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Through the Night: Dvorák's New World Symphony

Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach cantatas

17/12/2016

Dvorák's New World Symphony

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Dvorák's New World Symphony

Jonathan Swain presents music, including a concert featuring Dvorák's New World Symphony.

Jonathan Swain presents a concert from Croatian Radio featuring Dvorák's 'New World' symphony.

1:01 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)
Suite for Variety Orchestra 
Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Hikaru Ebihara (conductor) 

1:29 AM
Papandopulo, Boris (1906-1991)
Pop Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra 
Javor Bracic (piano), Imri Talgam (piano), Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Hikaru Ebihara (conductor) 

1:52 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Waltz in E major (Op.39 no.2) arr. for two pianos 
Javor Bracic (piano), Imri Talgam (piano) 

1:54 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Symphony No.9 in E minor Op.95 (From the New World) 
Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Hikaru Ebihara (conductor) 

2:43 AM
Thrower, John (b.1951)
Improvisation on a Blue Theme 
Joaquín Valdepeñas (clarinet), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

3:01 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Missa in tempore belli (Hob. XXII. 9) 'Paukenmesse' 
Hilde Haraldsen Sveen (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo), Jonas Degerfeldt (tenor), Gabriel Suovanen (baritone), Oslo Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor) 

3:42 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in D major (K.284) 
Cathal Breslin (piano) 

4:14 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Tamerlano's aria 'Vo'dar pace a un alma ultiera' (from 'Tamerlano', Act 1)
Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor: Tamerlano), English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) 

4:19 AM
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich [1804-1857]
Ruslan i Lyudmila (overture) 
KBS Symphony Orchestra, Hubert Soudant (conductor) 

4:25 AM
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945), arranged by Székely, Zoltán (1903-2001)
Romanian folk dances (Sz.56) arr. for violin & piano
Vineta Sareika (violin), Ventis Zilberts (piano) 

4:31 AM
Bonnet, Joseph (1884-1944)
Variations de Concert
Michael Dudman (Ronald Sharp Grand Organ, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House) 

4:41 AM
Carniolus, Iacobus Gallus [1550-1591]
2 Easter Motets: Haec est Dies, quam fecit Dominus (OM 1/40); Ecce quomodo moritur iustus (OM 2/13) - from Opus Musicum
Ljubljanski madrigalisti, Matjaz Scek (director) 

4:47 AM
Godár, Vladimír (b.1956)
Emmeleia for violin and chamber orchestra (1994-5) 
Ivana Pristašová (violin), Zilina State Orchestra, Leoš Svárovský (conductor) 

4:53 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op.65 no.6, from 'Lyric Pieces'
Carl Wendling (piano) 

5:01 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) (arr. Franz Hasenohrl)
Till Eulenspiegel - Einmal Anders!
The Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound, James Campbell (conductor)

5:10 AM
Gratton, Hector [1900-1970] arr. Passmore, David
Quatrieme danse canadienne arranged for piano trio
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano) 

5:15 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
4 Songs for women's voices, 2 horns and harp (Op.17) 
Danish National Radio Choir, Leif Lind (horn), Per McClelland Jacobsen (horn), Catriona Yeats (harp), Stefan Parkman (conductor) 

5:30 AM
Albicastro, Henricus (fl.1700-06)
Concerto a 4 (Op.7 No.2)
Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini (violin & director)

5:39 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata in G major (Op.14 No.2) 
Geoffrey Lancaster (fortepiano - after Anton Walter, Vienna 1795)

5:53 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Bassoon concerto in F major (Op.75) 
Juhani Tapaninen (bassoon), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

6:11 AM
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937)
Variations on a Polish Folk theme in B minor (Op.10)
Jerzy Godziszewski (piano)

6:32 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
String Quartet No.12 in F Major 'American' (Op.96) 
Keller Quartet 

6:57 AM
Traditional
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor).

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