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Through the Night: Nielsen's First and Third String Quartets

Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach cantatas

20/09/2016

Nielsen's First and Third String Quartets

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Nielsen's First and Third String Quartets

Jonathan Swain presents a concert given in Copenhagen by the Danish String Quartet.

Jonathan Swain presents a concert given by the Danish String Quartet in Copenhagen.

12:31 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
String Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.13 
Danish String Quartet - Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin), Frederik Øland (violin), Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), Fredrik Schøyen Sjölln (cello)

12:57 AM
Nørgård, Per (b. 1932)
String Quartet No.1 ('Quartetto Breve') 
Danish String Quartet

1:05 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
String Quartet No.3 in E flat major, Op.14 
Danish String Quartet

1:37 AM
Traditional Nordic folk tune arr. Danish String Quartet
Waltz, after Lasse from Lyby 
Danish String Quartet

1:42 AM
Sibelius, Jean [1865-1957]
Symphony No. 4 in A minor Op.63 
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor) 

2:23 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Nocturne in C minor (Op.48 No.1)
Teresa Carreño (piano)

2:31 AM
Mozetich, Marjan (b. 1948) [male]
The Passion of Angels - Concerto for 2 harps and orchestra (1995) 
Nora Bumanis & Julia Shaw (harps), Marc Destrubé (violin), Diane Berthelsdorf (cello), Roger Cole (oboe), Christopher Millard (bassoon), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) 

2:52 AM
Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976]
Lachrymae (Reflections on a song of Dowland) for viola and piano (Op.48)
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Markus Hadulla (piano) 

3:06 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Serenade for string orchestra in E flat major (Op.6) 
Budapest Strings, Béla Banfalvi (leader)

3:35 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
"Mi restano le lagrime" from 'Alcina' (Act 3 Sc.5)
Nancy Argenta (soprano), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Monica Huggett (guest conductor) 

3:42 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Concerto for 3 oboes and orchestra in B flat major
Peter Westermann, Michael Niesemann, Piet Dhont (oboes), Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (director)

3:51 AM
Schnizer, Franz Xaver (1740-1785)
Sonata No.1 in C major - from Sei Sonate per il Cembalo ed Organo (Op.1) 
Gonny van der Maten (organ of Geertekerk, Utrecht. Built by Johannes Stephanus Strumphler in 1804)

4:05 AM
Domenico da Piacenza (fl.1439-c.1450)
Pizochara - for treble viol, small lute and tambourine
Ensemble Claude-Gervaise, Gilles Plante (director)

4:09 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
4 Kontra Tänze (KV.267) 
English Chamber Orchestra, Mitsuko Uchida (conductor) 

4:15 AM
Grünfeld, Alfred [1852-1924]
Soirées de Vienne for piano, Op.56 
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)

4:22 AM
Agay, Denes (1911-2007)
5 Easy Dances for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon & horn 
Tae-Won Kim (flute), Hyong-Sup Kim (oboe), Hyon-Kon Kim (clarinet), Sang-Won Yoon (bassoon), Kawng-Ku Lee (horn)

4:31 AM
Järnefelt, Armas (1869-1958)
Kanteletar
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ilpo Mansnerus (conductor)

4:37 AM
Chaminade, Cecile [1857-1944]
Concertino Op.107
Maria Filippova (flute), Ekaterina Mirzeava (piano) 

4:45 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Estampes 
Lars-David Nilsson (piano) 

5:00 AM
Bloch, Ernest [1880-1959]
Schelomo - Rhapsody for cello and orchestra 
Adam Krzeszowiec (cello), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor) 

5:23 AM
Nowowiejski, Felix [1877-1946]
3 Songs (Op.56) from "The Bialowieza Forest folder" 
Polish Radio Choir, Marek Kluza (conductor)

5:45 AM
Jarzebski, Adam [1590-1649]
Sentinella
Simon Standage (violin), Il Tempo Ensemble (ensemble) 

5:49 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Suite in E major (BWV.1006a)
Konrad Junghänel (lute) 

6:11 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Divertimento in D major (K.205)
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, János Rolla (concert master).

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