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Through the Night: Gorecki's Symphony No 3

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12/03/2015

Gorecki's Symphony No 3

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Gorecki's Symphony No 3

Including a concert to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Henryk Gorecki's birth.

Catriona Young presents music. Including the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra performing Canticum Graduum and Symphony No 3 to mark 80 years since the birth of Gorecki.

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Henryk Gorecki's birth, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra play his Canticum Graduum and Symphony no 3. Catriona Young presents.

12:31 AM
Gorecki, Henryk [1933-2010]
Canticum Graduum ( op 27) 
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tadeusz Strugala (conductor) 

12:45 AM
Gorecki, Henryk [1933-2010]
Symphony no. 3 Op.36 (Symphony of sorrowful songs) for soprano and orchestra 
Ewa Vesin (soprano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tadeusz Strugala (conductor) 

1:45 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel (Op.24)
Hinko Haas (piano)

2:16 AM
Rosenmüller, Johann (c.1619-1684)
Beatus vir qui timet Dominum
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), David Cordier (countertenor), Wilfried Jochens (tenor), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Carsten Lohff (organ), Cantus Köln, Konrad Junghänel (conductor and lute)

2:31 AM
Kyurkchiyski, Krassimir (b.1936)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra 'In Memory of Pancho Vladigerov' 
Milena Mollova (piano), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vladigerov (conductor)

3:06 AM
Fruhling, Carl (1868-1937)
Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (Op.40) 
Amici Chamber Ensemble: Joaquín Valdepeñas (clarinet), David Hetherington (cello), Patricia Parr (piano) 

3:34 AM
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
La Scala di seta (The silken ladder) - overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, James Clark (conductor) 

3:40 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
O Padre Nostro 
Chamber Choir AVE, Andraz Hauptman (conductor) 

3:48 AM
Sorkocevic, Luka (1734-1789) arranged by Frano Matusic
Symphony No.3 
Dubrovnik Guitar Trio 

3:55 AM
Eccles, Henry [?1675-?1745]
Sonata for double bass and piano 
Gary Karr (double bass), Harmon Lewis (piano) 

4:04 AM
Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799)
Concerto grosso for strings and continuo (Op.3 No.1) in G minor 
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

4:14 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943)
Prelude in C sharp minor (Op.3, No.2) 
Sergei Terentjev (piano) 

4:18 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
3 Airs from Vauxhall Gardens, arranged by Steele-Perkins for trumpet and orchestra 
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), The King's Consort, Robert King (director) 

4:31 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor)

4:38 AM
Schulz-Evler, Adolf (1852-1905)
Concert arabesque on themes by Johann Strauss for piano transcribed from "An der schonen, blauen Donau" (Beautiful Blue Danube) 
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) 

4:48 AM
Nystroem, Goesta (1890-1966)
Tre havsvisioner (3 Visions about the sea) 
Swedish Radio Choir, Gustaf Sjökvist (conductor) 

5:00 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Andante and Rondo Ungarese in C minor (Op.35)
Juhani Tapaninen (bassoon), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

5:10 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto for violin and orchestra (RV.234) in D major 'Inquietudine' 
Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca 

5:16 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849) 
Polonaise in A flat major (Op. 53) "Polonaise héroïque" 
Jacek Kortus (piano)

5:24 AM
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Petites voix 
Maîtrise de Radio France, Denis Dupays (director)

5:30 AM
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909)
The Pearls of Moniuszko - 15 Songs for orchestra 
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor) 

5:49 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
String Quartet No.1 in D minor (1837-1840) 
Camerata Quartet - Wlodzimierz Prominski & Andrzej Kordykiewicz (violins), Piotr Reichert (viola), Roman Hoffmann (cello) 

6:05 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Wind Serenade in C minor, K.388 
Toronto Chamber Winds.

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