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Through the Night: Purcell's The Fairy Queen

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04/02/2015

Purcell's The Fairy Queen

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Purcell's The Fairy Queen

Catriona Young presents performances of Rameau's Pygmalion and Purcell's The Fairy Queen.

Catriona Young's selection includes performances of Rameau's Pygmalion and Purcell's The Fairy Queen.

Catriona Young presents performances of Rameau's Pygmalion and Purcell's The Fairy Queen.

12:31 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe [1683-1764]
Pygmalion - acte de ballet 
Elodie Fonnard (soprano), Rachel Redmond (soprano), Reinoud van Mechelen (tenor), Yannis François (bass baritone), European Union Baroque Orchestra, Paul Agnew (director) 

1:15 AM
Purcell, Henry [1659-1695]
The Fairy Queen - opera Z.629 (abridged version for EUBO by Simon Heighes)
Elodie Fonnard (soprano), Rachel Redmond (soprano), Reinoud van Mechelen (tenor), Yannis François (bass baritone), European Union Baroque Orchestra, Paul Agnew (director) 

2:02 AM
Purcell, Henry [1659-1695]
Now the Night is chased away (from The Fairy Queen) 
Elodie Fonnard (soprano), Rachel Redmond (soprano), Reinoud van Mechelen (tenor), Yannis François (bass baritone), European Union Baroque Orchestra, Paul Agnew (director) 

2:05 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Humoreske for piano in B flat major (Op.20) 
Ivetta Irkha (piano) 

2:31 AM
Svendsen, Johan (1840 -1911)
Symphony No. 2 in B flat major (Op.15) 
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor) 

3:06 AM
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644-1704) (with anonymous Introit and propria)
Missa Alleluja a 36 
Gradus ad Parnassum, Concerto Palatino, Choral scholars from Wiener Hofburgkapelle, Konrad Junghänel (director) 

3:42 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
L'Isle joyeuse
Jane Coop (piano)

3:48 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Suite Champêtre (Op.98b) 
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor)

3:56 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Serenata in vano for clarinet, horn, bassoon, cello and double bass (FS.68)
The Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound, James Campbell (conductor)

4:04 AM
Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935)
Spiegel im Spiegel
Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano) 

4:11 AM
Foulds, John [1880-1939]
An Arabian Night 
Cynthia Fleming (violin), Katharine Wood (cello), BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor) 

4:18 AM
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762)
Concerto Grosso No.12 in D minor, 'Folia' (after Corelli's Sonata Op.5 No.12)
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

4:31 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
The Wasps - Overture from the Incidental Music 
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) 

4:40 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
12 Variations on 'Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen' for cello and piano (Op.66)
Danjulo Ishizaka (cello), José Gallardo (piano) 

4:50 AM
Bernhard, Christoph (1628-1692)
Missa 'Durch Adams Fall'
Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn (conductor) 

4:59 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Keyboard Concerto in F minor (BWV1056)
Angela Hewitt (piano), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra 

5:10 AM
Scriabin, Alexander [1872-1915]
Piano Sonata no. 4 in F sharp major Op.30 
Jason Gillham (piano) 

5:18 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Le Carnival Romain, op 9 
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) 

5:28 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Sonata for flute and continuo (Op.1 No.1a) (HWV.379) in E minor (2 mvts adapted fr Op.1 No.1; 2 transpsd fr Op.1 No.2) 
The Sonora Hungarica Consort: Imre Lachegyi (recorder), Sándor Sászvárosi (viola da gamba), Zsuzsanna Nagy (harpsichord) 

5:37 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Sonata for violin and piano in F major (K.377) 
Ana Savicka (violin), Aljosa Lecic (piano) 

5:56 AM
Thomas, John (1826-1913)
Grand Duet for two harps in E flat minor
Myong-ja Kwan , Hyon-son La (harps)

6:11 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Holberg Suite (Op.40) 
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tonnesen (conductor).

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