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Through the Night: Music of the Beguines

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29/12/2014

Music of the Beguines

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Music of the Beguines

With Jonathan Swain. Including a concert of music from beguinages across northern Europe.

Jonathan Swain's selection includes a concert of music from beguinages across northern Europe.

Jonathan Swain presents a concert of music from beguinages across Northern Europe.

12:31 AM
Anonymous
Sancta Trinitas
Psallentes Plainchant Ensemble, Hendrik Vandeen Abeele (director) 


12:39 AM
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
O vis aeternitatis (Responsorium) - for voice, female chorus, 2 fiddles, organistrum
Sequentia: Laurie Monahan (solo voice), Barbara Thornton, Gundula Anders, Pamela Dellal, Elizabeth Glen, Heather Knutson, Susanne Norin, Janet Youngdahl (chorus), Elizabeth Gaver & Elisabetta de Mircovich (fiddles), Benjamin Bagby (organistrum) 


12:47 AM
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Instrumental piece
Sequentia 


12:52 AM
Anonymous
Mulieres religiosae 
Psallentes Plainchant Ensemble, Hendrik Vandeen Abeele (director) 


1:21 AM
Hollander, Christian (1510/15-1569)
Ave Maria
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet 


1:22 AM
Willaert, Adrian (c.1490-1562)
A la fontaine du prez
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet 


1:28 AM
Anonymous
Fundatrix begginarum 
Psallentes Plainchant Ensemble, Hendrik Vandeen Abeele (director) 


1:37 AM
Folquet de Marseille (c 1155-1231)
Flores sur 'Tant m'abellis l'amoros pessamens'
Ensemble Lucidarium 


1:41 AM
Gautier d'Espinal (c.1215-c.1272)
Puis que en moi a recouvré seignorie
Ensemble Lucidarium: Annemieke Cantor (voice) (with instrumental introduction played by Francis Biggi)


1:47 AM
Thibault IV de Navarre (1201-1253)
Robert veez de Perron (instrumental)
Ensemble Lucidarium


1:50 AM
Anonymous
Corpus et sanguis Christi; Summe Trinitatis, responsory, from 'Sancta Trinitas' 
Psallentes Plainchant Ensemble, Hendrik Vandeen Abeele (director) 


2:10 AM
Anonymous
Ave verum corpus 
Psallentes Plainchant Ensemble, Hendrik Vandeen Abeele (director) 


2:13 AM
Alpaerts, Flor (1876-1954) 
James Ensor Suite (1928) 
Vlaams Radio Orkest , Michel Tabachnik (conductor)


2:31 AM
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
Symphony No.4 in E flat major, 'Romantic' 
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice (NOSPR), Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (conductor) 


3:34 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Rondo capriccioso for piano in E major/minor (Op.14)
Sook-Hyun Cho (piano) 


3:41 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Trio for keyboard and strings in F major (H.15.4), attrib. to Haydn 
Moscow Trio - Vladimir Ivanov (violin), Michail Utkin (cello), Alexander Bonduriansky (piano)


3:54 AM
Lisinski, Vatroslav (1819-1854)
Vecer (Evening) - Symphonic Idyll 
Croatian Radio Television Symphony Orchestra, Niksha Bareza (conductor) 


4:01 AM
Bach, Johann Michael (1648-1694)
Fürchtet euch nicht - motet for double chorus and continuo
Cantus Cölln Konrad Junghänel (director) 


4:05 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto in D major (RV.208), 'Grosso mogul' 
Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (director)


4:20 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata in C major (K.420)
Ilze Graubina (piano)


4:26 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957) arr. Sibelius
Dance Intermezzo (Op.45, No.2) (1907)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)


4:31 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Bacchanalia, No.10 from Poetické nálady (Poetic tone pictures) (Op.85) 
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava; Róbert Stankovský (conductor)


4:36 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
Overture from The Wasps - Aristophanic suite (from incidental music) 
BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor) 


4:47 AM
Alkan, Charles-Valentin (1813-1888)
Le Festin d'Esope (Op.39 no.12 in E minor, from '12 studies' Op.39) (1857) 
Johan Ullén (piano)


4:57 AM
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857)
Trio pathétique arr. for piano trio 
Trio Luwigana: Darko Brlek (clarinet), Igor Skerjanec (cello), Vladimir Mlinaric (piano)


5:13 AM
Stamitz, Carl (1745-1801)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No.2 in A 
Michal Kanka cello, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Jirí Pospíchal concert master 


5:33 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Rondo brillante in E flat 'La gaieté for piano' (J.252) (Op.62) (1819) 
Niklas Sivelöv (piano) 


5:40 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emmanuel (1714-1788)
Sinfonia No.2 in B flat major (Wq.182, No.2)
Camerata Bern


5:52 AM
Poulenc, Francis [1899-1963]
Allegro con fuoco from the Sonata for violin and piano - (competition performance)
Fanny Clamagirand (violin); Nicolas Bringuer (piano) 


5:59 AM
Gershwin, George (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue
William Tritt (piano), Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Boris Brott (conductor)


6:17 AM
Benjamin, Arthur (1893-1960)
North American square dance - suite for orchestra 
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor).

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