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Through the Night: Proms 2014: Ravel's Left Hand Piano Concerto and Mahler's Fifth Symphony

03/05/2015

Proms 2014: Ravel's Left Hand Piano Concerto and Mahler's Fifth Symphony

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Proms 2014: Ravel's Left Hand Piano Concerto and Mahler's Fifth Symphony

From Proms 2014: Pianist Alexandre Tharaud joins the BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena.

Jonathan Swain's selection includes music from the BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena: Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (with Alexandre Tharaud) and Mahler's Symphony No 5.

Alexandre Tharaud is the soloist in Ravel's piano concerto for the left hand with BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena, followed by Mahler's Fifth Symphony. Jonathan Swain presents. 

1:01 AM
Harrison Birtwistle [b.1934]
Night's Black Bird for orchestra 
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor) 

1:14 AM
Ravel, Maurice [1875-1937]
Concerto in D major for piano (left hand) and orchestra 
Alexandre Tharaud (piano), BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor) 

1:32 AM
Scriabin, Alexander [1872-1915]
2 Pieces Op.9 for piano (left hand) - no. 1 Prelude in C sharp minor 
Alexandre Tharaud (piano) 

1:35 AM
Mahler, Gustav [1860-1911]
Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor 
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor) 

2:44 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Octet for wind instruments 
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (conductor)

3:01 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Missa sancta No.1 in E flat major, (J.224) 'Freischutzmesse' for soli, chorus & orchestra 
Norwegian Soloist Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Grete Pedersen Helgerød (conductor) 

3:34 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.9 in A major 'Kreutzer' (Op.47) 
Mats Zetterqvist (violin), Mats Widlund (piano) 

4:08 AM
Schickhard, Johann Christian (c.1682-c.1760)
Sonata in C major for flute and harpsichord
Vladislav Brunner jr. (flute), Herta Madarova (harpsichord)

4:17 AM
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)
Overture to La Fille du régiment 
Oslo Philharmonic, Nello Santi (conductor) 

4:26 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
3 Pieces from Slåtter (3 Pieces from Norwegian Peasant Dances) (Op.72)
Haavard Gimse (piano) 

4:35 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
Adagio for violin & piano 
Tamás Major (violin), Zoltán Kocsis (piano)

4:44 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Sérénade d'hiver (Henri Cazalis) 
Lamentabile Consort: Jan Stromberg & Gunnar Andersson (tenors), Bertil Marcusson (baritone), Olle Sköld (bass) 

4:50 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) or possibly Pleyel, Ignace (1757-1831) arr. Perry, Harold
Divertimento (Feldpartita) (H.2.46) in B flat major arr. for wind quintet (attributed to Haydn, possibly by Pleyel) 
Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet: Georgi Spasov (flute), Georgi Zhelyazov (oboe), Petko Radev (clarinet), Marin Valchanov (bassoon), Vladislav Grigorov (horn) 

5:01 AM
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787)
Symphony in C major, Op.10/4
La Stagione, Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor)

5:10 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Two Nocturnes (Op.32) 
Kevin Kenner (piano) 

5:20 AM
Gombert, Nicolas (c.1495-c.1560)
Benedicto mensae
BBC Singers, Bo Holten (conductor) 

5:30 AM
Zagar, Peter (b. 1961)
Blumenthal Dance No.2 for violin, viola, cello, clarinet and piano (1999) 
Opera Aperta Ensemble 

5:38 AM
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)
Italian Serenade for string quartet
Ljubljana String Quartet 

5:47 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Theme and variations on the Name 'Abegg' (Op.1) 
Seung-Hee Hyun (piano) 

5:55 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Overture - Nabucco 
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Alun Francis (conductor)

6:03 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Sonata for Cello and piano No.1 (Op.38) in E minor 
Monica Leskhovar (cello), Ivana Schwartz (piano) 

6:28 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat major (K.595) 
Clifford Curzon (piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor).

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