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Through the Night: Monteverdi's Vespers (1610)

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17/08/2015

Monteverdi's Vespers (1610)

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Monteverdi's Vespers (1610)

Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 given in Poland.

Jonathan Swain presents music including Monteverdi's Vespers, plus Bruckner, Telemann, Dvorak, Hummel, Lutoslawski, Bartok, Wikander, Schreker, Forster, Kunzen and Grieg.

Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Monteverdi's Vespers (1610) from Poland.

12:31 AM
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)
Vespro della Beata Vergine ('Vespers') (1610)
Adriana Fernandez & Maria Skiba (sopranos), Piotr Olech & Radoslaw Pacholek (altos), Marcel Beekman & Robert Pozarski (tenors), Mitchell Sandler & Andrzej Zawisza (basses), Sonatore Pannoniae, Contrasto Armonico, Chorale Festival Chorus, Visegrad Baroque Orchestra, Marcel Pérès & Marco Vitale (directors) 

2:38 AM
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
Symphony No.3 in D minor rev. composer and Schalk, 1888-9 
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur (conductor) 

3:34 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Capriccio for keyboard (BWV.993) in E major "In honorem Joh. Christoph. Bachii"
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) 

3:41 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Kirchen-Sonate No.15 in C major for 2 violins, bass and solo organ (K.328) 
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Kent Nagano (conductor) 

3:46 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) (arr. Kocsis)
Arabesque No.2
Anita Szabó (flute), Béla Horváth (oboe), Zsolt Szatmári (clarinet), György Salamon (bass clarinet), Pál Bokor (bassoon), Tamás Zempléni (horn) 

3:50 AM
Franck, César (1822-1890)
Nocturne (FWV. 85) (Ô fraîche Nuit)
Klara Takacs (mezzo-soprano), Jenö Jandó (piano)

3:54 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Concerto for 2 chalumeaux and strings in D minor (c.1728) 
Eric Hoeprich and Lisa Klewitt (chalumeaux), Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel (director)

4:06 AM
Ambrosius, Hermann (1907-1983)
Suite 
Zagreb Guitar Trio 

4:13 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille [1835-1921]
Saltarelle (Op.74) 
Lamentabile Consort 

4:20 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Carnival overture (Op.92)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Samo Hubad (conductor)

4:31 AM
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837)
Piano Trio in F major (Op.22) 
Tobias Ringborg (violin), John Ehde (cello), Stefan Lindgren (piano)

4:45 AM
Lutoslawski, Witold (1913-1994)
Dance preludes (Preludia taneczne) vers. for clarinet and piano 
Joaquín Valdepeñas (clarinet), Patricia Parr (piano)

4:55 AM
Goldmark, Károly (1830-1915)
Scherzo for orchestra in E minor (Op.19)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Adam Medveczky (conductor)

5:01 AM
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
Suite for piano (Sz.62) (Op.14) 
Eduard Kunz (piano) 

5:10 AM
Wikander, David (1884-1955)
Kung Liljekongvalje (King Lily of the Valley)
Swedish Radio Choir, Stefan Sköld (conductor) 

5:14 AM
Wikander, David [1884-1955]
Forvarskvall (An evening early in spring)
Sveriges Radiokören , Eric Ericson (conductor) 

5:19 AM
Schreker, Franz [1878-1934]
Vorspiel zu einem Drama (1914) 
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Friedrich Cerha (conductor) 

5:39 AM
Förster, Kaspar (1616-1673)
Sonata a 3 in C minor
Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson (director) 

5:46 AM
Kunzen, Friedrich Ludwig Aemilius (1761-1817)
Symphony in G minor 
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Peter Marschik (conductor) 

6:06 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Violin Sonata No.3 (Op.45) in C minor 
Alena Baeva (violin), Giuzai Karieva (piano).

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