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Through the Night: Beethoven and Shostakovich performed by the Casals Quartet

Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach cantatas

23/07/2016

Beethoven and Shostakovich performed by the Casals Quartet

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Beethoven and Shostakovich performed by the Casals Quartet

Jonathan Swain presents a concert given by the Casals Quartet in Denmark,.

Jonathan Swain presents a concert given by the Casals Quartet in Denmark, performing string quartets by Beethoven and Shostakovich.

Jonathan Swain presents a concert given by The Casals Quartet in Denmark, performing string quartets by Beethoven and Shostakovich.

1:01 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
String Quartet in A major Op.18 No.5
Cuarteto Casals: Vera Martinez & Abel Tomàs (violins), Jonathan Brown (viola), Arnau Tomàs (cello) 

1:29 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)
String Quartet No.6 in G major Op.101 
Cuarteto Casals

1:53 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
String Quartet in E minor "Rasumovsky" Op.59 No.2 
Cuarteto Casals

2:27 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)
Polka from The Age of Gold, Act 2 (Op.22) 
Cuarteto Casals

2:31 AM
Norgard, Per (b.1932)
Pastorale for string trio (from the film 'Babette's Feast') 
Trio Aristos 

2:37 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Symphony No. 33 (K.319) in B Flat Major 
Danish Radio Sinfonietta/DR, Adám Fischer (conductor) 

3:01 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration) (Op.24) 
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Samo Hubad (conductor) 

3:25 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856], arr. Debussy, Claude [1862-1918]
6 Studies (Op.56), arr. for 2 pianos
Andreas Staier (period piano Erard 1838), Tobias Koch (period piano Pleyel 1854) 

3:44 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) orch. Brewaeys, Luc (b.1959)
No.7 La terrasse des audiences du clair - from Preludes Book II 
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Daniele Callegari (conductor) 

3:49 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Overture in G minor (BWV.1070) 
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 

4:06 AM
Servais, Adrien François (1807-1866)
La Romanesca
Servais Ensemble

4:10 AM
Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962)
Liebesleid - old Viennese dance no.2 
Li-Wei (cello), Gretel Dowdeswell (piano) 

4:14 AM
Schulz-Evler, Adolf (1852-1905)
Arabesques on Themes from The Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss 
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) 

4:24 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Overture from Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (Op.43) 
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Philippe Entremont (conductor) 

4:30 AM
Traditional C.17th [Provence]
2 Traditional 17th century Provençal songs: Ai! La Bono Fourtuno & Bressarello 
Zefiro Torna: Cécile Kempenaers & Els Van Laethem (vocals), Liam Fennelly (fiddle), Jowan Merckx (recorder), Frédéric Malempré (percussion), Jurgen De Bruyn (lute & director) 

4:36 AM
Alfvén, Hugo (1872-1960), lyrics by Herman Sätherberg
Aftonen (evening) 
Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (conductor) 

4:40 AM
Saint-Georges, Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de (1745-1799)
Ballet music from the opera "L'amant anonyme" (1780) (Contredanse; Ballet No.1; Ballet No.6) 
Tafelmusik Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (Conductor)

4:47 AM
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887)
Polovtsian dances for orchestra 
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (Conductor)

5:01 AM
Alpaerts, Flor (1876-1954) 
Capriccio - Luim 
Vlaams Radio Orkest, Michel Tabachnik (conductor)

5:06 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Gesang der Geistern über den Wassern, Op.167
Estonian National Male Choir, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Juri Alperten (director)

5:16 AM
Schreker, Franz [1878-1934]
Vorspiel zu einem Drama (1914) 
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Friedrich Cerha (conductor) 

5:37 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Barcarolle in F sharp major (Op.60)
Anastasia Vorotnaya (piano) 

5:46 AM
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony no. 38 (H.1.38) in C major 
Danish Radio Sinfonietta/DR, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor) 

6:05 AM
Pettersson, (Gustav) Allan (1911-1980)
Two Elegies (1934) and Romanza (1942) - for violin and piano 
Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Enrico Pace (piano) 

6:11 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Concerto Grosso in A major (Op.6 No.11) 
Barbara Jane Gilbey (violin), Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players

6:28 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Preludes - books 1 & 2 (selection) 
Francesco Piemontesi (Piano) 

6:49 AM
Benoit, Peter (1834-1901)
Overture to Charlotte Corday
Vlaams Radio Orkest, Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor).

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