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Through the Night: Orchestra of the 18th Century

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12/12/2014

Orchestra of the 18th Century

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Orchestra of the 18th Century

Including the Orchestra of the 18th Century with Martha Argerich and Maria Joao Pires.

John Shea's selection includes a concert given by the Orchestra of the 18th Century at the 2012 Chopin and his Europe Festival.

John Shea presents a concert given by the Orchestra of the 18th Century at the 2012 Chopin and his Europe Festival. It features piano concertos with distinguished soloists Martha Argerich and Maria Joao Pires. 

12:31 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 (Op.21) in F minor 
Janusz Olejniczak (piano), Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen (conductor) 


1:03 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Mazurka op. 24 no.2 in C major for piano 
Janusz Olejniczak (piano) 


1:06 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]
Aufschwung from 'Phantasiestucke', Op.12 
Janusz Olejniczak (piano) 


1:10 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 3 (Op.37) in C minor 
Maria Joao Pires (piano), Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen (conductor) 


1:47 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1 (Op.15) in C major 
Martha Argerich (piano), Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen (conductor) 


2:21 AM
Grieg, Edvard [1843-1907]
Morning from 'Peer Gynt' arr for piano four-hands 
Martha Argerich (piano), Maria Joao Pires (piano) 


2:25 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Allegro Molto from Piano Sonata in D major, K381 
Martha Argerich (piano), Maria Joao Pires (piano) 


2:31 AM
Couperin, François (1668-1733)
Bruit de Guerre 
Hungarian Brass Ensemble


2:35 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Harold en Italie (Op.16) - symphony for viola and orchestra 
Milan Telecky (viola), Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)


3:20 AM
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)
Italian Serenade for string quartet
Ljubljana String Quartet 


3:29 AM
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725)
Ero's aria 'Leandro, anima mia' (from 'Ero e Leandro')
Gerard Lèsne (counter-tenor), Il Seminario Musicale


3:40 AM
Larsson, Lars-Erik (1908-1986)
Pastoral Suite (Op.19) (1938) 
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)


3:54 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827)
Sonata quasi una fantasia for piano (Op.27 No.2) in C sharp minor, 'Moonlight' 
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) 


4:08 AM
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) (Suite 2 compiled by Ernest Guiraud)
Selection from L'Arlésienne Suites Nos.1 & 2 
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) 


4:31 AM
Pacius, Frederik (1809-1891)
Overture for Large Orchestra 
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kari Tikka (conductor)


4:37 AM
Rautavaara, Einojuhani (b. 1928)
Cantus Arcticus - 'a concerto for birds and orchestra' (Op.61) (1972) 
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) 


4:56 AM
Doppler, Franz (1821-1883)
L'oiseau des bois (Op.21) - idyll for flute and 4 horns
János Balint (flute), Jeno Kevehazi, Peter Fuzes, Sandor Endrodi, Tibor Maruzsa (horns)


5:02 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.1 (S.244 No.1) in E major 
Jenö Jandó (piano)


5:16 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony No.67 (Hob I:67) in F major 
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor) 


5:42 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) [text Friedrich Schiller]
Sehnsucht (D.636 Op.39)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano - after Johann Fritz, Vienna c.1815) 


5:46 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Auf dem See (D.543) (On the lake) 
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano) 


5:50 AM
Lyadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich [1855-1914]
The Enchanted Lake (Op.62) 
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitaenko (conductor) 


5:58 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Water Music: Suite in G major for 'flauto piccolo', sopranino recorder, 2 oboes, bassoon and strings (HWV.350) 
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (conductor)


6:09 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat major 
Markus Maskuniitty (horn), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Junichi Hirokami (conductor).

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