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Through the Night: Proms 2011: Weber - Der Freischutz

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04/11/2015

Proms 2011: Weber - Der Freischutz

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Catriona Young presents Weber's opera Der Freischutz in its French version.

Catriona Young presents Weber's opera Der Freischutz in its French version, as performed at the 2011 Proms by John Eliot Gardiner and his musical team.

Catriona Young presents Weber's opera 'Der Freischütz' in its French version, as performed at the 2011 BBC Proms by John Eliot Gardiner and his musical team.

12:32 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von [1786-1826]
Der Freischütz (French Version, 1841) - Act 1 
Andrew Kennedy (Max - tenor), Sophie Karthäuser (Agathe - soprano), Gidon Saks (Kaspar - bass baritone), Virginie Pochon (Ännchen - soprano), Matthew Brook (Kuno - bass), Samuel Evans (Kilian - baritone), Robert Davies (Ottokar - baritone), Luc Bertin-Hugault (A Hermit - bass), Christian Pelissier (Zamiel - actor), Monteverdi Choir,
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique,
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

1:17 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von [1786-1826]
Der Freischütz (French Version, 1841) - Act 2 
Performers as listed above

2:08 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von [1786-1826]
Der Freischütz (French Version, 1841) - Act 3 
Performers as listed above

3:01 AM
Ravel, Maurice [1875-1937]
Trio for piano and strings in A minor 
Altenberg Trio, Vienna 

3:27 AM
Visée, Robert de (c.1655-c.1723/3)
Suite in A major
Yasunori Imamura (theorbo)

3:41 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in D major 
Friedemann Immer (trumpet), Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (director)

3:48 AM
Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)
Adagio for Strings (Op.11) 
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Dufallo (conductor) 

3:59 AM
Gershwin, George [1898-1937]
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (transcribed for solo piano)
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) 

4:13 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770-1827], arr. Ritter, August Gottfried [1811-1885]
Andante in A minor, Op.26 (originally Allegretto from Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.42)
Erwin Wiersinga (organ) 

4:22 AM
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594)
Magnificat primi toni for 4 voices
Marco Beasley and Davide Livermoore (tenors), Fabian Schofrin and Annemieke Cantor (altos), Daniele Carnovich (bass), Diego Fasolis (conductor)

4:31 AM
Debussy, Claude [1862-1918]
Gigues - from Images for Orchestra 
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor) 

4:39 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Toccata in G major BWV.916 for keyboard 
Jason Gillham (piano) 

4:47 AM
Gibbons, Orlando [1583-1625], Walton, William [1902-1983]
Drop, Drop, Slow Tears (2 settings by Gibbons and Walton) 
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (director) 

4:53 AM
Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976]
Nocturnal after John Dowland Op.70 for guitar
Sean Shibe (guitar) 

5:11 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Concerto for cello and orchestra No.1 in A minor (Op.33) 
Jozef Podhradský (cello), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor) 

5:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Five Scottish and Irish Folksongs (WoO.152/20) (1. The Wand'ring Minstrel; 2. I dream'd I lay where flowers; 3. The Elfin Fairies; 4. Charlie is my darling; 5. Farewell Bliss, and Farewell Nancy)
Stephen Powell (tenor soloist in No.1), Lorraine Reinhardt (soprano soloist in No.3), Linda Lee Thomas (piano), Gwen Thompson (violin), Eugene Osadchy (cello), Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn (conductor)

5:46 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764) [Edition prepared by Victor Gavenda]
Le Temple de la Gloire - orchestral suites from the opera-ballet (1745) (Ouverture, Airs I/II, Gavottes en musette, Air: Mouvement de gavotte lent, Air de Triomphe, Gigue vive, Forlane gai, Air gai, Passacaille, Loure grave pour une entrée brillante, Passepieds I/II: Entrée de la junesse, Suite de la passacaille, Air très gai)
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor) 

6:16 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Hungarian dances for piano duet (Nos.1; 11; 13; 17; 8) 
Noël Lee and Christian Ivaldi (pianos).

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