K.15) in B flat major; 
Les Ambassadeurs


3:44 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Liebesträume No.3 
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano) 


3:49 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Pelleas et Melisande - suite (Op.80) 
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) 


4:06 AM
Vaet, Jacobus (1529/30-1567)
Postquam consumati essent dies 
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel (conductor) 


4:12 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Concerto in F (Rv.571) for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon & cello 
Zefira Valova (violin), Anna Starr & Markus Müller (oboes), Anneke Scott & Joseph Walters (horns), Jane Gower (bassoon), Rebecca Rosen (cello) Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director) 


4:22 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Overture - Kochanka hetmanska (The Hetman's Mistress) 
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Bogdan Oledzki (conductor) 


4:31 AM
Verhulst, Johannes (1816-1891)
Overture in C minor 'Gijsbrecht van Aemstel' (Op.3)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor)


4:40 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto da Camera in F major (RV.99) 
Camerata Köln: Michael Schneider (recorder), Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), Michael McCraw (bassoon), Mary Utiger & Hajo Bäß (violins), Rainer Zipperling (cello), Harald Hoeren (harpsichord)


4:48 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
French suite no. 5 in G major BWV.816 for keyboard 
Evgeni Koroliov (piano) 


5:06 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Scherzo capriccioso (Op.66) 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor) 


5:19 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix [1809-1847]
Prelude and Fugue No.1 in E minor (Op.35)
Shura Cherkassky (piano) 


5:28 AM
Nørgård, Per (b.1932)
Pastorale for string trio (from the film 'Babette's Feast') 
Trio Aristos: Szymon Krzeszowiec (violin), Alexander Øllgaard (viola), Jakob Kullberg (cello) 


5:35 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Jordens sång (Song of the Earth) (Op.93) (1919) 
Academic Choral Society, Helsinki Cathedral Chorus, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Söderblom (conductor) 


5:54 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Etude in D flat (Op.52 No.6) (Etude en forme de valse) 
Stefan Lindgren (piano) 


6:02 AM
Ravel, Maurice [1875-1937]
Valses nobles et sentimentales (1912) 
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) 


6:19 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (composer) [1841-1904]
Slavonic Dance No.10 (Op.72 No.2) in E minor
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Juanjo Mena (conductor) 


6:26 AM
Strauss, Johann (son) (1825-1899) arranged by Bruce McKinnon
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka (Op. 214) 
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Vesa-Matti Leppänen (conductor).

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