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Through the Night: An Opera Gala from Bucharest

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06/09/2016

An Opera Gala from Bucharest

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, An Opera Gala from Bucharest

Catriona Young presents a concert including arias by Donizetti, Verdi, Mozart and Puccini.

Catriona Young presents a gala concert from Romanian Radio featuring operatic arias by Donizetti, Verdi, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Puccini.

Catriona Young presents an operatic gala concert from Romanian Radio.

12:31 AM
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)
Overture to 'Don Pasquale'
Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor) 

12:38 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Aria 'La mia Letizia infondere' from Act 2 scene 1 of 'I Lombardi alla prima crociata'
Stefan Pop (tenor), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor) 

12:41 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Aria 'Temerari! Sortite fuori' from 'Così fan tutte', K.588
Teodora Gheorghiu (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor) 

12:47 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Letter Scene from 'Eugene Onegin' 
Iulia Isaev (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor) 

1:01 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Chorus 'Patria oppressa' from Act 4 scene 1 of 'Macbeth' 
Romanian Radio Academic Chorus, Dan Mihail Goia (director), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor) 

1:09 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Overture to 'Luisa Miller'
Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)

1:15 AM
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Duet 'O soave fanciulla' from Act 1 of 'La Bohème'
Stefan Pop (tenor), Teodora Gheorghiu (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)

1:20 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie' (The Anvil Chorus); Aria 'Stride la vampa' from Part 2 of 'Il Trovatore' 
Romanian Radio Academic Chorus, Dan Mihail Goia (director), Liliana Ciuca Mattei (mezzo-soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor) 

1:26 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Tre volte miagola' (The Witches' Chorus) from Act 3 of 'Macbeth' 
Romanian Radio Academic Chorus, Dan Mihail Goia (director), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor) 

1:31 AM
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Aria 'Tu che di gel sei cinto' from Act 3 scene 1 of 'Turandot' 
Teodora Gheorghiu (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor) 

1:34 AM
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Aria 'Un bel dì vedremo' from Act 2 of 'Madama Butterfly' 
Iulia Isaev (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor) 

1:39 AM
Enescu, George (1881-1955)
Sonata torso for violin and piano, from incomplete Sonata of 1911 
Clara Cernat (violin), Thierry Huillet (piano)

1:54 AM
Wieniawski, Józef [1837-1912]
Symphony in D (Op.49) 
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pawel Przytocki (conductor) 

2:31 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Trio Sonata for flute, violin and continuo (Wq.161/2) in B flat major
Les Coucous Bénévoles 

2:49 AM
Machaut, Guillaume de (c.1300-1377)
La Messe de Nostre Dame
Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (conductor) 

3:19 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Fantasie in G major (BWV.572) 
Scott Ross (organ)

3:29 AM
Sáry, László (b.1940)
Pebble Playing in a Pot
Aurél Holló & Zoltán Rácz (marimbas)

3:38 AM
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959)
Etude No.4 in G major - from 12 Estúdios for guitar (A.235)
Heiki Mätlik (guitar)

3:42 AM
Roussel, Albert (1869-1937)
Le Jardin mouillé, Op.3 No.3
Ola Eliasson (baritone), Mats Jansson (piano)

3:47 AM
Lalo, Edouard (1823-1892)
2 Aubades
CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Swift (conductor)

3:56 AM
Medtner, Nikolai [1879-1951]
3 Fairy Tales
Daniil Trifonov (piano) 

4:04 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.4 in D major (K19)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (Conductor)

4:18 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Concerto da Camera in D major (RV.94)
Camerata Köln

4:31 AM
Caldara, Antonio (c.1671-1736)
Stabat mater
Capella Nova Graz, Otto Kargl (director)

4:36 AM
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961)
Après un rêve (Fauré)
Leslie Howard (piano)

4:40 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Clarinet Concertino in E flat major (Op.26)
Hannes Altrov (clarinet), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paul Mägi (conductor)

4:50 AM
Fritz, Gaspard (1716-1783)
Violin Sonata (Op.2 No.4)
Sibylle Tschopp (violin), Isabel Tschopp (piano)

5:03 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Pensieri notturni di Filli: Italian cantata no.17 (HWV.134)
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), Musica Alta Ripa

5:10 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Op.56a)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Tomasz Bugaj (conductor)

5:30 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Trio for violin, cello and piano (Op.11) in B flat major 
Trio Ondine

5:48 AM
Bach, Carl Philip Emanuel (1714-1788)
Sonata in G minor (Wq.70/6)
Wim Diepenhorst (organ)

6:01 AM
Vejvanovsky, Pavel Josef (c.1633/39-1693)
Offertur ad duos choros
Musica Aeterna Bratislava, Peter Zajícek (director)

6:07 AM
Greef, Arthur de (1862-1940)
Piano Concerto No.2 in B minor
Artur Pizarro (piano), Flemish Radio Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor).

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