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Through the Night: Great British Symphonies: Parry's Symphony No 3

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07/03/2015

Great British Symphonies: Parry's Symphony No 3

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Great British Symphonies: Parry's Symphony No 3

John Shea's selection includes Parry's Third Symphony and Lennox Berkeley's Stabat Mater.

Great British Symphonies from Russia - Parry's 3rd Symphony and Lennox Berkeley's Stabat Mater. With John Shea.

1:01 AM
Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings [1848-1918]
Symphony no. 3 in C major (English) 
Capella of Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor) 

1:38 AM
Berkeley, Lennox [1903-1989]
Stabat Mater (Op.28) 
Anna Pegova (soprano), Anastasia Privoznova (soprano), Ksenia Dudnikova (contralto), Maxim Sazhin (tenor), Kirill Filin (baritone), Ruslan Rosyrev (bass), Capella of Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor) 

2:17 AM
Britten, Benjamin [1913 - 1976] and Berkeley, Lennox [1903-1989]
Mont Juic, suite of Catalan dances for orchestra 
Capella of Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor) 

2:31 AM
Berkeley, Lennox [1903-1989] Auden, WH. [1907-1973] Author
Lay your sleeping head, my love (Op.14, No.2b) 
Robin Tritschler (tenor), Malcolm Martineau (piano) 

2:37 AM
Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976]
Les Illuminations for voice and string orchestra 
Magdaléna Hajóssyová (soprano), Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Bohdan Warchal (director)

3:01 AM
Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks (1807-1867)
String Quartet No.1 in E minor, (Op.7) (1829) 
Camerata Quartet: Wlodzimierz Prominski, Andrzej Kordykiewicz (violins), Piotr Reichert (viola), Roman Hoffman (cello) 

3:31 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Symphony No 4 in D minor (Op.120) 
Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (conductor) 

4:01 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
Intermezzo (Op.117 No.1) in E flat major "Schlummerlied"
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) 

4:07 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967) [Text by Sándor Weöres]
Öregek 
Hungarian Radio Choir, János Ferencsik (conductor) 

4:16 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Overture - from Sicilian Vespers
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Quebec, Raffi Armenian (conductor)

4:25 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Exsultate, jubilate - motet for Soprano & Orchestra (K.165) 
Ragnhild Heiland Sorensen (soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa (conductor)

4:40 AM
Smetana, Bedrich [1824-1884]
Overture to The Bartered Bride (1870) 
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek (conductor) 

4:47 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Nacht und Träume (D.827) (song)
Edith Wiens (soprano), Rudolf Jansen (piano)

4:51 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Overture to the 'King and the Charcoal Burner' (1874)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stefan Robl (conductor)

5:01 AM
Britten, Benjamin [1913 - 1975]
4 Sea interludes (from 'Peter Grimes') (Op.33a) 
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor) 

5:18 AM
Tartini, Giuseppe (1692-1770)
Sonata No.6, 'Senti lo Mare' (Listen to the Sea) 
Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin) 

5:25 AM
Haydn, Johann Michael (1737-1806)
Ave Regina for double choir (MH.140)
Ex Tempore, Florian Heyerick (director) 

5:36 AM
Ravel, Maurice [1875-1937] arranged by Zoltán Kocsis
Pavane pour une infante défunte 
Zsolt Szatmári (clarinet), Zoltán Kocsis (piano) 

5:42 AM
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963) (orch. Sir Lennox Berkeley)
Flute Sonata (1956) 
Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Enrique Garcia-Asensio (conductor)

5:56 AM
Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings [1848-1918]
Lord, let me know mine end (no.6 from Songs of farewell for mixed voices) 
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (director) 

6:07 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Symphony No.39 in E flat major (K.543) 
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn (conductor) 

6:35 AM
Muethel, Johann Gottfried (1728-1788)
Jesu, meine Freude, arr. for organ (Versus 1/2/3/ Berlin State Library manuscript Ms.mus.15762) 
Ludger Lohmann (organ of Kreuzkirche, Herne)

6:43 AM
Philips, Peter [c.1560-1628]
Pavan Dolorosa
Concordia, Mark Levy (conductor) 

6:48 AM
Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679-1745)
Magnificat in C, ZWV.107 
Barbora Sojková (soprano), Musica Florea, Marek Stryncl (director).

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