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Through the Night: Proms 2014: Baroque Greek Legends

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06/05/2015

Proms 2014: Baroque Greek Legends

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Proms 2014: Baroque Greek Legends

Jonathan Swain presents a concert of Baroque music by Handel, Gluck, Lully and Hasse.

Jonathan Swain presents a concert of Baroque music reflecting Greek myths and legends given at the 2014 Proms, including Handel, Gluck, Lully and Hasse.

Jonathan Swain presents a concert of baroque music reflecting Greek myths and legends from the 2014 BBC Proms, including Handel, Gluck, Lully and Hasse, performed by Armonia Atenea.

12:31 AM
Hasse, Johann Adolf (1699-1783)
Sinfonia from Act 1, Artemisia 
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou (conductor) 

12:37 AM
Hasse, Johann Adolf (1699-1783)
Mi lagnero tacendo, from Siroe, re di Persia 
Myrsini Margariti (soprano), Armonia Atenea, George Petrou (conductor) 

12:45 AM
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Overture from Alessandro 
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou (conductor) 

12:51 AM
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)
Non so frenare il pianto, from Antigono 
Irini Karaianni (mezzo-soprano), Armonia Atenea, George Petrou (conductor) 

1:00 AM
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687)
Suite from Phaeton 
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou (conductor) 

1:13 AM
Hasse, Johann Adolf (1699-1783)
O placido il mare, from Siroe, re di Persia 
Myrsini Margariti (soprano), Armonia Atenea, George Petrou (conductor) 

1:19 AM
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)
Dance of the blessed spirits; Dance of the furies, from Orfeo ed Euridice 
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou (conductor) 

1:29 AM
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)
Ma fille, Jupiter (Clytemnestra), from Iphigenie en Aulide
Irini Karaianni (mezzo-soprano), Armonia Atenea, George Petrou (conductor) 

1:34 AM
Paisiello, Giovanni (1740-1816)
E mi lasci così? ... Ne' giorni tuoi felici (recit and duet), from L'Olimpiade 
Myrsini Margariti (soprano), Irini Karaianni (mezzo-soprano), Armonia Atenea, George Petrou (conductor) 

1:41 AM
Hasse, Johann Adolf (1699-1783)
Sinfonia from Act 1, Siroe, re di Persia 
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou (conductor) 

1:44 AM
Gesualdo, Carlo (c.1560-1613)
Tenebrae responses for Good Friday for 6 voices (Omnes amici mei; Velum templi; Vinea mea electa; Tamquam ad latronem; Tenebrae factae sunt; Animam meam dilectam; Tradiderunt me; Caligaverunt oculi mei; Jesum tradidit impius)
BBC Singers, Bo Holten (conductor) 

2:31 AM
Prokofiev, Sergei [1891-1953]
Symphony No.3 in C minor (Op.44) 
Orchestre National de France, Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)

3:06 AM
Bruch, Max Christian Friedrich (1838-1920)
Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor (Op.26) 
Roland Orlik (violin), Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Marek Pijarowski (conductor) 

3:32 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata in C major (K.420)
Ilze Graubina (piano)

3:38 AM
Mudarra, Alonso (c.1510-1580)
Claros y frescos rios
Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hespèrion XX, Jordi Savall (director) 

3:43 AM
Raitio, Vaino [1891-1945]
Serenade for orchestra
Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri , Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

3:48 AM
Doppler, Franz (1821-1883)
Fantaisie pastoral hongroise (Op.26) (version for flute & piano) 
Ian Mullin (flute), Richard Shaw (piano) 

3:59 AM
Pachelbel, Johann (1653-1706) [text: Psalm 46]
Gott ist unser Zuversicht - motet for double chorus & bc
Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel (director)

4:03 AM
Corelli, Arcangelo [1653-1713]
"Giacona" from Trio Sonata No.12
Stockholm Antiqua 

4:06 AM
Muffat, Georg [1653-1704]
Passacaglia from Sonata No.5 
Stockholm Antiqua 

4:16 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Impromptu No.4 in A flat major - from Impromptus for piano (D.899)
Sook-Hyun Cho (piano) 

4:22 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Polonaise de concert in A major (1867)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Zygmunt Rychert (conductor) 

4:31 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) or possibly Pleyel, Ignace (1757-1831) arranged by Harold Perry
Divertimento in B flat Major (H.2.46) arranged for wind quintet 
Galliard Ensemble BBC New Generation Artists 

4:40 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Introduction in C minor and Rondo in E flat major, (Op.16) 
Dina Yoffe & Daniel Vaiman (pianos) 

4:52 AM
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927) [text: Oscar Levertin]
Ithaka (Op.21) 
Peter Mattei (baritone), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor) 

5:02 AM
Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962)
La Gitana (after an 18th century Arabo-Spanish Gypsy song) for violin and piano
Tobias Ringborg (violin), Anders Kilström (piano) 

5:05 AM
Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962)
Liebesfreud for violin and piano 
Tobias Ringborg (violin), Anders Kilström (piano) 

5:09 AM
Crusell, Bernhard Henrik (1775-1838)
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No.1 in E flat 
Kullervo Kojo (clarinet), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Söderblom (conductor) 

5:32 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
Trio Sonata in C minor (Op. 2 no. 1) 
Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble) 

5:45 AM
Janequin, Clément (c.1485-1558)
Escoutez tous gentilz (La bataille de Marignon/La guerre) - from Chansons de maistre Clément Janequin, Paris c.1528
The King's Singers 

5:53 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Violin Sonata No.1 in D major (Op.12 No.1) 
Mats Zetterqvist (violin), Mats Widlund (piano) 

6:12 AM
Ravel, Maurice [1875-1937]
Daphnis & Chloe - Suite No.2 
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor).

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