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Through the Night: Gala Concert for May Day

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04/05/2015

Gala Concert for May Day

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Gala Concert for May Day

Jonathan Swain presents a gala concert for May Day.

Jonathan Swain presents a gala concert for May Day, with music by Gade, Arutiunian, Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Kabalevsky, Jarre, Halvorsen, Strauss and Leroy Anderson.

Jonathan Swain presents a Gala Concert to celebrate May Day, with music by Gade, Arutiunian, Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Kabalevsky, Jarre, Halvorsen, Strauss & Leroy Anderson with the WDR Radio Orchestra conducted by Helmuth Groschauer and Keith Lockhart.

12:31 AM
Gade, Jacob [1879-1963]
Jalousie - tango 
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Keith Lockhart (conductor) 

12:36 AM
Arutiunian, Aleksandr Grigori [1920-2012]
Concerto for trumpet and orchestra 
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Reinhard Ehritt (trumpet), WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Helmuth Froschauer (conductor) 

12:53 AM
Borodin, Alexander [1833-1887]
Polovtsian dances for orchestra 
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Helmuth Froschauer (conductor) 

1:12 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
Eugene Onegin - Polonaise 
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Helmuth Froschauer (conductor) 

1:18 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri [1906-1975]
Jazz Suite no 1 (excerpts) 
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Helmuth Froschauer (conductor) 

1:28 AM
Kabalevsky, Dmitri [1904-1987]
Komedianti - suite Op.26 for small orchestra (excerpts) 
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Helmuth Froschauer (conductor) 

1:37 AM
Jarre, Maurice [1924-2009]
Dr Zhivago - Lara's Theme 
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Helmuth Froschauer (conductor) 

1:45 AM
Halvorsen, Johan [1864-1935]
Entry March of the Boyars 
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Keith Lockhart (conductor) 

1:51 AM
Kabalevsky, Dmitri [1904-1987]
Colas Breugnon - Overture 
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Keith Lockhart (conductor) 

1:57 AM
Strauss, Johann, II [1825-1899]
An der schonen, blauen Donau - waltz Op.314 for orchestra 
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Keith Lockhart (conductor) 

2:06 AM
Anderson, Leroy [1908-1975]
Concerto for piano and orchestra in C 
Michael Chertock (piano), WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Keith Lockhart (conductor) 

2:26 AM
Anderson, Leroy [1908-1975]
Fiddle faddle for orchestra 
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Keith Lockhart (conductor) 

2:31 AM
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)
Double concerto in D minor for violin, piano and string orchestra 
Jaroslaw Zolnierczyk (violin), Andrzej Tatarski (piano), The "Amadeus" Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan, Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor) 

3:06 AM
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594)
Missa in duplicibus minoribus II for 5 voices
Maîtrise de Garçons de Colmar, Ensemble Giles Binchois, Ensemble Cantus Figuratus der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Dominique Vellard (director)

3:40 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
10 Variations on 'La stessa, la stessissima' for piano, from Salieri's 'Falstaff' (WoO.73)
Theo Bruins (piano) 

3:51 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
The Duke of Gloucester's trumpet suite 
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), The King's Consort, Robert King (director) 

4:03 AM
Sanz, Gaspar (17th century)
Suite espanola for guitar
Tomaz Rajteric (guitar)

4:13 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Petite Suite - for brass septet
Royal Academy of Music Brass Soloists 

4:21 AM
Diepenbrock, Alphons (1862-1921) [text: Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867)]
L'Invitation au voyage 
Christa Pfeiler (mezzo-soprano), Rudolf Jansen (piano)

4:28 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
The Nutcracker - suite Op.71a - Trepak 
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Helmuth Froschauer (conductor) 

4:31 AM
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich [1804-1857]
Ruslan i Lyudmila - overture 
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Helmuth Froschauer (conductor) 

4:37 AM
Schubert, Franz [1797-1828]
Klavierstück No. 2 in E flat, D. 946 
Cyprien Katsaris (piano) 

4:49 AM
Sheppard, John [c.1515-1558], Dove, Jonathan [b.1959]
In manus tuas (Sheppard)& Into Thy Hands (Dove) 
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (director) 

5:00 AM
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918)
South Ostrobothnian Dances 1-5 (Op.17) (1909)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kari Tikka (conductor)

5:09 AM
Desprez, Josquin [1440-1521]; Anon (c.1500)
3 pieces (Josquin): In te Domine speravi (in 4 parts) ; (Anon) Zorzi, Giorgio - Saltarello ; (Anon) Forte cosa e la speranza (in 5 parts) 
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano), Musica Antiqua of London, Philip Thorby (director) 

5:18 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
12 Variations on 'Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman' (K.265) (arranged from piano solo for wind quintet)
Yur-Eum Woodwind Quintet 

5:31 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Suite No.4 in G major for orchestra (Op.61), 'Mozartiana' 
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

5:55 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor (Op.31)
Alex Slobodyanik (piano) 

6:05 AM
Barber, Samuel [1910-1981]
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Op.14) 
James Ehnes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor).

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