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Through the Night: Vivaldi's Four Seasons

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08/01/2015

Vivaldi's Four Seasons

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Vivaldi's Four Seasons

Jonathan Swain's selection includes Il Tempio Armonico performing Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

Il Tempio Armonico perform Vivaldi's Four Seasons, presented by Jonathan Swain.

12:31 AM
Dall'Abaco, Evaristo Felice [1675-1742]
Concerto a piu istrumenti in F major Op.6'3 
Il Tempio Armonico 

12:38 AM
Dall'Abaco, Evaristo Felice [1675-1742]
Concerto a piu istrumenti in C major Op.6'10 
Il Tempio Armonico 

12:45 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
The Four Seasons - Spring 
Davide Monti (violin), Il Tempio Armonico 

12:55 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
The Four Seasons - Summer 
Davide Monti (violin), Il Tempio Armonico 

1:06 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
The Four Seasons - Autumn 
Davide Monti (violin), Il Tempio Armonico 

1:17 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
The Four Seasons - Winter 
Davide Monti (violin), Il Tempio Armonico 

1:26 AM
Albinoni, Tomaso [1671-1750]
Adagio from Sonata (Sinfonia) a 5 no. 2 in C major Op.2'3 
Il Tempio Armonico 

1:30 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [1840-1893]
The Seasons Op.37b for piano 
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)

2:12 AM
Schoeck, Othmar (1886-1957)
Sommernacht (Summer Night) - pastoral intermezzo for string orchestra (Op.58)
Camerata Bern 

2:24 AM
Delius, Frederick [1862-1934]
To be sung of a summer night on the water for chorus (RT.4.5) 
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier (conductor)

2:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto No.4 in G major (Op.58) 
Nelson Goerne (piano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

3:06 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Partita for solo violin no.2 in D minor (BWV.1004) 
Leila Schayegh (baroque violin) 

3:32 AM
Desprez, Josquin (1440-1521)
Miserere 
Camerata Silesia, Anna Szostak (conductor)

3:48 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Nocturne in C sharp minor 
Alexander Romanovsky (piano) 

3:53 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827)
Finale from the ballet music to "Prometheus"
"Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava (orchestra), Ludovít Rajter (conductor) "

4:01 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Duet: Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen, from Die Zauberflöte Act 1 (K.620)
Isabel Bayrakdarian (Pamina, soprano), Russell Braun (Papageno, baritone), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor) 

4:04 AM
Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809]
Sonata for piano (H.16.29) in F major 
Eduard Kunz (piano) 

4:19 AM
Hoof, Jef van (1886-1959)
Willem de Zwijger - overture
Belgian Radio and Television National Philharmonic Orchestra, Fernand Terby (conductor)

4:26 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
2 Excerpts from 6 Chants Polonaise (op.74) 
Dmitri Alexeev (piano) 

4:31 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
No.4 Lemminkainen's Return - from Lemminkainen Suite (Op.22)
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) 

4:37 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Sonata for piano (K.311) in D major 
Mateusz Borowiak (piano) 

4:48 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Gloria in Excelsis Deo (BWV.191) 
Ann Monoyios (soprano); Colin Ainsworth (tenor); Tafelmusik Chamber Choir; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; Ivars Taurins (conductor)

5:03 AM
Lipatti, Dinu [1917-1950]
2 Nocturnes for piano (1939) 
Viniciu Moroianu (piano)

5:11 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Symphony no. 1 in G minor Op.13 (Winter daydreams) 
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) 

5:56 AM
Dvorak, Antonin [1841-1904]
V národnim tónu op. 73 (In Folk Tone) 
Hana Blaziková (soprano), Wojciech Switala (piano) 

6:06 AM
Gesualdo, Carlo (c.1560-1613), arr. Maxwell Davies, Peter (b. 1934)
2 Motets arr. Maxwell Davies for brass quintet - Peccantem me quotidiae; O vos omnes
Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble (premiere recording of these transcriptions)

6:15 AM
Norman, Ludwig (1831-1885), arranged by Niklas Willen
Andante Sostenuto
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén (conductor) 

6:25 AM
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
Ich ging mit lust durch einen grünen Wald (I walked with joy through a green forest) (no.7 from Lieder und Gesange aus der Jugendzeit) 
Arleen Auger (soprano), Irwin Gage (piano).

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