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Through the Night: Proms 2014: Greek Legends

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07/10/2015

Proms 2014: Greek Legends

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

With Jonathan Swain. Including Armonia Atenea in Baroque music reflecting Greek legends.

Jonathan Swain's selection includes a concert of Baroque music reflecting Greek legends given by Armonia Atenea at the 2014 Proms. Including Handel, Gluck, Lully and Hasse.

Jonathan Swain presents a concert of baroque music reflecting Greek 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 Iphigénie 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
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)
Fantasie pastoral hongroise (Op.26)
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) arr. Harold Perry
Divertimento in B flat Major (H.2.46) arr. for wind quintet
Galliard Ensemble

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)
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)
Clarinet Concerto 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 and Chloe - Suite No.2
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor).

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